KeypadSDM said:
/wh0red.
You can feel every emotion, but because you're lacking in emotional development you have only PARTIAL development in DECYPHERING those emotions.
Plus you've been exposed to every emotion throuhout life barring the love for a boyfriend, which you've only had for 4 years (at best). I'm sure the fact that every other emotion has had FOUR TIMES AS LONG to develop has no implication on it at all.
I don't think there is any 'lack' in emotional development more just a lack of controlling it...if anything, younger people (under 20), feel emotions ALOT more strongly then older people and thus are actually more likely to 'love'. Of course, there are different kinds of 'love' they can feel and as someone mentioned earlier, these types of 'love' will continue to be scaled and compared to other experiences of true love and until then they have every right to feel 'in love'.
If anything, growing up dulls peoples reactions to various emotions.
And also the most wonderful part of the emotion of LOVE, is the fact that you don't NEED to deciphre or analyse it. You just feel it.
AND, the love i feel which has "only lasted four years", is a hell of alot longer then some 'adult relationships' have ever lasted.
Sorry, I just feel really passionately about this subject
However, I do acknowledge the difference between real teen love, and the teeny bopper, two week relationship, "i wanna elope with him", "love".