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.

[pedophile]

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

[rejakalu]

anyway, love is an EMOTION.

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.