Saturday, August 16, 2008

Age Requirement

People say I don’t know what love is. But they’re wrong, they just don’t understand.

Those are a couple of lines from my favorite greeting card, which I actually have two- one from Keng and the other from someone else. The mere fact that in spite of a hundred other cards out there, two guys, of the same age, of the same world, who happened to be after the same girl, picked that same card said a lot about what’s written there. And until now, when I go back and read it again, I still believe every single word.

When I was in highschool, I wasn’t really the gutsy type. I was the predictable girl who followed every textbook theory there was, about life and the rest of it… until I fell in love.

Opening my doors to love at the tender age of 15 wasn’t really part of the plan. I promised myself I would never commit to anyone, unless I could see my future with him. Believe it or not, I was able to give my heart to someone and stay true to that promise.

So, does age really matter?

Well, for a lot of things, it sure does. But how about for love? Is there a right age? Or even an ideal one?

I don’t have the answer.

Now, I might say it doesn’t matter, and there’s none. For both the right and ideal part. Ask me again 2 decades from today, when I already have a teenager son/daughter, and my answer would probably differ.

You can drive at 16, go to war at 18, buy a drink at the age of 21 and retire at 65. So how old should you be before your love is real?- One Tree Hill

Like I said, I don’t know whether there is a significant relationship between age and love. What I do know is that love doesn’t exactly screen birth certificates or even check for a driver’s license or a voter’s ID. Love comes to you once. Whether you’re in highschool, in college or already out there in the real world, it won’t give a rat’s tail. Besides, trigonometry, philosophy or even a salary won’t help you deal it with. It’s love.

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