High School Kids, These Days... Options

[Tung]

I am sick of the guy who obsesses over the girl: the songwriter, 3458345 telephone messages, love notes, picnics under the stars, the works. Girl breaks up with him and he mopes for the rest of his life. Love. no, loneliness, lack of confidence, insecurity.

And high school. face it. your high school relationships are probably going nowhere. "high school love." that's a contradiction in itself. rarely does one find "love" in high school, and when students claim to "love," it's usually merely an illusion created by their idealistic brighteyed and bushytailedness, as well as a need to feel wanted, or to attach themselves to something concrete. Or perhaps they're bored and feel the need to get caught up in the whole dating fad. After all, it does get them the attention they crave. They're just abusing the word to fit their own false, superficial situation.

So I ask you to think a little more when you confess "love." If there's one thing I hate, it's people who don't take things seriously about using the word love. And yes, i'm one of those people who takes everything seriously about using the word love.

[Comptine]

I'm so sick of people saying high school love isn't love and you need to be older to know what love is.

So, if you don't date during high school and college, how do you know what love is when you're thirty? You're five years old and you know you love your parents, how do you know what love is?

Love is an emotion. It's innately within people to feel (though some people just lack it and a conscience). It's not a duty or a skill you have to wait till you're "old" enough to experience it. Some relationships aren't love but there are people who are in a committed relationship and love the other person. Yes, high school relationships don't usually last. But that doesn't mean the significant other or relationship didn't mean anything to the people.

I've been with my boyfriend for three years. That's a huge commitment when most other couples can't last a few months.

I agree High school love isn't love...it's lust.

My boyfriend and I were together for two years before we did anything serious. You're in high school too. How much more do you know about love and lust than I do or anyone else.

You say high school couples don't know what love is. How can you turn around and say you know what it is and they're wrong?

Get the f**k over it. You're not in the relationship. Let them do what they want.

[mushiebeans]

I'm so sick of people saying high school love isn't love and you need to be older to know what love is.

So, if you don't date during high school and college, how do you know what love is when you're thirty? You're five years old and you know you love your parents, how do you know what love is?

Love is an emotion. It's innately within people to feel (though some people just lack it and a conscience). It's not a duty or a skill you have to wait till you're "old" enough to experience it. Some relationships aren't love but there are people who are in a committed relationship and love the other person. Yes, high school relationships don't usually last. But that doesn't mean the significant other or relationship didn't mean anything to the people.

I've been with my boyfriend for three years. That's a huge commitment when most other couples can't last a few months.
My boyfriend and I were together for two years before we did anything serious. You're in high school too. How much more do you know about love and lust than I do or anyone else.

You say high school couples don't know what love is. How can you turn around and say you know what it is and they're wrong?

Get the f**k over it. You're not in the relationship. Let them do what they want.

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"