Replying to How shallow can people be?

i was talking to a friend of mine and the subject of girlfriends came up. i gave him my view on it, which is that you shouldnt go out with somebody unless you actually love them (not just want to hook up or whatever). i asked my friend if he actually loved his girlfriend and he told me that he didnt, then proceeded to say that you dont have to love somebody to go out with them. is it just me, or is he a retard? the bad thing about this is, that i feel like most highschool relationships are like this. they only do it for sex/head/hooking up. i think that for 2 people to go out they should actually love eachother, then sex/all that good stuff should come as a result of that.

who agrees with me? who wants to try to convince me that im wrong?