Can you fall in love too young?

Just wondering if you can fall in love too young, i'm 18 and i'm told that falling in love at this age, can be very bad for me.

Just wondered what you all thought of this? And is their an ideal age to get serious?

Honestly, I know people younger then you that has fallen in love. If you are falling in love there is nothing you can do to stop it. The only reason why I see people saying that it would be bad for you would be.

1. You get attached too early in your life, miss out on alot of things.

2. Move too fast in a relationship.

3. Settle down too early and it goes sour.

Basically those are the only real reasons. There is no ideal age when to get serious it all depends when you are ready to become serious. If you are not sure you are ready then you aren't.

You can fall in love any time you want. What's bad is marrying too young.

Ahhh, I first fell in love at 18, didn't do me any harm

Nor do I feel that I ever missed out on anything. Infact falling in love with him and having him in my life, enriched it.

How can something that brings such happiness and joy, be bad for you?

There is no ideal age to fall in love, it can happen anytime and at any age.

Whoever says love has an age limit is probably trying to stop you from getting married at 18, after you've only dated one girl...

Its ok to fall in love at 18, just realize, there's more than one girl in the world, and just because she's the first you loved, doesn't mean she's the only one you can love.

Its ok to fall in love at 18, just realize, there's more than one girl in the world, and just because she's the first you loved, doesn't mean she's the only one you can love.

This is my sentiment as well.

Maybe I am cynical, but I don't think you should overly invest yourself in the relationships that you form as a very young person....lol for me young is now considered around 18.

I think that most of these relationships that form at such an age are just baby relationships....they may very well last a couple of years, but I would be willing to wager that many of them will not stand the test of time.

As a young person, you are still going through a lot of changes and trying to establish who you really are. The same goes for your partner. So it might me difficult to maintain a relationship for a while since the person you met when very young may not exactly be the person thats around a few years down the road.

So long as you don't go in with the expectation that its going to last, then its ok to have a relationship. Just don't take them so seriously and get yourself wrapped up in them....keep it light and fun. But that's just one person's opinion.

This is my sentiment as well.

 

Maybe I am cynical, but I don't think you should overly invest yourself in the relationships that you form as a very young person....lol for me young is now considered around 18.

 

I think that most of these relationships that form at such an age are just baby relationships....they may very well last a couple of years, but I would be willing to wager that many of them will not stand the test of time.

 

As a young person, you are still going through a lot of changes and trying to establish who you really are. The same goes for your partner. So it might me difficult to maintain a relationship for a while since the person you met when very young may not exactly be the person thats around a few years down the road.

 

So long as you don't go in with the expectation that its going to last, then its ok to have a relationship. Just don't take them so seriously and get yourself wrapped up in them....keep it light and fun. But that's just one person's opinion.

I agree wholeheartedly.

I'm 17. If I started dating now, I can't see myself saying that I'm in love. Love is when you would do anything, feel so much (haven't felt it, so don't know really). I don't think you can feel that at young ages like 13. Maybe a little at 18.

The only time you can be too young to fall in love is at young ages like 15 or something like that. Then you'll probably get distracted from your lessons, and it'll lead to confusion.

I don't think you can feel that at young ages like 13.

Oh yeah you can. I was MADLY in love when I was 12.

18 is not young at all to be falling in love.

People can get engaged in high school and spend the rest of each other's lives together.

I say if you're like 13, 14, or 15... now THAT is too young to be falling in love. Because kids that age haven't had the experience to know what love is. It's just infatuation.

It's not bad AT ALL to be falling in love at 18. Unless you're moving too fast or something... I don't know all the details.

I think around that age is about the minimum age to have a serious, in love relationship.

Good luck.

People can fall in love at any age. I was madly in love when I was 14 and it lasted until I was 17 and then I fell out of love. Folks called it Puppy Love. it was real, but it wasn't something that could last a lifetime.

At 18 there are so many adult changes that are up and coming - things both good and bad that will influence who you are and how you make decisions and how you will feel. For two people so young to fall in love and then experience different things -- or the same things in different ways - is going to put a strain on that love and most likely it will end naturally, and probably painfully, but it is part of growing up - people never stop growing up (if they are lucky) but experience helps us as we do grow and the more experiences we have the better prepared we are for what's coming.

I'm rambling - I don't think I made much sense!

I agree with all the posts here...

Love doesn't have boundaries...I don't believe it does, anyway, not in my books.

I'm young and I believe that if I know what love is, which I don't really, but the way I feel about my bf, I reckon I'm in love. And I don't see the big deal.

He is someone I can see myself spending the reat of my life with, and I don't believe I'm naive about it. I understand where people are coming from when they say there is more than just one girl/guy in the world.

But my argument, people like my bf at the moment, are very rare and hard to come across, I'm not about to throw that away JUST BECAUSE I shoudl experience other relationships. I don't want to, I don't want to get stomped on again and again JUST TO gain experience, thats not the way I look at it...

If you love someone, or you are in love with them, then stay with that person, let your love...flower....I guess...don't be afraid. Don't be scared. Love them for that moment, take risks, don't worry about tomorrow or what if, just live and let live.

Love's a pretty powerful thing, I've experienced some of the things tat it does to you, the good, the bad and the ugly. BUT, life's never going to be peachy. I've just learnt to accept that...

Ok, now everyone can tell how....ahem....lovestruck I am....lol