Marissa Micciulli (Edison): “Love”

I find “love” to be an interesting topic lately; or rather how relationships have evolved in young people. Nowadays you are finding two different age groups for marriage: really old or really young. To me it all seems a little ridiculous. As a child who grew up in a household with married parents, I learned that loving someone was important, and that premarital sex was wrong.. which everyone learns, but for some it doesn’t stick.In my own experience with “love” and watching others in relationships, I find it hard to believe that someone is in love at the age of fifteen nor that they’re ready for sex then. Today, there are way too many children who are turning into parents because they’ve been put into this false state of love. Love just isn’t important anymore, otherwise we wouldn’t be telling it to every person we’ve met and liked.I use Norway as an example. A friend of mine was sent to school there and she learned the language and their way of living. One of the most interesting things that she brought back was the Norwegian’s idea of love. To them, saying “I love you” was the most important thing that you could possibly say to a person, and it should only be used for a boyfriend you were completely serious with and had a lifelong connection with. Instead of using “I love you” for friends they use the term that is literally translated as “I am glad in you.” I believe that this is something America and all countries should begin to adapt.Love is supposed to be the utmost honorable thing and what everyone strives for in their lives. I think it’s time we all settle back and give and effort into a relationship before you decide that you’re in love with someone after two months of being with them. If you cannot know a person in a year, the REAL person, then you cannot know love. Yes, there’s a little give and take with this, but in all honesty we should be taking more time to learn about a person before we love them. Let’s start teaching our kids that having sex and being pregnant at sixteen isn’t acceptable. Let’s make love important again.

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