Why should a teenage couple claiming to be in love, be taken less seriously than a couple in their 30's claiming the same thing? Is it because older people think they've been there and done that, and looking back on it now, consider none of their teenages romances love? Is it because most teenage relationships don't last? Until you can see out of someone else's eyes, and can find a way of quantifying love, it's foolish to claim that someone is not in love when they're sure they are. Not to mention downright insulting to the person.

We have no way of knowing exactly how another human being feels inside. We only feel what we feel. When I was 13 years old, I was in love. Laugh at that all you will, but it was as real as the hot tears streaming down my face when we broke up. That was five years ago, but I know what I felt.

"Teenage love" is just as valid as "grown-up love". Love is love.