Peer pressured into dating!

Dear Advice Girl,

At my school, a lot of people think I should go out with this one guy. He's my friend, and it would be weird for him to be more than that. But I’m starting to be talked into it.

My mom is really strict and would probably blow if she knew, and I don’t have any experience in dating...what should I do?

Signed,
   Hannah

Dear Hannah,

Your classmates are trying to pressure you into dating a guy, and that’s just as bad as any other kind of peer pressure. (And also kind of weird. Can’t they just worry about who they’re dating and leave your love life alone?)

It’s okay to turn to people for advice. (Shoot, I should know.) But if your gut’s telling you one thing, and a bunch of random people who couldn’t care less about your feelings are telling you another, then listen to your gut.

Which means, if you don’t want to date this guy, then don’t date him. And if people keep bugging you about it, tell them to mind their own business.