Why do so many people say that you have to be a certain age for true love?

Question

It is love, you feel it. Why and since when is there an age limit on love? It just doesnt make any sense to me.

I would just like to ask you not to base your answer on how old i am, or whether or not you think im some snot nosed thirteen year old who gets a ***** every time he thinks about "that girl from math class"

Answer 1

There is not an age limit on love. The problem is most teenagers, I assume that's who you are talking about when you mean an age, are too immature to know what true love is. They think that if you are "dating" someone then you are married to them. Most teenagers do not understand that love is not "dating" someone, or going to the movies, or buying them chocolates etc. Love is when you care so much for someone, that you would sacrifice your time, assets, health (mental, physical, spiritual), essentially everything for that person. Love is when you are with your significant other at 2 in the morning with them sick, when you have to wake up in 4 hours to take the kids to school, do the bills, pick the kids up from school, make dinner, take care of and put your kids needs before your own, and give up everything you want to do that day. Most individuals under a certain age just aren't ready for that kind of responsibility. Some are. But the majority are not.

Answer 2

I'm not sure anyone could put their finger on an exact age but what I think people mean is that when you are young, you may not be able to determine if your "true" love is a "lasting" love. This is difficult to determine at every age but sometimes a little experience under the belt can help your decision.

Answer 3

They just believe with age comes wisdom. (Bull) They believe that once you've seen more, you'll know more and be able to decifer if you really are in love or is there something else that can catch your eye.

Personally, I believe that once you are happy and you're in love with whomever, you don't need to see anything else out there. It just complicates life. Your mind gets to wondering "what if" next thing you know you're seeing if the grass is greener on the other side. 9 out of 10 times its not. And there you have it you've messed a completely good relationship b/c someone told you you weren't in love in the first place.

Does it sound like I've been there or what?

Answer 4

It is love, but not the kind you base a marriage on. The kind you base a marriage on feels a lot less like butterflies in the tummy and more like a comfy pair of slippers. You just have to get old before you realize that. It reminds me of an old saying "We get too soon old and too late smart". Not to make less of the kind of love you are experiencing. Everyone needs to feel that when they are young.

Answer 5

because when you're a teenager hormones are raging, and really all you want to do is prove you parents wrong, and one of the ways to do that is to say your in love and believe it although you really aren't. Some people do fall in love when they're young, but trust me it is a very different kind of love than the love you have for the person you will marry. Plus teenagers or young people in general don't have a lot of life experience to know what love is. If you're a teen, cut your parents and elders some slack they've been their done that. It's usually best to take their advice.

Answer 6

Depends on what AGE you are referring to ??? I believe anyone UNDER 18 does NOT Know what True Love is , statistic wise it wont last because of Immaturity and plus there is so many things yet to learn and grow with .Sure I was a Teenager and "in love" or so I thought , there are alot of mistakes to be made and growing up to do at this prime time in your life,it is mostly a feeling of intamicy and newness that you are really feeling especially if you make love to the person and they are You FIRST same goes for first kiss ect ect ... Look at Liz Taylor she Found her True Love what 8 times already lol..Enjoy things while u have them going on and let time tell

Answer 7

There is no age limit on love. I first experieneced it at 14 and i will not have anyone tell me i was too young to know what love was. Those people has obviously never experienced love at a younger age, we should pitty them really

Answer 8

I think that what they really mean is that you have to be a certain age to understand and process the emotions that come with love. Young adults have a very difficult time with this.

Answer 9

Love takes time and experience, that's why. That's how you know the difference between loving someone and just feeling horny for them. You can feel attracted so someone and have warm, cuddly feeling for him or her, but that isn't love. Love is sticking with that person even when you are washing his clothes or cleaning the toilet or when they make you so mad over the checkbook you want to kill them and you still love them. When they look you in the eye and lie to you, and you still love them. When you have to make hard life choices together that neither of you wants, and you still love them. Unless you have been there and done that, you don't know.

And that's why. Anybody can be horny, though.

Answer 10

Two types of age.. Mental age and actual age. just becuas someone is 18 does not mean they are mentally prepared to handle the ups and downs of relationships and vice versa.

Generally teenagers these days dont think for themselves, they let magazines, TV and half witted celebs. dictate their lives for them. I mean some cant even boil an egg without burning themselves. If they cant handle an egg how the hell can they handle their hearts. No disrespect to any teen agers out there just stating fact.