okay, so just because a kid is in high school, means they can't experience love? i say bullshit to that. yeah, sure, the majority of high school students are naive & believe in all of that love at first sight bullcrap, but high school students aren't the only ones. hell, a lot of adults think things that are quite foolish. anyway, love is an EMOTION. humans can experience emotion at any given age, including *gasp* love! it's absurdly shallow to say that just because of someone's age, they can't find true love. love shouldn't be about lasting thru college with each other; it should be based on how you sincerely feel.
now, i don't believe in all that love at first sight "omgzz, i'm in love with him although we haven't even known each other for a month" crap, but i'm just saying, not all high school students are like this, as like not all girls whom make out with another chick are gay.

case in point: love CAN exist at any age

Ive never said "I love you" to any girl that I have been with so far..I try not to overuse the word "love" as much as other people like to because sooner or later the word "love" won't mean anything it will feel the same as if you were to say it to a friend.

It's funny how people say High School relationships don't last...Ive been with my significant other for about 8 months now and going..we plan to make it MUCH farther than High School.

I'm 15, I'll be turning 16 in 3 months. Half of you have probably already ignored this post just by seeing how old I am.

I have been dating my boyfriend for 1 year now. And no, despite what you guys think high school relationships consist of, we're not like yay let's hug in the hallway and go to the school dance! We don't even attend the same school. I will not have sex until marriage and I have very strong morals.

I know I love him. I also know that I don't know everything there is to know about love. Love is a learning experience. It takes time. Love grows and develops, it doesn't just one day explode and you know everything. I know my boyfriend will be there for me tomorrow, next month, and hell even the next year. I'm confident of that. Our communication is strong and that's what makes us last.

I can see where you are coming from though, but you are being so steriotypical. You're generalizing all high school students to be complete idiots that say "I love you" after 5 minutes. You're also generalizing guys as to not wanting a long term relationship but not all guys are like that. As much as you don't want to believe it, people fall in love in high school and things work out. There are many instances where people last about 2 weeks and stupid people who swear they're in love after a month, but there are also many people who last a long time and actually are in love.

aww that's real cute! i think it depends on the people in the relationship too. i've been dating my "high school sweetheart" for a year now after high school. but i don't think i could date him until i'm in my mid twenties and get married. it's just too long for me!
but some people can date for that long or want to get married/settle down earlier.

i think high school relationships are more for experience. so that you mature. you have to get hurt to learn and if you dont try anything, how will you know? im probably not going to marry my current boyfriend, but it doesnt change that i love him. we might go our separate ways and marry different people. but its nice to think "oh that was a nice memory" than "what wouldve happened if i told him?" ... you know?

i agree with this. seriously. i mean, just because it doesnt last, it doesnt mean it wasnt real at that time. people change and thats why people fall in and out of love. whats NOT love is when people go out with each other and then break up saying "he/she wasnt who i thoguht she was" ... unless that she/he was just playing and the other was serious.
and love is all around.
watch the movie you dumbbutt. i actually thought that was a good movie. not in a theatrical meaning... well that too. but it was very good at sending the message that "love actually is all around"

yeah okay miss pissy pants don't double post.

i do beleive that anything is possible weither it be high school love or not... i think that love can make it through alot.. and high school years count. i dont however believe in abusing the word love. i am currently single and i have abused it before, i dont think that it was right. therefore next time i find someone im going to wait until i really feel that way before i just start coming out and saying it.

Only the person that says they're in love really knows.
I wouldn't say that someone isn't if they really think they are.

imo love is when you dont mind waking up to your bf/gf's bad breath EVERY day, their bodily gas, really disgusting colds/flus, you know where im going with this...

f**king finally a group of people other than agree with this. I'm sick of the word love. It's overused.

I don't think anyone has the right to judge another person's relationship just by their age.

Love is something personal, and I don't think you can say to even a high school person "You're not in love kid." Because, we all have been through the same things. How would you know what love is compared to someone else? Everyone has a definition for love.

What is love exactly? Not everyone has the exact definition.Personally, I think high school students are still developing emotionally and are trying to define love for themselves. Love is like a constellation, not everyone has the same POV.

I thought love was an action.
Whatever. Anyway.


My Two Cents:

I agree. There's this one guy I know who started dating this girl at the beginning of the school year [like a week after they met] and he was all like, "AH I LOVE HER." And then he broke up with her and went out with this other girl and claimed to love her the first day they went out. It's totally bullshit. I'm totally against shit like that.

But I'm not against all dating at this age. My best friend started going out with this guy at the beginning of the school year, who we met the previous summer, and they were like SUPER shy at first. They didn't even kiss until like two months after they started dating, and they BARELY tell each other they love each other and stuff. So it's been about six months? Yeah. Six months on the 25th. And they're not retarded about it. So I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

It annoys me when people say they love each other after a week of dating. But what REALLY annoys me (and totally grosses me out) is hearing about how a long-time couple was seen licking each others' faces in the hall at lunch. I think if I saw it, I'd totally just throw up.

INORITE?!!

AMEN. Perfectly describes this one guy I know. Annoying as hell.

On the note of love: I've never experienced it, and I do find it ridiculous when people declare love right after they've met them, but I disagree with the fact that it's impossible to be in love in high school.

And it's super creepy when you're on campus after school and it's all empty and you round a corner and see a couple swallowing each other's tongues. Ewww.

OK. I don't get the concept of 'high school love'. Is it when you're dating someone who goes to your high school? When I was in high school, my boyfriends didn't go to the same school as I. I don't understand.

Thats a load of crap. People can love in high school, and it can be real, just because you didn't, doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Besides, you can't judge them from what you see. You don't feel what they feel. You don't know if they are in love. this is jut your own opinion.

I believe "high school" describes age.... not... literal location.

I think you're baseing this all on sterotypes and being a bit pessimistic. :] You should think outside the box yah know? I know where you're getting at though.

Yeah, you're just stereotyping people. It's like you're telling me I don't actually love my boyfriend.

Sorry, but I don't agree with that.

Although, I'm not saying there aren't people who act like that in High School, because there certainly are. But please don't say that EVERYONE in High School's like that.

It is true that maybe half the couples at my highschool aren't going to last but there are still some that do. We may be young but that doesn't mean we're incapable of falling in love. So is it once you hit college, you're mature enough to know what love is? I think it is just different for everybody. Some high school kids are in these stupid relationships that remind me of middle school but then some are in a true, loving relationship. I don't even know why I'm saying this. It's not like I've really been in love.

I think thats a very general statement. As CrotchetTheLeper said, it is a large sterotype and you should've really thought about what you said before you said it. Or at least focus on something. You seem to have broadened this too much. But hey, if you want to attack others becuase they feel love do it. You said you understand and take love seriously so put yourself in their shoes. Becuase it doesn't sound like you understand love.

You generalize. As many have said on this thread, love knows no age. I see where you are coming from since a lot of high school teenagers throw the word around. But keep in mind that there are some who feel something so much more than lust, and keep in mind that there are teenage high school guys who aren't just after girls' bodies alone.

I will use myself as an example. The guy is also my best friend. We're 16. We know each other inside out, and we haven't done anything considered "lustful" for the 2 years we have been together, because we know that with our crazy hormones and all that, it will only ruin things. I can honestly say that I love this boy, not because of anything physical, not because he's like a little trophy I can show everybody, but because of who he is and because I can be whatever I want to be and he won't care.

Little corny, sorry. Just saying.