Goodness
So today, for some random reason, I stumbled upon someone's AIM Buddy Info, and see that they have written they "love" their significant other. Let me start out by saying it is a major pet peeve of mine when people say they "love" someone (not a mother or sister, etc.), when they don't even mean it. Furthermore, I feel that in no way can a high schooler even grasp the faintest hint of the concept of love. I mean come on, love has been painted up as some little thing that's cliche in movies when the guy is about to have the first kiss. Sadly, real life is not like this, and love is not just a spur of the moment feeling. It's a feeling that should take more than a few weeks, months, or even years of going out to even begin to grasp.
Ironically, I end up chatting with a friend of mine about this same subject. All told, tonight I have read two "I love [so and so] with my whole heart and nothing will bring us apart..." and blah blah blah in AIM profiles. My esteemed friend brought a certain someone's (a freshman, mind you) Myspace profile in which they describe how their life is over because their "true love" broke up with them.
Honestly, stop. Maybe "high-school-love" should be a new word, because way too many people seem to be using the big "L" with no grip on reality. And perhaps I'm just getting too annoyed, and perhaps some high schoolers out there really do know what love means and are really in love with someone. The point still remains that most of us have had only 18 years of experience at this little thing known as life. Live in the now. Don't say "I love you" simply because you think it's a cute and romantic thing to say to your girlfriend or boyfriend.
The moral of the story: don't try to say you have such strong feelings for someone when you haven't been around long enough to know what love really means. In the end, if (and most often, when) you two break up, you look like a complete moron having said it.
Ironically, I end up chatting with a friend of mine about this same subject. All told, tonight I have read two "I love [so and so] with my whole heart and nothing will bring us apart..." and blah blah blah in AIM profiles. My esteemed friend brought a certain someone's (a freshman, mind you) Myspace profile in which they describe how their life is over because their "true love" broke up with them.
Honestly, stop. Maybe "high-school-love" should be a new word, because way too many people seem to be using the big "L" with no grip on reality. And perhaps I'm just getting too annoyed, and perhaps some high schoolers out there really do know what love means and are really in love with someone. The point still remains that most of us have had only 18 years of experience at this little thing known as life. Live in the now. Don't say "I love you" simply because you think it's a cute and romantic thing to say to your girlfriend or boyfriend.
The moral of the story: don't try to say you have such strong feelings for someone when you haven't been around long enough to know what love really means. In the end, if (and most often, when) you two break up, you look like a complete moron having said it.