MormonTimes.com: Don't allow kids to date before 16

You know that rule about how teenagers aren't supposed to date until they're 16? Does anyone remember how old that rule is?

I'm 57. That rule was already in place when I got to dating age in 1967.

It never affected me much. It's not like girls were clinging to their phones, hoping I'd call. Plus, I didn't get a driver's license till I was 23. That really crimps a guy's style.

In our ward in Greensboro, N.C., that rule seems to be universally respected. Including the often-ignored stipulations that even at 16, they should be group dates, so that couples aren't alone together until they're 18 or older.

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