Buzz·Posted on Sep 22, 201419 Reasons Why Dating In Middle School Was So Much BetterWhen "IM me tonight" was your best move.by Sheridan Watson, Diamond Coleman, Omar VillegasLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. You never needed a dating app — you had plenty of resources at your disposal. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. Developing really strong feelings — perhaps too strong — was completely normal. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. You could discover someone's undying love in the smallest of gestures. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. You could walk in one day and have a bunch of admirers. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 5. Dating was so much easier when friends did all the hard work for you. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 6. All you had to do was wait until you got a text on one of these: 7. Or these: 8. Dating rules were made perfectly clear. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. And showing your true colors was never easier. 10. You could actually speak on the PHONE. With VOICES. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. And at the end of the conversation, they'd ask if you want to be official. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. Everyone knew how awkward human interaction was, so you just ... avoided it. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. No one ever had to pay for or plan dates. View this photo on Instagram 14. Plus, transportation was free. View this photo on Instagram 15. All you had to do was grind with someone to cement your undying love. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. And even if you couldn't find anyone at school, you could always make someone up and no one would know. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 17. Or you could just meet a soulmate in one of these. 18. And even though you were sad after you guys broke up... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 19. ... you got over it because it took you about five seconds to fall in love with someone else. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF