OMG! I Am Like Totally In Love With You!

Its so funny, I read all these progressive liberated thoughts that people older as well as my age have and yet when situations arise, in my life at least, these progressive thinkers are nowhere to be found.

Take for example the issue of "teenage love". I read so many things written by people who say that there is no limitation to love, that there is no qualifying age one turns and then all of the sudden they are capable of genuine romantic love for another individual and yet I found that when I would say that I was in love, complete and utter love with M.D people would get this pitying face that said "one so young cannot know what romantic love is". I had so many similar sentiments thrown in my face that it makes me wonder where did these progressive thinkers go?

It is truly frustrating the hypocrisy of most individuals. Don't get me wrong I am not denying that I myself have never been accused of similar thought patterns when a addled brained teenager of fifteen comes gushing to me about her boyfriend and how absolutely dreamy he is and how this feeling pulsating between her legs can be no other feeling then that of illusive love.

I readily admit that teenagers in general tend to run along the lines of cluelessness in the romantic department but I, a person of reasonable intellect and sound judgement, to be accused of not being of the proper age to know such feelings when they are inspired is insulting. On more then one occasion I have been praised for my maturity and for the way I handle my day to day life and yet when it comes to romance I reduced to nothing more then the "infatuated teenager". Its revolting.

It is of mental and emotional maturity that allows one to recognize love of the romantic nature. This complex aspect of life cannot be reduced to the simple passage of time. I myself know many an individual that, who being much older then myself, are still incapable of loving another individual due to their current state of emotional and mental development.

~sigh~

I can only hope that when my child comes to me to inform me that they have fallen in love with another that I myself do not turn into one of these "only progressive thinkers when speaking in hypotheticals" type people.


Nena