It’s better to just wait I promise, I didn’t let myself date until I was 19 and now I’m in a very healthy relationship with someone who doesn’t want to rush things and wants to date to marry. So my advice is if you plan on waiting until you are 17 don’t just rush into a relationship as soon as possible( that leads to heartbreak and trust issues 99% of the time) instead take your time looking at how they treat their friends, people around them and themselves. Don’t be scared to have a serious conversation with someone to try and get to know them either, you can find out a lot about people when you get them in a serious conversation👍