These days, it seems like most high school couples are too busy planning their break-ups instead of just enjoying it while it’s good. Being in a relationship myself senior year, I can relate to the constant questioning about the fate of my relationship. It was exhausting to think about and there was a certain pressure to break up and “find ourselves.”

No matter who you are or how long you have been dating, you face two options when leaving for college: stay together or break up. The more common of the two is definitely the “end as friends on good terms” break-up. This means that maybe you date until summer or maybe you date up until you leave for school, but you agree to see other people once back at school with little to no contact to ease the stress. Although this is the more common option, I’m here to say that it is certainly not be the best one for everyone.

Feeling pressured and overwhelmed by the questioning of my friends, family and even high school acquaintances, I went with the “end as friends on good terms” break up with my boyfriend at the end of the summer. This was not his choice; however, he reluctantly accepted and off to school we went. The thing was, nothing changed, and about a week into the start of school we got on FaceTime and we were back together.

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Despite the pressure to be like everyone else and do what everyone else was doing, we allowed ourselves to do what was right for us––it was like we didn’t even break up. The rest of the semester was easier because we had someone to talk to, vent to or even cry to. Also, while listening to my friends talk about how much they missed their high school BFs/GFs, I got to feel a surge of relief because I knew if I needed anything, mine was just a phone call away.

I’m not going to lie; being at different schools is stressful, sad and sometimes lonely, but that just makes each time you see each other that much more significant. Further, you don’t get sick of each other easily, you always have an outside, unbiased opinion on something happening at school, and you get to make your own friends and become friends with his/her friends. You also become independent from them without actually losing them––it is not necessarily true that if you stay together you will miss out on experiences or become dependent on your BF/GF.

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So, instead of letting the pressure of what everyone else is doing get to you, just think about what you want to do. Or, as they say, don’t break something that’s not broken; just keep going until it actually doesn’t feel right.

I’m not saying that staying together is right for everyone, and there are plenty of reasons why it is okay to break up for school, but I think staying together is something that should be considered more. It’s not exciting to date someone with that college expiration date in the back of your mind, and it’s certainly not okay to just do it because everyone else is.