i love you.

[pigletgirl]

i would call that entering a new stage of love. there had to be at least some puppy love there for the relationship to start at all, but its really paled in comparison to what you feel now. kwim?

Right. But its hard for me to fathom 2 young people really being deeply in love.

Exactly YOU didn't know what it was. Not me.

Wow.

 

[cindys_castle2011]

Right. But its hard for me to fathom 2 young people really being deeply in love.


Wow.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean its not there.

And wow what ?

 

[WDWtraveler27]

 

[Sparx]

that was deeply unnecessary.

 

[Sparx]

Right. But its hard for me to fathom 2 young people really being deeply in love.

thats exactly what i'm saying. they're not DEEPLY in love like a couple who's been together for 50 or 60 years, but for all that they've experienced, its deep to them, at the time. does that make any sense?

 

[I Am What I Am]

Love isn't logical. It's an emotion and emotions don't have logic.

Only you know when you are in love.

 

[chisnpeke]

You can be in love when you are 16. Love is an emotion you can't define and you just have to feel it. I am in love with my boyfriend now. I know what it feels like and I know I'm in it. No one can take that away from me.

 

[tiggspring]

OP my DH and I were talking about this thread and his first thought was give that boy a medal! He was very impressed that your BF would say that on his MS page. He feels that shows his level of commitment to you. DH remembers when his friends were this age many would say I love you to the girl but not publicly admit it very often. Thought you might like an old guy perspective

 

[youaremylifenow]

Being in love is a beatiful thing you shouldn't feel bad expressing yourself and neither should he. Life is to short to live with regret, I would rather tell someone I love them than I hate them.

Congrats on staying together for so long, and staying in love!

 

[bananda]

i also just want to add how very silly the arguement that "teenagers don't know what love is" becuase why is JUST that one emotion singled out. do teenagers know what sadness, happiness, and fear are? yes. they do. so yes, it stands to reason they would understand a full range of emotion.

i think love is different because it can be seen as more than just an emotion. depending on the situation, love is a commitment, something you need to work at more than other emotions.
sure, some teenagers are less likely to understand love in this way, but thats based on maturity and different experiences, not age. a 16-yr-old might be more apt to feel this kind of love than an 18-yr-old, or they might not. it depends on the person.

also, thanks for explaining those stages

 

[pigletgirl]

i also just want to add how very silly the arguement that "teenagers don't know what love is" becuase why is JUST that one emotion singled out. do teenagers know what sadness, happiness, and fear are? yes. they do. so yes, it stands to reason they would understand a full range of emotion.

Love is way different than of those emotions IMO. Its way more than just that giddy feeling when you see your SO.

And I think about the quote "Love is patient, love is kind, love does not envy, love does not boast, love does not easily anger"

That is what I think about when the topic, and it helps explain my position. It doesn't mean that 16 year olds, don't know what love is, but what it all entails.

KWIM?

 

[Sparx]

Love is way different than of those emotions IMO. Its way more than just that giddy feeling when you see your SO.

And I think about the quote "Love is patient, love is kind, love does not envy, love does not boast, love does not easily anger"

That is what I think about when the topic, and it helps explain my position. It doesn't mean that 16 year olds, don't know what love is, but what it all entails.

KWIM?

i do understand what you mean, but i definitely still think its insane to say that a certain age group can't feel love. (except people under the age of 2 or so) maybe not a romantic love, but definitely they can feel love.

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

Well, I've never had first hand experience so I don't know if romantic love can be truly, deeply, maturly experienced as a 16 year old.

I do know my best friend and I tell each other this in the sisterly love way, because of what we've been through together, and I always mean it.

 

[SKJA124]

I think you can definitely feel real love, even when you're 16. Love comes in all different forms, but it's all still love, and yes, there's fake love, but other than that, it's all real love; different forms, different ways. Time periods don't really change your love; you're able to fully love your mother and father when you're 2 [unless for some other reason you're not], you're able to love your friends, so why not another person? If they make you complete for that amount of time that you're together, and if you enjoy every minute and wish nothing else than to be with them, than I believe that that's love. Even if they had broken up with you and you're bitter towards them, you still felt love the time that you two were together. Your heart's big enough to hold love, even at the smallest age possible. At least that's what I believe.