yes i do think Teenagers use the word "love" too losely now mainly because they think they know what it is when they really don't. I'm only 13 and all my friends say "i love u" to every one of their boyfriends and they'll get mad if the guy dont say it back!! i try to tell them that they arent in LOVE no matter what they think. but here is somethink for every one reading so at least YOU will know what love is.... Love goes beyond the physical because it sees not with the eyes but with the heart. If you need to ask someone "Do you think I'm in love?" chances are you are not. When you are in love you feel it in your heart. It's part of you, and well, you will just know. You can't pretend you are in love, because it doesn't work. Love is something you can't pretend; when they look into your eyes they will see the compassion, sympathy, and understanding mentioned above, or they will see your true feelings which could be none of those.
Love is a shoulder you can always cry on, and a voice that will assure you when things have not gone the right way. It's shared secrets, special smiles, and long summer evenings. It's a song to call your own, "Awww.."'s from your friends, nights at the movies. It's your boyfriend showing up in the middle of the night because he wanted to see your eyes by moonlight. Love is made up of many small things, and many feelings that can be very complex; two main ones being complete happiness and pain.
Think love is one thing that hurts both when you are in it and when you aren't. When you are near the person because you love, it hurts because you care so deeply for them; when you aren't near the person you feel a hurt that is completely indescribable. Love hurts when you aren't in it because you are constantly remembering being in it. It is true though, that old saying, "It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." If you had not loved you would never have known what it is like to look into someone's eyes and see nothing but unconditional love and acceptance. You would never have known what it is like to get a single red rose, "just because".Most importantly, you would never have known what it's like to truly experience love because no one can tell you. It can't be fully explained. You need to experience the joy... and the hurt for yourself.

most ppl make the mistake of truely believeing they are in love when they arent and then they'll get involved w/ sex and discover that they arent in love only it is too late then...

the word doesnt matter. the meanin behind it does. some people postin make it look like teens cant really feel love. that juss kinda is me off.

Love has become as common as the word apple....

i agree with songbird3000.......Love is a strong, powerful verb: that's why it's so vital and amazing! And that's also why it is something that should be taken seriously...but like Lynne I'd rather hear words of love than of hate! Amen

Peace and Love(and yes I mean that)my friends,
Saskia

Lynne, we should talk sometime!IM me: Saskiade1234

I don't think love is used too loosely. I'm going to say some stereotypes... but just to explain my thought:

Love means different things at different ages. In elementary school, it's the person who held the door open for you, or shared his lunch with you. In middle school it's the person who is the "hottest" (at least from what i remember, or see now). In high school, it's either the person who will have sex with you, or if you're more mature... the one you enjoy being around. So, we look back at the middle school kids and younger kids, and adults look at us saying "They use love too often" because they're definition of love is TOTALLY different.

I personally do not beleive a limit should tried to be defined on using the word love. That's like saying "Kids are happy too often now... they get happy over stupid things like when they're favorite TV show comes on. They don't even know what happy is..."

My apologies if i've offended anyone =)

I think that teenagers always use "love" too much. They can say "I love these shoes." but not really mean it. When it comes to relationships, I think that if you are going out with someone, you automaticly think that you "love" them when you may only "like" them alot. Yes, teenagers do use "love" too much.

I dont think teeenagers use the word love too loosely, they started to which is why they invented the word "luv"

Yes I do. Because I have had experiences where i would say the same thing. But what i believe is that love doesnt come until God believes it is your time. So yes. Teens definately use it too loosely. And the fact that people in HS get married and think they "love" each other and have a kid and everything and then it turns out That they get a divorce and 90% percent of the time the kid has a bad homelife. At least from what I have saw in my school.

Are you kidding? One of my closest friends is going to turn 14 in 3 days and in everything she does there is something saying how much she loves her boyfriend. So yes, I'd have to say that kids and teens use the word Love to loosely. if you ask me, most people under the age of 20 are too young to really understand the meaning of the word Love.

yes

I really think that it is none of you business!!
JUST KIDDING!! LOL
I think they use it to losely. I know 2 12 year olds who say they r in love. I don't laugh at them cause I know how it feels but that was 9 mon. ago now they have broken up and hate each other. I mean come on give me a BREAK!!!
I don't think they should say the r in love until there is at least an egagment ring on their finger. TEll me what u think.

It's like the DCTalk song, "Love is a serious verb". Love IS serious, but I'd rather love than hate! i would much, MUCH rather hear my friends talking about how much they love someone than hear them talk about how much they hate someone (which I hear much too often!)

Lots of love,
Lynne

"oh, jack, i love u"
"rose...i love u too."
"than does that mean u'll do anything for me"
"yes, rose, anything"
"okay..get of the board. the water is freezing..."

YES, teenagers claim love too often. And it doesn't mean a thing to them anymore (or at least to most of the jerks I've met). The phrase "I love you" shouldn't be used too often. To me, something that's overused is a lot worse than something that's not even there.

That's why there are so many young mothers. LOVE. "Oh baby I love you, have sex with me to show this to everyone." And then when a couple doesn't say those critical 3 words, the rest of the world thinks that they should break up, just because 2 weeks into their relationship they weren't already 'making love.' The word love means so much more than just, "I care for you." It means that you could marry that person, that you can spend the rest of your life with that person. That you would give your very being just to hold on to that person. Take a look at the bigger picture kids...

Yes, I do think teenagers use the word LOVE a little to loosely. LOVE is a big deal. They might think their fling this week is total love and then they break up and they start to distrust this word. I was recently watching an episode of Oprah and they were talking about how teenagers misinterpret love too much and they get blinded by bad relationships. We might think "I KNOW he LOVES me, so I should dismiss his/her behaviour. Before we call this weeks crush LOVE, we should think carefully about what this word truly means and use it with our hearts.

While I do think that the word is far overused, I don't think it was ever the word that mattered.

It's far more the sincerity, emotion, and depth of feeling that is involved when you use the word.

******* DUH.

[This message was edited by YNLissa on June 15, 2003 at 04:29 AM.]

I didn't see it that way before Mars...thanx! I have to agree with girlfrommars. She makes a great point!