I'm seriously getting sick of this.

[BrittanyKay15]

This is about love. That's what I need to start this off as. I've had my share of relationships, trust me. I'm just sick of people saying I'm NOT in love! It's not lust, nor infatuation. I've known this guy for four years... and, for the past four years, we've been best friends. Within the first year he claimed to have fallen in love with me. Every night, he'd call me to say good night, sweet dreams, and "I love you" This went on for about three years... and, to me, that says a lot. A bit ago, [I'm talking months] I gave this guy a chance, knewing it could risk our friendship.
"Take a chance because you never know how absolutely perfect something could turn out to be." That quote is my life story. I gave that guy a chance and I have never been so lucky in my life. I've had my share of relationships, trust me. I've been through heartbreak and lust. But, with him, it's different. Do we do "things" ? Yes. But, I could go the rest of my life without being sexual with him as long as I had his love; that's all I need. He's my best friend, and just, my everything. I tell him anything and everything and I'm not afraid... I can be my complete self around him and he definitely brings out the best in me. Now, I started using TeenHelp because I'm depressed and have been for a long time. I just recently started using medication and am in counseling. But, the only time every problem just goes away is when I'm with him. But, I'm a teen. And, to everyone, that's the problem with me being in love. I posted a "question" on yahoo answers saying I was an adult and not yet married, but, had been with a guy for quite a while. I just, expressed my feelings, so, it wasn't really a question. But... people replied to it as "Aw,(: Well.. I'm glad you have someone like that; that love is hard to find." And, just stuff like that. After, I posted the SAME EXACT thing again.. but, this time saying I was a teen. This time, people replied to it as "You're a teen, you can't and don't know what love is." I mean, what the heck?! Really?! I just don't get it. I know I'm in love and I can't wait to prove EVERYONE that's doubting me and him wrong.

[FeistyMidget]

Hi there.

While I believe that it is hard to know what love is at our age, 14,(I personally do not know, seeing as I've had no experiences with it myself yet, but I'm really glad you found a guy who you can trust and be yourself around and loves you for you. He sounds like he's a great catch, and you're really lucky to have found someone like that. ) I do believe it is possible. I believe in love at first sight, and I believe in being in love at a young age.

Sometimes, you're lucky enough to find a guy that really and truly loves you. A guy you can tell everything to. A guy you couldn't live with out. A guy who treats you as well as he possibly can. A guy who loves everything about you, even your faults. A guy who understands you, can almost read your thoughts. A guy you wouldn't hesitates to put your life in his hands. And you're lucky enough to find this guy at a really young age, like you did. Your boyfriend sounds like a really great guy, and I really believe it's possible to know what love is when you're a teenager.

Good luck. I hope you spend the rest of your life with your boyfriend, although I have no reason to believe that you won't.

[Rhop101]

Hello Brittany,
Welcome to teenhelp
It can depend on the situation, but in your case your definitely in love, I mean you've known each other so long, and love grows with time .
I met my girlfriend and spent a month getting to know her and we've been together now for 4 months. I'm 18 and she's 20. I don't see why people are mad at you considering you took 4 years to get to know this guy.
One of my friends back in high school is like you there was a guy who has liked her and been friends for 6 or seven years and now they are dating.
Just ignore those people. There being stupid.

Good Luck

[PSY]

I believe it's possible for younger teens to fall in love. =) The problem is when older teens/adults begin to compare your 14-year-old love with their love. You WILL learn to love more intensely and profoundly as you grow older... so looking back, some people (including myself) would argue that they didn't truly know what love was until they were much older than 14-years-old. I hope that makes sense.

P.S. - Yahoo Answers is a HORRIBLE place to go for relationship/mental health advice in general. =/ Any idiot can post a response there.

[Supervisor]

Wow, you got some good advice here and i honestly have nothing to add.

Take there advice!
Goodluck

[Youth Pastor]

This is obviously a sensitive topic of teens and love. Most of the time people will say it is teen love but I can go either way on this. Yea, I do agree it can be teen love but I also know of several couples who met around 14 and are now married. They stayed together through high school and college and now have been married for a few years. I think the hardest part is a few years from now when you start to see how each of you will change and adapting to that. I've been married for about 8 months now so I know about love and as someone stated earlier it does keep growing. It's great to have my wife to talk to about things, share frustrations, etc. Good luck with all this. Keep your head up.