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Valentine’s Day around campus on Friday, February 14th, 2025, included over 900 Good Lovin cookies going to friends, family, and significant others through a very successful sophomore class fundraiser. While some students were delivered a cookie from a special someone, many others preferred to date someone not on Josephs Lane, avoiding judgment and rumors.
“Me, personally, I would have to say no because it’s such a small place and everyone has these preconceived stereotypes about who people are.” said one senior girl. “It’s hard to find someone who will even accept you into their life and people just see things as a joke.”
“Generally, I would say no (to dating someone at AHS).” said a second senior girl by text. “There are some people who find someone and that works great for them because it’s such a small environment. You’re likely just recycling the same few people or too many grievances have already even had to pursue meaningful relationships.”
A sophomore girl added, by text: “It is while you are but when you break up it’s terrible. Because our school is so small, everyone knows everything and people start taking sides and it causes a lot of friendship breakups.”
A third senior relayed: “I feel like it’s kind of just awkward like after having to go to school with someone especially since it’s so small and I feel like it also affects a lot of like friend group stuff because like a lot of people are friends with other people and everyone gets in your business about it.”
General consensus among largely junior boys was that dating is worth it, if you’re actually ‘dating’.
Most high school relationships are shallow and not with the goal of marriage, to paraphrase student responses in a more school appropriate way.
Most students interviewed said that they couldn’t look at someone in the hallway that they had previously dated.
“No. Horrible.” said one sophomore girl about even the concept of dating here. Similarly, another sophomore girl texted, ““Nope. Not at all.”
But it’s not all horrible for the love lives in Lopesville.
“Don’t date someone you don’t seriously like.” said a 10th grade girl in a relationship with someone here. “Take it seriously. Because that person is someone you are always going to be around. If you don’t think you can see them in the hallway if you broke up, don’t date. There’s totally positives and negatives to this whole thing.”
Another sophomore returned to the challenges of inter-Lope dating.
“So there’s definitely negatives. If things go south, you’re going to have to see that kid every day of your life. But also, close-knit environments like school can make you feel close to that person since you’ve grown up alongside them for years. But don’t do it unless you’re absolutely locked in on that person, cuz you’re gonna feel like a total bozo seeing that bot walk around the hallways when y’all break up.”
Staff also tried to adjust the Chat GPT rendering for more discomfort:
