AM I READY TO DATE?

Clearly, when The urge to be with someone special and to be with someone who think you are special can be incredibly strong, even at a very young age. "At school you feel like you're only half a person if you're not dating someone- anyone!"
What about you? Are you ready to date? To answer that, we first need to address a more basic question;
You regularly go out with a certain member of the opposite sex. Are you dating?
You and a member of the opposite sex are attracted to each other. Several times a day, you text message or talk to this person on the phone. Are you dating?
Everytime you get together with your friends, you pair off with the same person of the opposite sex. Are you dating?
You most likely had no problem answering the first question. But you may have paused before responding to the second and third. What is dating? Dating is any social activity in which your romantic interest is focused on one particular person and that person's interest is focused on you. So the answer to all the three questions listed above is yes. Whether on the phone or face to face, in the open or in secret, if you and a friend of the opposite sex have a special romantic understanding and communicate regularly, it's dating. Are you ready to go down that road? A consideration.
WHY DO YOU WANT TO DATE?
In many cultures dating is regarded as legitimate way for two people to become better acquainted. But dating should have an honorable purpose to help a young man and woman determine if they want to get married to each other.
Granted, some of your peers might take a casual view of dating. Perhaps they simply enjoy being with special friend of the opposite sex, without any intention of marriage. Some might even view such a friend as little, more than a trophy or an accessory to be seen with in public to boost their own self esteem. Often, though, such shallow relationships are shortlived. "Many young ones who date break up with each other a week or two later," says a girl.
They come to view relationships as transitory which in a sense prepares them for divorce rather than for marriage."
you date someone, you're affecting that person's feelings. So be sure your intentions are honorable. Think: would you like someone to play with your feelings as if they were some child's toy- to be picked up for a moment and then quickly abandoned?