I am going to go ahead and move this over to the cafe corner simply because you said you are asking older people about their relationships from when they were your age. I don't think you want many 10-12 year old kids replying here in that case. 

Anyway, when I was 16, I didn't really have what you would call relationships. I had a few short term long distance things with a few girls from camps, so they were pretty much phone conversations and Instant Messaging. I never had what I would call a true relationship until I was 18, and that is with my fiancee. Although, that didn't start until like the last week that the seniors had to go to school. We hung out with our tight group of 6 every night all summer with some days to ourselves. Our first year of college was long distance as she went to a college 4 hours away and I stayed in my home town the first year. But that is getting a bit ahead of your age in question, so I'll stop there.

Oh gods, when I was 16.... *hangs head*

Honestly it was fairly typical teenage dating, for nerds at least. That age saw the end of one relationship and the start of another. In both cases we hung out, watched movies, went out to watch movies, and played video games together. There was snuggling and making out, and typical teenage jealously and insecurity. Overall I guess it really wasn't that bad of a period, even if it was just "puppy love" (though at the time it was "omg soul mates!")

rcarter2 :   I put the post where I did originally because I had posed this question to the creator of Vizzed, Davideo7. However, seeing that you put the post where you did, I decided to further generalize the post in order to get answers from younger users as well as older ones. 

When I was 16, I was dating my first love. We dated from December of my 10th grade year to the end of the summer before 12th grade started. We were friends for 2 years or so before we started dating. There was drama from other people who liked my boyfriend (at the time, he's my ex now obviously) and there was issues with me being jealous and very insecure. I was crushed when he broke up with me, but really was for the best as our relationship just kinda turned to crap in the end anyway. It was good while it lasted, but we just ended up not being as compatible as we thought. 
I don't feel like going into extreme detail though, as there's a lot more to it then "we dated for over a year, then broke up, I was sad". Just don't like to think back to those times. lol. I don't talk to him anymore. Not because he broke up with me, but because he turned into a really poor excuse of a friend like a year after the fact. :/ 
Now I'm 20 years old and with someone who is A LOT better for me. We actually have things in common and have been dating for almost a year. I dated someone before my current boyfriend as well. So while I thought it was "impossible" to move on from my first love...it will and can happen. 

So do you want it in general chat then? I assumed otherwise because I figured since you are asking older people about their dating lives from when they were 16, you wouldn't want a bunch of 12 year olds posting their 'dating' stories. But if you want it in the general chat, just summon the local mods of this thread to move it back and I won't mess with it.

I had girlfriends when I was that age. It really consisted of hanging out together and just having fun, then taking advantage of the benefits that a girlfriend provides (If you know what i mean)

Honestly you should just find a partner that you really like to hang out with, the rest will take care of itself.

I guess I'll make this simple...

"What are your relationships like?"

This is a very open ended question. First, I'll make it known it's a long distance relationship. One that covers 3300 miles, and touches both coasts. Second, I'll make it known, we've only been in person with each other once, for a week 2 months ago. Third, and finally, I'll mention we started dating November 6th, 2010.

Now that the basics are out of the way, it's the best relationship I've ever had, and the only one I've felt 100% committed to. For someone like me to find love, I know I must have done something right. It's really a wonderous feeling, one I wouldn't trade for everything in the world.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. And my heart is rather fond of her.

"What were your relationships like when you were my age (16)?"

To be honest, I didn't start dating until I was 17. And back then most of my relationships sucked. I have had a total of 13 or 14 girls I've dated (although many of them were before 17. 17 was the first age I started to be serious about dating).

I guess the one that stands out was this girl at my high school. She wasn't the most attractive, but we got along, and shared some laughs. She actually was the one to ask me out. I had reservations at first, since she was one of my best friend's girlfriends. However, he said it was ok. We didn't talk much for a while, an it's understandable why. But back to the girl, during the relationship I thought things were good, and I was pretty happy with where we were at. We only ever kissed once, but that may have been one too many. I saw her as a really good friend, but we didn't really click as a couple. We did the normal things like hand holding blah blah blah... but we weren't really behaving as a couple. We looked like kids walking hand in hand in a hall way.

Eventually I did a dick move, and broke up with her silently over facebook.I dumped her on a Friday, after school, just before a big race on Saturday. So we didn't see each other, or even talk until the Monday we next had school. She was upset, I was indifferent. But as it turns out, she rebounded rather fast, showing me how unimportant the relationship was to her.

In the end, my theory held true. Relationships at your age rarely work out. And when they do, it's a true blessing.

acam : David can see threads wherever you post them. That said, since the thread deals with relationships (regardless of age), it would have been moved here anyway since this is where all such threads are designed to go.