high school sweethearts
Adolescent romantic partners
High school sweethearts are two people who began dating each other while in high school and maintained their romantic relationship afterward, often into adulthood or marriage.
The term carries nostalgic connotations of young love and lasting commitment: They've been together since junior year—high school sweethearts.
My grandparents were high school sweethearts.
- promHigh school formal dance
- slow danceGentle paired swaying
- first loveEarliest romantic attachment
- first kissInitial romantic contact
- holding handsGripping another's palm
yearbook · graduation · teenage · senior year · romance · drive-in movie · back seat · promise ring · locker · homecoming · crush · puppy love · passing notes · class ring · memories · football · bleachers · young love
- couplescouple, married couple, married couples, pair, twosome
- Engagementsfiance, fiancee, betrothed, engagement, bride-to-be
- small townssmall town, hamlet, town, village, settlement
high school sweetheartssummer fling
Brief romantic relationship during warm months
one-night stand · rebound relationship · whirlwind romance · commitment-phobes
high school sweetheartsarranged marriage
Family-selected spousal pairing
mail-order bride · marriage of convenience · hookup culture · whirlwind romance · friends with benefits
school, sweetheart, higher, highest, highly, highness, schools, schooled, schooling