What is love?

    Many people today say "I love you" without true feeling. Others tell them how stupid it is to say something of such importance to someone you've dated for a week or two. I will admit, I am a member of the second group. I despise when someone, particularly teenagers, vow their love to another after only just started dating. No, I don't think one can put a definite time limit or requirement to be able to know you truly love someone, but it does come with time, or more like with experiences. I was with my boyfriend for 6 months before I knew I loved him. For some people its only 4 months. Also, I agree to an extent, that there is an age requirement to know the meaning of love. Maybe I mean maturity, instead of age. I feel that you do not know what love is until you can take care of and manage yourself. It makes no sense to me that a thirteen year old can romantically love someone. My sister once told me, "You love someone in a totally different way when your 29 than when you are 19." I agree, that love changes as you progress through life. If you love someone as a boyfriend when you are 19, as a friend, a romantic interest, a shoulder to cry on and a warm embrace. You love them as a husband when you are 29. I suppose it's that love isn't taken more seriously at an older age, but allowed more naturally. At 17, you want someone to make you special to them and want to fall in love and be in love with someone, which is also true in older ages, but at that point, you love them because you actually do, not because you want to love them.

     But love to me isn't perfect. Love is where you know their faults, and even dislike them, but accept them. You argue, you get mad at each other, you make up, and you acknowledge that this will happen again later and that it's going to be worse then. You realize that it's going to be hard sometimes, if not almost half, but you still believe that it'll be worth it because you want to be with them, they love you, and the good times outweigh the bad ones. Love is accepting someone as a whole, good, bad, best, and worst included, and still feel unconditional positive regard for them.

"The best thing 'bout tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before?
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind

Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed, but I have loved you from the start

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind

Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find"

Fall for You by Secondhand Serenade