I thoroughly agree with you. I actually believe that almost nobody on this planet truly knows what love is. I sure don't. People get lucky. I believe that everybody has ONE-- call it "soul-mate"-- true love. Weather that person was alive in the 1700s or today, there is only one.

I believe people confuse the love they feel for their parents and close friends for "true" love. The parenting-I'm-going-to-take-you-under-my-wing love is muchmuchmuch different than the real thing.

Lyssa28, I agree with you when you say that you can only truly "fall in love" once.  I feel like that ends up happening around your teen years, say high school? The love is pure and you might not necessarily be in a relationship with that person, but you fall completely head over heals for them. 

As to livkota's comment, sixth grade is far too young. That's around age 11 or 12. What kid at that age can even fully comprehend love, I have older cousins who can't, let alone a sixth grader.  I get it that you're with someone and things seem real peachy, but just be careful and don't mistake love for lust or any other hormonal feelings. Love is a strong thing and is different for everyone. 

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I completely agree with your opinion! I love it! I'm a freshman in high school and I really know what it feels like to "love" a girl, like my girlfriend of 11 months.... But after being told by many that "you don't yet know what love is" or "you can't even comprehend it yet" or comments of that nature, I have come to a similar conclusion. However, what I have come to believe is that there are differences between LOVE and FALLING IN LOVE. Love is the unconditional, undying, lifelong and faithful devotion to a person in your life. You do everything in their best interest and respect them. Falling

in love is a more amateur form o love. This is the new obsession with a person. All you can think about is them, and you tend to get nervous when you're around them, especially when you try to talk to them. And whenever you do talk, you always try your absolute best to say the nicest, most kind and positive, things that you can possibly say to that person; no criticism, just compliments! Falling in love may certainly lead to love—not in all cases—but it is a possibility. Falling in love is a new, young feeling that you get towards someone. During that time is when you're constantly excited by the person and you always go out of your way to do everything you can to see them even if it's just half a second of seeing their face. Also, this tends to happen with someone you don't know that well—someone that is NEW to you. On the other hand, when two people actually LOVE each other, they have decided that they like each other well enough (and KNOW EACH OTHER well enough) to look out for one another and take their relationship a little more seriously. Love is long-term. It's more than just a feeling. When you have fallen in love, you feel a love-like (love-ish, I mean) sort of emotion/feeling/sensation/mindset. This is a feeling that in time, does wear off. Real love, like in a marriage, is supposed to last forever. That's what those wedding vows, "'Til death do us part" mean. Divorce isn't supposed to happen. That's when two people are in love and they THINK they love each other for real so they rush into it and before not too long it falls apart.

I apologize for making my post so LONG and DRONING! Whenever I comment, I always end up submitting a really long paragraph! Thanks a lot everyone!

—BGB13

I once thought that I was in love. But, really, I was infatuated. I basically liked what the guy would give me. He was truly in love and I ended up breaking his heart when I stopped. You really have to make sure that what you feel is real or it could ruin everything.

I believe in fallng in love in highschool, at your senior year, when you are really deciding on what to do with your life. Anything before is really just you finding out what you like in a person for the future. If you stay with the same preson until marriage then that's great! But, be smart about your feelings...that way no one gets hurt.