Young Love

Young love isn’t time tested.  You haven’t had the time to find reasons to hate the other person.  Or if not to hate them, to get really ticked off with them.  You’re still on the high of “This could work out!  This could be it!” You forget that with time comes sloppiness, sadness, anger, snot, snoring, jealousy, and all of the flaws that are our own and that we'll struggle with daily (or decide not to struggle with, but instead give in to).

Young love has it's perks.  See, when you're trying to win another person, you generally tend to try to be more understanding, forgiving, gentle, strong, kind, and thoughtful. I've been around quite a few loveless older couples who would benefit, I think, from just a little bit more understanding for one another. 

I'm not saying that there isn't a place for young love.  But I am saying that people should be more careful that they aren't participating in stupid, ignorant love.   I'm being blunt, but "expectation is the root of all heartache" (thanks, Shakespeare) and divorce is a heartache.