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Teenage Love?

August 19, 2009
By Meredith Munro SILVER, Spring Lake, New Jersey
Meredith Munro SILVER, Spring Lake, New Jersey
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Do you believe in love in high school? Could it possibly exist?

No way, kids don't know what true love is... But, how many people do you know that dated in high school that are currently married and happy? I personally know about 4 couples very very well that are now happy after being high school sweethearts. Did they just like each other as teens and grow to love each other? When did the "like" change to "love?" In college? Age 21? 22?23? Or could they possibly have loved each other all along?

How can you put an age on love?

I, personally, believe in teenage love. I truly think it exists. Adults that did not fall in love till they were, in fact, adults, will most likely dismiss it. However, some - like my mother, for instance - do not dismiss teenage love. Do you?


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on Sep. 30 2010 at 9:36 pm
Rosedawn333 BRONZE, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"do not drop courage to pick up fear." -me, "shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." -anonymous

i think this is a great piece and i simply believe in love, no age labels included. i mean all age really is is the way we measure time passing. i think that although there are some loves that are more meaningful than others, it doesn't have to do with what age you are at all. i believe you can be a teenager and find true love, or be an adult and still not have. i don't think there is any difference between "teen love" and "adult love" although i do think there has to be a distinction made from lust, which can often be mistaken for teen love.

on Sep. 30 2010 at 8:00 am
Desaree H. BRONZE, Lakeville, Ohio
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teenage love is for when your a teen hence the name and I do believe it exists and I am a teen lol but yes maybe "Teen" love is different than "adult" love but its still there no matter what anyone says almost everyone if not everyone can say that they were in love at some point when they were a teen right?

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on Sep. 29 2010 at 2:44 pm
mlm1992 GOLD, Brownwood, Texas
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Do let anything bring you down, all you have to do is forget about it and move on with life

I believe in teen love. When I was 15 i though i was in love but it hurt like heck. Teens can find loves and so can adults. Some can married their high school sweethearts and others it doesnt work out.

on Sep. 28 2010 at 2:34 pm
FantasyDraka BRONZE, Henegar, Alabama
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The golden rule do unto others as you would like for them to do unto you.

I beleive in teenage love because we are never to young to know what love is. In my opinion love is the only great thing in this world, because love is magical.

on Sep. 27 2010 at 8:46 pm
americasnextfreak, Mills, Iowa
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I bealive teenage love is a real thing, but love is not a feeling or a longing for something. Love is something you do. It doesn't just happen. My music teacher explains love in this way:"Love is wholeheartedly being willing to help that person at anytime with anything no matter what the situation or sircumstance." "Its about being selfless." "Thinking of that person before your self completely."

I bealive what he says is true love. You don't have to listen to me thats just my opinion.


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on Sep. 24 2010 at 9:32 pm
Dance.Dance, Stansbury Park, Utah
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I think that teens can experience love. i know i have!  My parents met at 14, started dating, and have been together for 25 years now. Never broke up.  Teenage true love is totally possible!  I think when adults say that it is not, its only because they are skeptics because they fell in love when they were adults. it really annoys me.

on Sep. 17 2010 at 11:59 am
Chitra.I PLATINUM, Dubai, Other
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Everything makes sense if you think too much about it.

Yes I do. Personal experience. No happy ending though.

Eh, who said everyone has one? =)


on Sep. 16 2010 at 4:22 pm
Love4evr BRONZE, El Paso, Texas
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So she smashed her rearview mirror,<br /> because from now on shes never looking back:)

there is no such thing as age in love sorry :)

on Sep. 14 2010 at 10:19 pm
Cameandgonesmarty ELITE, North Vancouver, Other
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on Sep. 14 2010 at 8:29 pm
blu_jay96 BRONZE, Spring Hil, Florida
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&quot; Thug Life&quot;

I dont think you need to be a certain age to think ur in love. love can take many forms. =)

on Sep. 14 2010 at 3:46 pm
Sacrifice018 SILVER, Griffin, Georgia
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here's what I think.. I belive and then again I don't.. I will truly and probably only know when I myself is in love but for now I don't really know..

