No one wants to date me. I'm in 8th grade what should I do?

I feel your pain. When I was in junior high, no girls "liked" me. In fact, I was labeled as the “weird kid.” I eventually went to a new school and tried to reinvent myself (or at least shake the “weird kid” label.) I thought the way to do this was to find a girlfriend. After asking every girl out in the tri-state area, someone finally said “yes.” 

It didn’t matter who she was, I just wanted a girlfriend. The relationship ended in disaster because I was just using her to ease my insecurities.

St. John Paul II said, "Love for a person must consist in affirmation that the person has a value higher than that of an object for consumption or use." [1]

Every dating relationship ends in one of two ways: Marriage or Breakup. Dating without entertaining the idea of a future marriage is a lot like driving a car while wearing a blindfold. The car (and the relationship) will eventually crash and injure those involved.

Be careful not to rush into dating because of your own insecurities. It's better to be single than sinful. I’ve met happily married adults who’ve stayed single until college. IT’S OKAY IF YOU’RE NOT DATING YET. High school is a great time to develop friendships. Don't miss out on life-long friendships because you were too preoccupied with the dating scene. 



[1] Karol Wojtyla (St. Pope John Paul II), Love and Responsibility (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993), 42.