Are you ready
Being in a relationship is not a child's play that is why it is meant for matured people who know what they are doing, you might be in the university or maybe working already but might not be matured enough for relationship. Now being matured in all other things doesn't mean you're matured for a relationship, being matured for a relationship means you are ready to be for one person, to give and do everything for the other person, no matter who that person may be. It means you're ready to commit yourself to that person and not be distracted by anything or anybody. There are some people even though they're in a relationship, they still pop their eyes outside to feed their eyes with different guys or girls and while doing this, they start feeling their partner isn't doing enough and they start to complain and compare others relationship, how others do their things with their own relationship. This is bad and it leads to breaking of relationship.
Some people would think in their minds, I'm 18yrs old so I can date or being in a relationship , are you really ready? You know yourself better than anybody, don't deceive yourself thinking you can go into one. Enjoy your single life, have fun, hangout with your friends, don't go into relationship because your friend is in one or because you just want to see how it feels like to be in one. A friend once asked why I'm not in a relationship yet, what if I needed someone to really talk with, share some deep things with. Yes, it's nice like that, having a partner and sharing stuffs with him, but I'm not ready for one and I have trusted people with higher knowledge I can share things with, having fun? I have friends I can do that with and definitely badminton is always welcoming.
If you go into a relationship because you want to see how it feels like and you end up not liking it, you would resolve to leave the relationship thereby breaking the heart of your partner. This will affect him or her greatly especially psychologically and maybe making the person to decide wrongly, making conclusions that there's no joy in being in relationship or guys or girls are player. Don't because of your carefree attitude fall into that category where friends would tell one another not to move closer to you to avoid heart breaks.
And when you are ready, go for someone with good ambition, great ideology not just anybody because of his/her swags, status or physical appearance(though they are part) and you also must have your ambition you're working towards and you should also be able to support whatever good your partner wants to do. Give him or her good advice, no one wants a lazy, dumb, unreasonable person and someone without ambition as a partner. Let your partner always look forward to seeing you every time, be someone he or she would run to for advice, comfort and love. With these little things and whatever things are good, you guys are good to go!