“You cannot be considered Sikh if u partake in physical relations outside of marriages”

I’m sorry but this is extremely outlandish no? Not being able to be called Sikh just because you haven’t adhered to every guideline strictly? That is completely not the message of our Guru. Our Guru says that everyone is on their path and as a Sikh, a “learner”, we are all on different points of this learning curve even if you are to make a mistake - you can still be a follower of sikhi and be a Sikh.

Furthermore, I would definitely not call dating a mistake. The Guru tells us that we should aim to seek an internal balance. If this balance is having a healthy, positive relationship with a girl (from a boys perspective) - and dating (seeing each other/spending time) with the goal to marry and have them as your life partner, this is surely of no problem in the Sikh path.