It's a very common preoccupation during the teen years to find someone to love, it's natural to want that, and especially with all the media around having a significant other, it seems to get even more difficult when some people don't find that special person. This could be for a number of reasons, but like you said yourself, you're 16 ... you have plenty of time, even if it doesn't feel like it right now. All your friends that already have boyfriends are different people - they have their own experience, you have yours. Not having dated by the age of 16 is no argument to think you will never have a relationship. In the meantime, until you find that special someone, maybe you could think about what it is you'd like in a relationship - what do you need? Then you could figure out alternate ways to fulfill at least some of these needs without a boyfriend (could be anything from companionship, to being appreciated as the woman you are gradually becoming, to being important to someone ... the list goes on), maybe that would make things a little easier to bare. And if the longing to have a boyfriend persists, at least take some comfort in the thought that many teenage girls (and even women who are single for a while) are dealing with that. You are not alone and you're worthy of love even if you don't have it the way you'd like just yet <3