Hey guys and girls, as a teenager I'm confused and new at this love thing.

I think I'm in love because that's the only word I have to describe it but people keep telling me I don't know what love is because I'm to young.

Sometimes I wish people would just tell me what it is and let me decide for myself if it's love or not.

So can some seasoned advisers tell me what love is?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Love is really a GOD thing. Only GOD loves like we all should. Our human love is fragile and frought with emotions.
GOD loves us without any expectations as GOD is Love. We who are Christians should choose to love like that, even when there is no return.
Now you all know that there are different kinds of love. Phillao - Eros - etc.

Brotherly love - love for a pet - love for your family - are all about brotherly love
Love for your mate is intimate and sexual in nature.

So love is many things to many people. Sensual love is by far the most addictive drug on earth.

My current concept of love is:

A wonderful, exciting feeling and behavior that is beyond but may include sex, lust and passion. 
What I have come to regard as love for my spouse is: Attitudes and behaviors that spring from total honesty and truthfulness about EVERYTHING, extreme respect and loyalty, a total commitment to treating each other as good or even better than when we first met and fell in love (or in lust).  I'd say when you really love someone, they become your very best, most beloved and trusted friend that you would never let down, cheat on or hurt in any way (except by accident).   This concept is based on profound things we learned in relationship skills training and have been fortunate enough to put into practice.
 
I deeply regret that, when I was your age, I did not have good relationship skills and knowledge so I wrecked several potentially fantastic relationships with wonderful girls and I am eternally grateful that something forced me to have to take the time, in late middle age, to finally learn and use good relationship skills in my current marriage.

I wish you much luck in finding, on line or in books, the good relationship skills I have mentioned so that whatever love you find in life will be satisfying and successful instead of a miserable failure like most folks experience.
good luck

I would define love as a verb. It is a state of mind, and attitude that is always accompanied by strong emotions. Love is pouring yourself into something, or someone, and the real difference between the two is the connection that can form with a person.

Love defined in this way promotes romance, continual pursuel, and leads one to a place where expectations just don't belong. In my opinion we choose to love, it is a decision we make, however many times lust, desire, infatuation etc lead us into love and make it seem that it "just happens".

Humans I think are built to love, by a creator who shows us the ultimate love.

(pursuel is not actually a ward that I am aware, but it was the best way for me to articulate my thoughts here)

Love is a value.
Love is a choice.


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