why does every 14 year old say that they know what love is?

why is this?
I've always wondered

Some do. I knew at 15. It depends on each individual. It is NOT impossible for a 14 year old to be in love. I guess no one will ever fully understand it and know it.....but for what one can know they can know at 14.

because at taht age...u think u know everything...lol or thats my opinion

Oh, please, don't be so hard on them! Love and lust are hard to tell the difference between. They're both derived from the same feelings.

Will I liked this guy at thirteen 1/2 and im sixteen 1/2 now and I still feel for him. It just grew and grew and for the past two years aprox I have thought: Yes this is love...
But the prob is I can't let it be cause he's sooooo outa my league.

*agrees with bob*

I feel i really am truly in love! And i relized it at 14...hes the most amazing guy and id anything for him! I love him more than life its self and i would die for him! I do love him and i think i know what it means.

I was in love at 14. Deeply and truly. Im almost 16 now and I still believe I was in love with him. The best year of my life... I'll never forget him. No matter how hard I try. I don't know if I really can, or want to. He will always be my first love.

14 is really young yes...but hey...if you think you have it then go for it!

I don't see what the big deal is with little ones thinking that they are in love. I think that it's cute.

At 14 I said that I was in love. I thought that I found a guy that I was going to spend the rest of my life with. We went out, it was a mess, we stopped talking when he started high school, and I know now that no it wasn't love.

I really don't think that it's a big deal. As long as they aren't having sex or getting to the point that if they lose the one they "love" they are going to start killing themselves or cutting themselves then I say let them have some fun.

because im sorry but u can be any age and know what love is... what do u think u turn 18 and all of a sudden u no what it is? AGE DOES NOT MATTER

Believe it or not I fell in love at 12. It stayed strong for two years and I will ALWAYS love him--just not the way I used to.

12? Now we're getting a little out of hand.

It totally depends on who the person is at the age of 14. Some mature faster than others and they know what love is. If they have known the person that they "love" for awhile then why cant they be in love? Love knows no age! but as for 12 that is a little young.

im 14 i dont think i know everything i thought i was inlove at 13 infact i thought its been love a few times but its not and ive learnt to not assume its love anymore but i do no wat love is... its love for my family and friends thats a stronger love then for any guy.

I agree that you can fall in love at any age but the love itself may mature as time moves on.

Love to me is:
As long as he is happy I will endure any pain-even though at the min that means him having a gf,
I would take a bullet for him-or 100, when he is close i feel almost compete but then he walks past again and it makes me feel incomplete-almost hollow but like there is something inside me calling out for him which causes great pain and never goes away, he seems to glow like the sunlight but it is not something I see-its something I feel and when he is near and if he smiles my stomach feels like it has a ball of warmth inside it, every song reminds me of him, death is not as scary or painful as one day in life without him (and I know this cause I dearly died before-on a rope-bloody sore).

Im 16 1/2 but I started to fancy him at 13 1/2 and I would say from about fourteen onwards it gradualy became love and by fifteen it was love and it still grows stronger by the day but at a slower rate cause it is already now VERY strong.

Ok im 15, and i've had the same kinda feelings for the same boy since i was 7/8. Obviously it has grown but I feel I am in love. No one knows what love is. How can you TRULY define a feeling, even though love is mroe than that.

love is a feeling that an individual feels. not when you telling them when to feel it or when they should understand it

You can fall in love at any age. I truly believe that. Be it 14 or 44. They're the lucky ones.

There is no certain age to know what love truly is, you can fall in love at anytime. I fell in love with I was fourteen. Adults say we can't possibly know what love is, but their wrong because they can't know how much that person loves the other person.

Some adults have no idea what love is anyway so who are they to talk. It all depends on the person. Its like this-the average adult is supposed to have an IQ of 90-110 My IQ was 123 when I was fifteen (im 16 1/2 now). If you can have a higher IQ than an adult then who is to say you can't fall in love like one.

I am 14 and i know im in love. How? because my g/f knows everything I have done Ex: getting arrested, and stealing cars. She has made me stop, and she was the only one I listened to. I spent 3 days with her mom so she would trust me, and know we've been dating for 4 months. As bob said, there is no sex, or sex abuse that's nice. I'm in love no matter what anyone says

I might know better now Sarah but I havent forgotten what it was like at 14, 15 or 16 for that matter, I thought I knew everything too, I had to learn from my own mistakes to figure that wasn't the case :o) As elders we can be honest but not demeaning, thats unfair. Growing up I hated more than anything when I wasn't listened to, or thought I was understood, give them a break and share your experiences so hopefully they can take them in and learn from them as you have :o)

If you have ever read my poetry, i hope the message is clear that i am in love at the moment...and a true sense of love at that. (Though i am 15, and not 14)

I also agree, that most teenagers have no clue what love is at all - but it is unfair to tar all the immaturity you find with kids and understand that it is possible, but they do use love as a tool for lust alot of the time....

It's possible to love at a young age, and before my first girlfriend whom i've been going out for 4 months now, i believed love was a load of bollocks, and didn't dare enter into a relationship knowing i should wait for actual love to turn up, if it ever was too.

I am 15 and i know what love is. My boyfriend and I agree about this too. It's very possible to fall in love at a young age. But it very well could be puppy love. Read this verse.

1 Corinthians 13:4-10 NIV (the bible)

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrong. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perserveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears."

This is SO true. I can see it in my parents marriage. Yes they have ups and downs but this what i love about their love for each other. This is what love truly is. Even if u don't believe in God it still means the same thing.

