Are You Ready for Your First Boyfriend?

By: Emily Maggrett

6 Min Quiz

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About This Quiz

Are you ready for your first boyfriend or do your dating skills need work? No shade if they do ... even Margot Robbie was undateable when she was 11. You'll be ready for a relationship eventually, but is "eventually" actually RIGHT NOW? Your parents might say no, but this quiz will tell you the truth. So if you're wondering whether you should make a move on that special someone, do yourself a favor and get into this quiz!

Please note, being "ready" for your first boyfriend has nothing to do with how you look or what age you are. It's all about how you act: your self-confidence, your boundaries and whether you can handle the vulnerability that can come from putting yourself out there. Not every person who's dating already is emotionally mature enough to be doing so, even adults who are old AF. So whatever your outcome is, don't stress about it — own it!

We're going to ask you about the kind of guys you like, what you want out of a boyfriend and whether you're happy with how your friendships are going. In return for your honest answers, we'll let you know whether you're dead ready or need to dip on that upcoming date. Ready for some piping hot tea? Dive into this quiz!

If your first boyfriend told you to shoplift a watch for him, would you do it?

Yeah, probably. If I thought I could get away with it.

Maybe. Depends on how expensive the watch is.
No, that's stupid. He can steal it himself if he wants to be bougie.

The swag move would be to just buy the watch for him.

Do you think that people who have boyfriends are better than people who don't have boyfriends?

YEAH OBVS.

I think it CAN make you cooler, but not always.
Absolutely not. Whether you have a man or not says nothing about your personality.

IDK but I think it would make ME better.

You've been chatting with someone cute on Instagram. After a few weeks, he reveals that he's actually much older than you. Would you keep chatting with him?

Hmm ... maybe.

Well, how much older is he than me?
Ew, no!

I'd report him to the police, fr.

How much do you like boys?

SO MUCH I WANNA DIE!

Quite a bit, SOMETIMES.
I like certain guys but not "boys" in general.

I like boys more than I like breathing.

How do you feel when you fail a test?

Sad. Why am I so dumb?

Furious with myself.
Neutral. It sucks to fail a test, but maybe the teacher will let me take a make-up test?

I feel nothing. I don't care about my grades, TBH.

What kind of guys do you like?

Anyone cute. I'm thirsty!

Mysterious bad boys
Smart guys who have it together

Guys who like ME

How confident are you? Could you lead a school assembly if the principal asked you to?

Girl, no.

Maybe as part of a group ...
Yeah, why not?

Ugh, that sounds like a nightmare!!!!!

Who's your favorite "Star Wars" bae?

Kylo Ren

Alden Ehrenreich
Donald Glover

Oscar Isaac

Imagine that a new friend comes over and starts making fun of your little brother for his lisp. What do you do?

Say, "Haha, yeah he sounds ridonkulous."

Change the subject.
Shut it down.

Clap back at your friend so savagely that she cries.

Do your friends think you're ready for a boyfriend?

Uh ... no.

Yuh.
Yesssss. They keep asking why I'm not dating so-and-so yet.

Idgaf what they think because I KNOW I'm ready.

Do you like hanging out by yourself?

That's a big, fat NOPE.

Sometimes I do, like if I have a really great book I want to read.
Yeah, it's dope.

I can't be alone for five minutes without feeling shook.

Do you feel like your friends really listen to you?

No. They are too busy talking about themselves.

Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.
Yes, most of the time.

Yes, when I tell them something is really important.

Are you competitive?

I'm not confident enough to be competitive.

I pretend not to be but I totally am.
Not really. It's a waste of time.

I cannot take an L and I will not take an L.

Do you think that having a boyfriend would change you?

Yes. It would make me so much cooler.

It would be a learning experience. Other people might see me differently.
Not really?

Bet!

How many secrets do you have, and do you share them with anyone?

I have NO secrets because I share everything with everyone.

I have 11 secrets and I've shared them with no one.
I have a couple secrets which my best friend knows.

I have so many secrets, I don't even know my secrets.

When someone gives you a compliment, how often do you think about it afterwards?

For WEEKS

For days
For five minutes

For five seconds, then I need a new compliment!

Would you ever pretend to like something boring AF, just because your crush liked it?

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

I might pretend to like it for a minute and then get totally into it.
No, that's extra.

I do this all the time. Because it WORKS.

When you see your crush, what do you do?

Melt into a puddle of FEELINGS.

Try to act like I don't have a crush on him.
Say "hi."

Flirt with him aggressively. YKTV.

Imagine that your parents want to meet your crush before you go out with him, but he doesn't want to because he says he's "intimidated." What do you do?

Tell your parents you weren't actually dating him, then meet up with him on the DL.

Try to persuade him that it won't be that bad.
Say, "Okay, I guess we're not going out then."

Criticize my parents for even making the request.

Your crush asks you if he can copy your homework. What do you say?

"Sure."

"Hmm, IDK."
"No, sorry."

"What if we get in trouble???"

If you stopped liking your first boyfriend, would you feel comfortable breaking up with him?

Nah. I'd wait for him to dump me.

It would take me two or three tries, but I could do it.
Yes. It would be painful but necessary, like waxing.

Aaaa, I'm having an anxiety attack just thinking about this.

Your friend begs you to set them up with your (hypothetical) first boyfriend's best friend. You don't think the best friend likes your friend. Do you try to make the set-up happen anyway?

Yep. I know it will be a train wreck but I can't stop myself!

First I would talk to my boyfriend's best friend, to see if he might like my friend.
No. Sounds like a ton of drama.

I'd lie and say my boyfriend refused to let me set them up.

Let's say you accidentally cried in front of the entire school. Would you go to school the next day?

No. I would transfer schools permanently, of course.

No. I would miss a couple days then slink back in a low-key way.
Yes. You can't let crap like that get you tilted.

Yes. I would go so I could start a bunch of rumors to distract people from talking about me.

What would you do if your first boyfriend ghosted you?

Cry about it on the internet all day.

Immediately start flirting with someone new.
Take some time to feel bad, then let him go.

Do whatever it took to get him back.

Have you ever been on a date?

NO BUT I WANT TO.

Yeah. It was an epic fail but I laughed about it later.
Nope. But I'm not pressed about it.

Yes, but it was a group date.

Does it embarrass you to show other people your emotions?

No, that's like my entire life.

Yeah. I guess I'm shy?
If I trust someone, I'm not afraid to be myself around them.

Sometimes I'm emotional around other people, but I always regret it later.

Be honest: do your parents know everything about you?

Yes. It's hard to keep secrets from my mom.

They think they do, but they're wrong.
I'll just say "not at all" and leave it at that.

No, because I sort of mislead them sometimes.

What's your favorite Ariana bop?

"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"

"Needy"
"Thank U, Next"

"Bad Idea"

Are you the leader of your friend group?

Nope!

I'm like, the opposite of that.
Bet.

My crush's friends ARE my friend group.

When someone asks you a favor, do you feel comfortable saying no?

Nope. That's scarier than just doing the favor!

If it's someone I know well, yes, but sometimes I get intimidated into doing things I don't want to do.
Yep. I'm not the world's butler.

Yes. I hate it when people ask me for favors, especially when they already owe me!

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