I’m under the notion that FIRST relationships tend to last longer than normal high schooler relationships, although that may be just me.
The leaders of 422 in 2001 (Administration and Communications) had been going out since their freshman year (they were seniors), and managed to keep track of the team fairly well even when they were fighting. As the new communications officer, I’m sort of going out with a team member and everything was flowing rather smoothly throughout build season, with only one or two rocky spots on Thursday of regionals. We’ve now been going strong for 5 months… woo
Has your team experienced any of this? Do you think it’s generally a good or a bad thing for FIRSTers to be dating on the same team? What about different teams?
Have there been any cross-country FIRST relationships?
there’s no relationships on my team, which i guess is good, considering there’s only 3 girls. There were some boys who hounded the girls, i won’t say who, otherwise all the girls would run away from him at nats.
I was friends with someone who had a boy friend in London though (she lived on Long Island).
My team had 2 at the start, and we still have them…I think there might be a 3rd now as well, altho I’m not entirely sure.
Quite a few people on the team are in relationships w/ people that aren’t on the team…
Not to mention one gal on my team who met someone at one of the competitions…Time to see if a Toronto-Cleveland relationship can work (best of luck to you guys BTW)…
2.) If you must date on your own team, dont date one of your own kind (aka the driver should not be dating the human player, people on the strategy team shouldn’t date eachother, etc)
3.) If you date someone outside of FIRST, just common courtesy here: explain FIRST and how much time you will be spending towards it…communication leads to understanding. And hey, maybe they’ll want to get involved too.
and the newest realization:
4.) If you keep a level head about things, whether it be fling or serious relationship, the people you connect with within the Competition make the dearest friends afterwards.
Now, I have seen all four of these points broken (1 & 2 were both broken by JVN and his girl ) and be succesful, but Ive also seen considerably more heartbreak then benefit…but thats what Ive run into in my crazy travels.
When I was a junior, there was one couple on our team…and they did everything together…and the girls parents were chaperones…and there was a strict rule that girls were not allowed in the boys rooms (what a retarded rule), and I ended up going into my brothers room…and GASP!!! There were no chaperones in there…and I got YELLED at…but I walk to my room…and there are the couple…BY THEMSELVES…NO CHAPERONES…did they get in trouble? no…
maybe I’m just bitter…lol…but FIRST relationships on the same team don’t work out…i liked going after the other teams…lol…the boys on my team were just so…ummm…not my type
I think we only have one couple who’s on our team…if they even are a couple…I dunno…question about the cross-country thing…kinda did that…Florida and Boston…3 months then bust…yea…oh well
Ok wel being the only girl on my team wait wait now i’m one of two but still, i think the fact that you spend alot of ur free time with these people, leds to attraction ( maybe lack of options). By id have to put my vote in for its better when ur on different teams. Itz an interesting chemistry and then a touch of revivalry.
the thing to remember, Gui, is that Mark and I had already been dating for almost 2 years when the team was started.
But really, it is not easy dating someone on your own team, especially when you’re administrative head and his mother is the team mom and you don’t exactly get along. It was amazing that we did stay together through that, and didn’t kill each other, and no one on the team killed us:D
First off, I think it can be done with the right people, and second off, I think Jess’ rules are very much true from what I’ve seen
I’ve personally tried the FIRST relationship thing - a few times at that. Max distance was 1400 miles (give or take), closest was on my own team. But I have found now that my life has taken a rather large turn away from FIRST, sometimes it’s a little easier when you’re both not robotics crazies At least you don’t spend hours squabbling over strategies and building designs - and you don’t spend forever trying to track each other down in the Nationals “city”
Jess… I remember an old rule you had about dating someone within FIRST, but don’t date while at competitions. I think that has to be one of the best ones to follow - particulary if you are not on the same team!
Well, as being our team only has 2 guies, me being one of them, there are no inter-team dating going on. For a while, i did have the hots for some team members, but that some-what went away. The other male person on our team is not dating anyone, eather, from our team. Infact, i don’t think anyone on our robotics team, for 5 years, have ever been in any inter-team dating, i don’t think so…
Harrison… whos the third couple? I’m all confused…
Oh and ummm with the Ohio boy… he doesnt live in Cleveland, it’s a lil city in Ohio from what i gather… and we aren’t gong out… cause we both agree it’s way too far to restrict ourselves like that, so we’re doing the whole, when we are in the same city we’re basically going out… when we’re apart it’s have fun, flirt around and try to find someone that’ll make you happy and if you do, tell the other person about it. Cause we want to see eachother happy. eppp! look at all the mushy-ness!
So yea, lesson: if you cant see eachother a lot, have a… long-distance-on-again-off-again-open-relationship!.. And then try and visit if/when possible… what’s that? set up a road trip to Ohio?! lol
Anywayz, now that everyone knows about my stuff… hugz to all as alwayz
Ann-Marie
We don’t have any couples on my team, but there are quite a few people that have crushes on other people that are on the team, or at least that’s what it looks like. I’ve been w/ my boyfriend for a year, and he is not nor has he ever been involved or interested in FIRST. In fact he came the last day of the New England regional to see what this “thing” was that I keep obsessing over. He said it was cool, but he can’t understand why or how anyone could love it so much. I told him that if he can’t understand it then to just pretend to, because this is something that I am passionate about and soemthing that i devote a lot of my time to. He hasn’t complained since.
But I wouldn’t want to date anyone from my team. I would rather just be friends w/ them. And i would rather just be friends w/ the guys that are on other teams. I just think that things might get ugly if you are working in a tense situation w/ your significant other or you are competing against them. I agree w/ whoever said that you shouldn’t date a person from an opposite team during actual competition. Yeah, that can never be good. But hey that’s just my opinion.
I’m gonna have to stick in my two cents here, as this post has been done so many times and just forgotten. Anyways:
From what I’ve seen, FIRST relationships tend to be a bit rocky. People sometimes change between real-life, 6-weeks, and competitions.
Should a relationship be successful, one must not get jealous. You’re surrounded by members of the opposite sex the entire time at FIRST, so don’t let it bother you if you’re significant other is hanging around someone else.
From personal experiance: FIRSTers make better friends, in general, than boy/girl-friends.
Someone will always end up falling for one of their own, and it may lead to tragedy.
And from my personal thoughts on dating: It sucks. I like being with someone, but dating is a pain in the neck.
) and be succesful, but Ive also seen considerably more heartbreak then benefit…but thats what Ive run into in my crazy travels.