I acctually fell in love at 13, and i believed every word that he told me, then i ended up pregnant and then had a miscarrige all by the age of 14. Maybe that's why i'm depressed. Well g2g bye

Maddy

I thought I fell in love at age 13 but I see that wasn't that case now. It's wasn't true. I then believed love was a feeling in the stomach like butterflies fluttering about and about how much you miss them when they leave. Missing was just a sign of lonelyness and the feeling the stomach...was only nerves. This is what I thought then and how a many adults have as well. Is their any real meaning of love? A dictionary can't define it, nor can I. There are many ways of deciding what it is if it is what you are really feeling. What it comes down to is common interests, respect, trust, honesty, care, concideration, and understanding. Right now I believe the above is apart of love, and when all you want for that person you love is their happiness. Some say they'd die for the one they love and when you ask a child if they'd do that for their parents they say, "Yes," but they are the same children that refuse to take out the trash. True, love knows no age but understanding the truth of what real love is depends on their maturity, experience, and willingness to accept the truth. Well, I'm 14 and I believe I know what love is...I loved once...but lost that person. I still love her even though were no longer together, nothing can change that. No sex of any kind but just genuine care for one another. But of course, we'll see. Since I'm 14, the person posting this is basically saying all 14 year olds are ignorant. Oh well, your choice to keep your mind closed.
-take care,
Cheyanne

Every human being knows the feeling of love..

Happy love
Sad love
Feeling loved
Missing love
... and so on..

- everyone knows it..

So I believe that they DO know what love is.. - just in another perspective and on another level..

and that is fine, the levels will come as we grow older

But how old you are, you can never define love completely!

Love is an individual thing, you know...

For young and for old!

I knew at 14. I definately did, 14 and a half with Brandy, It opened up my eyes and realized that when I said "I love you" to someone, if I really did mean it.

yeah, even adults can have infatuation due to lust and call it love. i think anything's possible :)

maybe because they do...maybe they know it much more than you...

Don't try to define love, I'll kick you in the nuts..

the feeling of love is experienced differently from person to person, i think, so don't say that some knows it and some don't...

I'mm 14 years old and this is my opinion.
There are several different kinds of love:
-parental love;
-sibling love;
-self-love;
-puppy love;
-true love.

I know what parental love is. I truly love my parents. I think they are amazing and I trust them completely.
I know what sibling love is. I love my older sister very, very, very much. I would do alomost anything for her.
I know what self love is. It is can be intrepreted in several ways. It can be a narcissistic love or it can be simple self-esteem and having self-confidance.
I know what puppy love is. It is very similar to infatuation. When one has is, we think that it is true love and that we would do absolutely anything for them. THis, however, fizzles out after a short period of time.
Then there is true love. The subject of the debate. WE can be have true love more than once in our life, but it is something that should be savoured, taken care of and last a long time. I'm not sure whether any of my love has fallen into this category, but I would like to think so.

Anyway, that's just my two cents.

xoxZoexox

I'm 14, and I don't know anything but love from family. I don't think I'll ever know the true meaning of love for a really long time.

some people beleive that you cant fall in love at that age.. i myself think that is complete rubbish me and my boyfriend have been together over a year and we do love each other and care for each other so much and his parents have been together since they were about fourteen, you can fall in love anytime anywhere.. dont let anybody tell you different, you'll know when it happens! take care xxx

why does age matter? love can be known to all and known to none, love can be known in different ways. What someone considers as love, might not be what you would agree with. Depends on your personality, love is just a greater desire to care for one and to cherish the bond that as been given. Love is just one word to describe the feelings. No one will know what love is, if it even exists. Love... could be achieved by purity of mind, with no ambition to think of anyone else. But we always do.

well, considering that we are so young, i think that these are the only emotions that we are able to experience so far in our lives. i personally have a boyfriend, and i tell him i love him and everything. teens are able to distinguish a feeling of love, but i dont believe it's the REAL DEAL yet. like getting married. I dont know if i'll get married to my boyfriend or not. i guess it depends on if it really is love. i dont think that teens know what real love is. i personally dont think that i know what love is , but i cant wait to find out!

I am 14 years old. I'm not sure if I do know what love is. But I don't think age has anything to do with love. I did think that I was in love with this guy, and I say that I do, rather than like. But I know that I'm not in love with him, I in love with the idea of being in love with him. So I really can't say, but some 14-year-olds are in love and some aren't. One of my best friends is in love and she acts just like my 17-year-old brother does, and he's in love too.

i know what you mean ... like every one thinks just because they're going out with someone they love them ... it's crazy and im glad someone finally thinks the same =)*

As you grow up and maybe have children of your own you wil begin to understand a lil better...I know you feel now you know what love is and in a way you do, but as you grow and mature you will realise the different kinds of love experienced.

Ismail: There is no ONE LOVE. I love my parents and brothers and sisters with a different kind of love I feel towards my partner, the father of my children..does that mean I can only love one of them?

The love I feel for my sons is unconditional but because I have two does that mean I can only truly love one of them?

You're such a fool, you are clearly the person here who has no idea of love which happens to fall into many, many variable catergories...

LMAO Again more stupider :o)

i think its possible but i also agree with the post above that said she was in love with the idea of being in love with him...it may not be the person you love at first, but what you do with them and get out of the relationship. its the idea of having that one person who puts you above everything. so, if you only love that then you'll be sad when the relationship's over, but you'll be fulfilled when you get another partner. however, someone who was truly in love will be sad no matter what b/c it was the person they loved.