Before you go into relationship, please settle your issues first. You might not want to ruin or hurt someone's life. Make sure your ready enough to fully dedicate your self and time for that person. If you're just convincing yourself because you're afraid of being alone , please don't. Your afraid that maybe you won't be able to meet someone beautiful, sexy or intelligent person for you. Don't rush it. You are not in a competition. Take it slowly, be patient. Someone will come on God's perfect time.
You don't have to force yourself to be in relationship because you're under pressure by your parents and will assess you for going through it, that's wrong. Be brave to make your own decisions. It's your life, so you must live it with respect. It's very important before taking a steps to determine if you're really into it or you might just broke someone's feelings.
If you have issues with your past relationship, better to settle it first before you open commit yourself to someone. You might just talking the risk to end it early. You'll end up comparing your present from your past. This is commonly same with cheating with your self. You're pretending to be happy but you're not. Your mind is still set to your past and it's unfair of course to your partner who deserves a love with no confusions and doubts.