Theres all ready a topic on this!!!!!

Ok penmagic, you say teens cannot be in love because we haven't yet reached the level of maturity. Well, if that is true when DO we reach that level of maturity. Can we fall in love when we are 20, afterall were not teens anymore....or does it automatically happen when we turn 25 or 30?? I totally disagree w/ the fact your trying to make, I think because everyone is different and everyone's maturity level is different, teens can be perfectly capable of falling in love. Sure, that love may not last forever, but does that mean that they were never in love in the first place?? Of course not!! Love is different for every person, just because one person does not love when they are a teen does not make it impossible for everyone and vice versa.

I must say I have had some weird relationships, that should have made me a feminist at least, but I still have hope. I have seen some good guys out there. In response to the reply about no one being able to understand love...that's right it's not one of those things you can explain in a dictionary definition. It's a feeling shared between two people. It's hard to know when you're in love some people think they're in love a couple of times, but it takes those insecure relationships and uncertainties that really make a person understand what love is....I think 20 years ago couples stayed together and pure love was more prevalent, but I say it still exists today, just walk in a restaurant or the movies...you'll see it....young and old alike.

To me love is an exscuse to fulfill your lust. Like I'm only considering getting married so that I can have a child. Love is too deep to try a define, but to me it only seems onesided. I don't really agree with it.

Ever heard that expression " Love is what makes the world go round."? Well, I don't think it's that people don't know what love is. Everyone is loved and loves whether it's their pet rock or their boyfriend, but I think teens dive into the whole romance thing head first without looking into the water,and then when they hit the bottom of the pool, they're left wondering what happened.
I think it's our surroundings too. Sex, sex, sex, is the message of the media, and the media can make you feel like you aren't somebody unless you've got man hanging off of your arm.
Does love have to be romantic? I think too often we forget the love of our parents and relatives, and friends and things.

I have mixed feelings on the "love" topic. I am 25 years old and I use to think I knew what love was. It has only been over the last couple of years that I have come to the conclusion that either I don't know what love is, or it is everyone else that has no clue. My take on love is this: First and foremost, most people forget who they are when they "fall in love." I believe that we all have our own unique personalities and that we are all one way when we first meet someone and that when we are with that person we are the same person that we were before them, because when they are gone we will still be that same person. Love should not change us, and everyone has their own perspective on what love is. I say that you know when you love someone because you could not imagine your life without that person in it. You two complete each other an d you could tell that person your deepest, darkest secrets without having to tell them not to tell anyone else. Love is not perfect, nor is life, and for those who live in that fantasy world, you will live a very long, lonely life.

Every body always thinks they're in love, but most of the time they aren't. You have to understand love to be in love. Love and being in love are two very different things. Love is likeing somebody so much that you think about them constantly, but you are okay even not with them. You don't loose control of your emotions. You accept that the person you care deeply about is not yours, they are their own, and that if they are dating someone else, you have control to except reality. Someone whos in love doesn't commit suicide, or stalk the person they love, or get mad and try to break them up. That kind of person is infatuated. Love is so special and when your in love you fight to keep things good between you and that special someone. People who deal with abuse, rape, ect b.c they "love" the person dont know what love is. Love is not being in a relationship where you are not loved back. Its finding someone your wild about, thats wild about you too. When you find that special someone, you'll know. Its almost like instict, you just know. And thats when you learn what love is.

I do think that we need love in the wrold but some people say they love somone but then go and hurt them know as far as i am concerned if you love them you would not hurt them. love is a wonderful thing but only when it is true if you say it... mean it that is when it matters the most!!!! that is the way i see it anyway.......

Young people who claim to be in love every week with a different person is someone who's not really in love and don't knowwhat love is. That to me is puppy love or lusting someone. To me Real love is like being best friends. It's patient and kind. You spend time together because you truly enjoy each other's company. You don't sit around and worry about whether he/she like you or how long the friendship will last because there's enough trust and acceptance that you don't need to question things.

Infatuation (lust) is a powerful, intense emotion that grabs you and doesn't let go. It's like a drug. It feels like it will last forever, but in reality it only lasts a short time. In fact, the word "infatuation" even means "foolish." If you think about it, infatuation is probably nature's way of tricking human into propagating.

http://scicblc.nus.edu.sg/~pharmace/love.html

"Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists.... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence." -- Goncourt

First Corinthians 13.
"love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perserves. Love never fails."

"You learn to love, not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."

I have only been in love once and I'm happliy married to that perfect person that I am in love with. We started dating at 16, got engaged at 18, and married at 21. We just celabrated our 2 year wedding anniversary and are about to celabrate our 7 year anniversary. I didn't plan to fall in love so young. My husband is the first guy I ever loved and ever said the words to. I knew he was the one and I knew that what we had was true and special no matter what our age was.

