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Top Ten Dating Tips For College Students

 
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Tip #6: Your friendships last longer.

As the Spice Girls wisely sang in the '90s, “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends.”

Coming out of college, your dear friends will be the ones who become your bridesmaids and confidants as you navigate the shaky waters of adulthood.

The person you meet in college is likely not going to be the person you marry, and even if they are, the median age of marriage is higher than it's ever been, often years after graduation.

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When your parents were dating in college, their story probably went along the lines of meeting in person and having a first date. Your dad probably even picked up your mom like a gentleman.

Now, with endless apps and hundreds of texts before the first meeting, dating in college can be confusing and frustrating and seemingly impossible. We can forget that dating, at its heart, is supposed to be fun!

Here are the top 10 dating tips by college students for college students — or in other words, things that work.

Originally created September 22, 2010 by coritagg
Updated August 15, 2016 by Courtney Sunday

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