<p>especially for most highschoolers, right?
I'm pretty sure you'll know when they mean it.
What do you think it takes to really mean it for you? Can you just tell? Some highschoolers take it seriously and end up losing a good freindship, and then others don't take it seriously when the other person meant it...which hurts feelings . . . sometimes it's confusing =</p>
<p>Well.
I love you.</p>
<p>teehee.</p>
<p>It does for some I think. I know a couple that's been going out for 4+ years and that's a lot longer than some regular relationships. My friend knows a couple that went out for seven years (started dating in middle school =o, still going, and no breaks at all. I know high school relationships get a lot of hits for not being "real" since so much of them are so superifical, but I think you can tell if the couple truly loves each other or not.</p>
<p>I think you truly know it when they mean it. I think when you're in love, you don't question it, it just hits you and you know it. It hurts when one person takes it seriously and the other doesn't, but that's part of the learning process I guess...:/</p>
<p>I knew I loved my girlfriend when I was 16. I still love her to this day.</p>
<p>But I'm weird.</p>
<p>Nice points, yep I know some relationships go strong forever, but I dunno . . like my friend recently had this middle school relationship going too, and now she's a junior, and they just broke up, and she's upset and all and I'm like the shoulder she's crying on; she keeps saying that she was a fool for believing all the times he said "i love you" and he didn't care abt her feelings but wanted the physical aspect, etc etc.</p>
<p>So Ari, back when you were 16, did you tell your girl you loved her, and did she take you seriously? How long did you wait?</p>
<p>I mean it's obiviously real when you've been going out for a long time, but I'm talking abt the beginning stages . . would you believe it, if a good friend who you were starting to confide in and getting close to said it?</p>
<p>And kmk i love you x2! xox ;)</p>
<p>I don't know, most of the time I'd say you're right. It doesn't mean much in most cases.</p>
<p>I love you too! and your mom!</p>
<p>sarorah,</p>
<p>I meant it as much then as I mean it now. It wasn't as "developed" then, but it was still true.</p>
<p>The term doesn't really mean anything unless it's said genuinely. I often hear those hallway status "I love you" phrases, and frankly, those don't really mean as much as the ones where you compassionately say it to the other person. I hope I am making some sense.</p>
<p>kchen,</p>
<p>Makes perfect sense to me.</p>
<p>The thing is, how do you know when it's compassionate? Maybe it seems genuine, but it's just to get in your pants or something . . . 1 time usage or so. How do you know when they really mean it ?
I guess it's just experience, no one can probably define it</p>
<p>theres the way it's said, intuition tells you a lot, and how long you've known the person and how deeply you feel for him/her.</p>
<p>I say I love you all the time, but it's, obviously, in that friends sorta way.</p>
<p>Sarorah, you know they mean it when you don't give them what they want and they still stick around.. just for you.</p>
<p>i love lots of people. i love my chemistry teacher because he's so stinkin' funny without meaning to be. i love my friends. i love spaghetti.</p>
<p>I love myself...lots and lots.</p>
<p>I love the aura that my lover posesses.</p>
<p>Who's that, God?</p>
<p>Oh you're a silly bag of jelly beans.</p>
<p>No, but some of you know who it is, if you were with me in the deleted "fantacizing about cc-ers" thread.</p>
<p>no, i didnt fantacize about him.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I remember now. K then.</p>