"the greatest thing youll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return" i belive in lovce with all of my heart i would rather love only to lose it than not love at all. love does not have to be between a couple but love between friend and eveen love of life. i can honestly say that because some one loved me i am here today. and that because some one else was able to love me i can now love my self. that person never asked of anything from me in return and i can only hope that one day we can get over the pain that i caused him in his life. love is the greatest risk you can every make yet it is the most fullfilling.alwasmars@hotmail.com

Was it Proteus or Edgecrusher who went on about love being passionate and the best thing in life? Amen to that!!! I agree, love is the best thing that can happen to you. And if you know that person loves you back is even better! (if you were wondering I am in love.) But whoever is against it, the world needs love, and one day youll fall in love and youll remember all this stuff about being against love, and youll laugh.
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love. Ever heard that song? I like it. All you people out there should listen to it more often!

i think that when people say that they love someone many time it is more like llust i do not believe in saying the word love to anyone untill i know them well and i know that i do care about them that much becaasue other wise that is the point of saying you love them and then leaving them? i dunno just my thoughts.....

No no no! It doesnt matter what age you are, you can still be in love. There is no true meaning of love, but I know that it is a feeling. But it doesnt matter if youre 14, 11, or 27 for all I care!!! What Im saying is,I hope you know that inside we are all the same age! So dont be sayin' stuff about ages, because obviously you dont know a thing. So there, and I hope this post makes a difference in the world.

Love is something that comes with maturity and age. You may feel like your "madly in love" but if your fourteen your not. Sorry thats not love... with the great feelings that come with love so comes the responsibilities. Love is an over used word that the media has blown up to be this amazing thing. Take it for what it is, Love.

Supergirl-

I believe you are wrong, the value of love has not changed in society today.

I believe that you are mistaking 'love' for the more common version called 'infatuation.' Infatuation is commonly misinterpreted as love, but rather is the primal drive all humans have to feel accepted and to engage in sexual encounters. The value of love has not changed, but rather the term is just used too loosely.

Acer

Okay, first of all, there is a difference between LOVING somebody and being IN LOVE with somebody. I love my mom, but I'm not IN LOVE with her, you know what i mean? That phrase is comfused sometimes, I loved and will always love most of my old boy firends, but I've only been IN LOVE with one of them. People need to stop confusing the difference, because being IN LOVE is the nost wonderful feeling in the world, but at the same time, the most painful. And I don't think there really actualy IS a deffination for love, because it means something different to everyone, and everyone has different expirances with it.
Good Luck to everyone with finding their true love,
Me

I have never been in love but I do believe that it is out there. I do agree with a lot of you though. Love is often mistaken for deep infatuation and lust. If you were put in a situation where both of your lives were on the line, would you sacrifice yours to save theirs?!? If so, then I think you can safely say you are in love. If not, it doesn't mean that it's not worth being with that person. Your feelings could soon turn to love. Do yall understand what I'm saying?!? To say there is no love in the world is like saying there is no hate. And we can see all around us that hate exists. I just think that our society is focused on all the negatives around us. And after being exposed to that day after day w/out ever having expierienced love, it's easier to think that there is no love. Ramdom thoughts...I know...but that's how I think...lol!!!
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Love is great and u can fall in love at anytime in ur life but those people who fall in love
every week with a different person isnt really in love....i think its all up to God...God i think finds our true love and gives them to us when we most need them in life....like me i was 14 and i was ready to kill myself and i think God sent my boyfriend to me...i wasnt even a christian b4 and my boyfriend talked about God to me andtook me to creation and i learned a lot....so i think at any age u can fall in love because i am in love and we already planned to get married....so u people who dont think love is possible as a teen are wrong and if u dont experiance being in love u havent lived ur life...

I think the word 'love' is used very loosely, especially in our age category... But that doesn't mean that SOME of us aren't really in love. My b/f and I have been together for almost 1 and a half yrs. And I honestly do love him, I know some of you may not beleive that but it's true. Just because we're young doesn't mean that we can't fall in love. Though it is really ridiculous for people to fall in love more than once a week. lol. I don't believe that's "true love", but what I share with my b/f I strongly believe it's true love... I mean he's the guy I want to spend the rest of my life with... Ok I'm gonna shutup now. Sorry people!

Screech, love hurts because in everything there's a downside. Without a negative opposite, how would you know how good something is? If there was no pain, would there be pleasure? I think love hurts at times because without pain it would have no meaning.