Dating is irrational, so why do teenagers do it?

You have outlined all of the negative aspects of dating and concluded that you do not want to do so. Have you ever tried looking at it from the other perspective? You are in the ninth grade and from the small sample that you give us it shows that you have analyzed this situation. How can you make an unjust assumption based off a one sided analysis? You names three observations but life and love is more complex than that.