A lot of people have told me that teenagers are unable to feel love. Well, they didn't say it exactly like that, but if I was to have a friend say they were in love with some guy I'd believe they were truly in love with them. To me, saying a teenager is unable to know what "real love" is is like telling a child they don't love a dog. If they don't love that dog then what emotion do they feel towards it? Does a child not feel love towards their parent? Or their siblings? Or their friends? What is it about marriage/boyfriend/girlfriend love that excludes people, namely children and adolescents from feeling it?
I've never been able to figure it out. Dictionary.com says
Love: Noun, 1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.Are they saying that we can't feel attachment to things? Teenagers are just as capable as anyone else to feel love. Love is an insane emotion. It manifests itself in different forms. Part of my theory of why people say teenagers don't love is that teens are still trying to figure out love. They're trying to figure out what to do about the emotions they've never really felt that way before.
I'm going to say most teenagers can't feel complete love. But I think it is a bad assumption to just say that no teenager on the face of the planet has ever been able to feel real love. Teens in the 1800s that were married by 14 and 15 were able to feel "real love" because they knew responsibility and commitment. If a teen has those two characteristics I think they are able to feel real love, but until then it's just highly unlikely.
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