For the week on either side of Valentines day, it reeeaalllyyy helps to be in a relationship. The rest of the time, it doesn't really matter. But if you genuinely like the guy/girl, then what's stopping you from going out with them?
Each relationship makes you stronger and more mature and helps you to figure out who you are as a person and what you want in your partner. So by the time you find your soul mate you will have figured out who you are and what you are looking for in life and sexual.
Just wait till you find your one and only love. Don`t push your self to love someone even if you don`t love her cause it your relationship might go wrong.