“The greatest feeling in the world is to love and to be loved.”
People have different connotations in love. Some would say it is indefinable. But what is love? What is teenage love? How does love affects the behavior of teens? Love is an intense feeling of positive emotion toward, or enjoyment of, a person or thing, especially strong romantic or sexual feelings between people (Encarta Dictionaries, 2009).
It is the feeling you feel when you like someone. This variety of uses and meanings combined with the intricacy of the feelings involved makes love remarkably difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states. Love is patient and kind and does not keep a record of your wrongs, never give up on you and never fails. Love is unconditional and everlasting. Love is the nourishment of my human soul. It is a process which evolved naturally, but with many obstacles. Those are some of the connotations of people when it comes to love. Love is always a positive feeling but oftentimes, it is abused, misused, and overused.
Everyone falls in love especially teens. At their age, they tend to be more aggressive in loving someone. Friends from our childhood or adolescence are special, no matter how much time has elapsed between visits. These compelling connections are the result of shared roots during the formative years. Our childhood friends and teenage sweethearts experienced with us all the wonderful, horrible, boring, and embarrassing moments that helped to make us who we are today (Kalish, Nancy, C., 2009) Even more belittled by many parents is a teenager's (or preteen's) love for a boyfriend or girlfriend. Adults refer to these relationships with demeaning language, calling them "just puppy love," and these romantic bonds are not taken seriously. Mostly, adults don’t like teenage love. They often see it in a negative way. For them