on Sep. 14 2010 at 2:48 pm
Lucille Reynolds, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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i love yur poem

on Sep. 14 2010 at 11:29 am
Snikerdoodle PLATINUM, Leander, Texas
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and it posted it twice.......

on Sep. 14 2010 at 11:27 am
Snikerdoodle PLATINUM, Leander, Texas
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Here's what I think. I believe that, no matter what your age, you are always as capable and willing to love as anyone. It is just as real, but it is not as important. Teenagers have taken the concept of love and turned it into a romance novel. They are naive and believe that the sappy love they read in books is what real love is like. Now some of us don't, but the majority do.

To me, love is not only feeling good and perfect with a person, but feeling those things without someone. If you can't be a complete person without someone, then when you are in a relationship, you'll be leaning off of them for your happiness and that will hurt you and them. Love is not about great romance or sweet stories, sappy love songs or great dates. Love is when someone is completely and utterly unselfish and willing to give their whole heart to somene else. Not expecting anything in return.


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on Sep. 14 2010 at 7:27 am
Crispy, Spotsylvania, Virginia
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I do believe that teeneagers know what love is. Im seventeen and have been with the same guy since I was thirteen. I love him with all my heart and I know that because I think about him every second and when Im with him I feel complete. Theres no one else who could make me happier.

on Sep. 13 2010 at 1:29 pm
xxEllaxStarxx BRONZE, Petersburg, Alaska
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The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love someone else.

and I'm mad that it posted the comment twice and made me look really stupid...

on Sep. 13 2010 at 1:26 pm
xxEllaxStarxx BRONZE, Petersburg, Alaska
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The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love someone else.

I am a teen. And this topic always makes me sad.

I think teens know and feel love more than anyone. A lot of people think that teens feel lust. A broken reconstruction of love. While this is true in a certain sense, it is also true that EVERYONE feels lust. I feel lust. But I know when there is a difference. When I look at The Guy, the first time I saw him, I knew that I loved him. There was something about him that made me smile. Of course, the fact that he already had a girlfriend crushed me. I didn't "want" him. I needed him. I still need him. There was a time when she wasn't with us. And I could believe that the laughter and the smiles were for me and only for me. 

So don't tell me I don't know what true love is. For me?

True love is being with the one who makes you smile, who writes you songs with his guitar, who holds your hand, and knows when you're sad. Sometimes though, the person you love the most, loves someone else. 


on Sep. 12 2010 at 3:44 pm
Faith.Hope.Love BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
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&quot;To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.&quot;<br /> Reba McEntire

I believe that love has infinite possibilities. It could exist in high school. But as teens, we are still learning not only about love, but everything else. We are just now getting a small sample of understanding what love is. Even some adults don't completely fathom what love is. But as far as teenage love, I don't know if I do believe in it.

on Sep. 8 2010 at 5:39 pm
marinalynn BRONZE, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
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All the knowledge i possess everyone else can aquire, but my heart is exclusively my own. <br /> -Johamm Wolfgang Goethe

I agree with you, I think alot of it has to do with how honest the couple is ya know? If they're struggling to make it work, then maybe it isn't supposed to be. Then again, anything worth having is worth fighting for right? A complicated idea this is. I AM YODA. just kidding. i'm marina. bye now,

on Sep. 8 2010 at 5:35 pm
marinalynn BRONZE, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
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All the knowledge i possess everyone else can aquire, but my heart is exclusively my own. <br /> -Johamm Wolfgang Goethe

No i do not! I have been with the same person for two and a half years now, and he joined the army only three months after we started dating. We plan on getting married in February after I turn 18. If you love someone, don't let anyone tell you it won't last. It will. I believe you love, hurt, and learn to love again, but that first love is always going to be love. It changes with every individual. It's an amazing thing. Who's to say we don't know our emotions? Maybe we just trust them more. Good subject! keep the creative juices flowing.