Oh, young love. What words can be used to describe you? For those who are in relationships at such a young age, you can agree with me that we hate the saying, "aren't you too young to be in love?" Ugh, the words I hated hearing. Is there suppose to be a proper age when you can fall in love? No. Didn't think so. I remember the first time I fell in love; I was fifteen years old. Yes, it honestly can happen that young.Being young and in love is not bulls*** like many make it out to be. Of course, you hear those infamous questions and tips pretty often such as, "you should date around before settling down," or, "you haven't really experienced anything so how can you know he's the one?" I have seen plenty of friends date around. To be honest, it's just heartache after heartache and people are really just searching for a long lasting relationship. What's the point of dating someone that you don't see a future with?

In my opinion, dating young is such a great thing (even though I haven't always felt that way). At such a young age, you basically go through life together. From getting our licenses to graduating high school, college, the joys of being in your twenties, and whatever else the future brings, whether it's marriage or not. I don't think I could have picked a better person to go through all these major life experiences with.

One of the most frustrating things when dating young is how often people question your relationship. The worst is, "don't you guys get bored of each other after being together for so long?" No. No, we do not. Every day is a new adventure. No, being together for a very long time doesn't mean everything is perfect between us. No relationship, whether new or not, is perfect. We all have our ups and downs. I feel like every day, you discover something new about each other. We are not the same teens who fell in love eight years ago. We both acknowledge that our desires and needs will keep changing throughout life. That doesn't stop us from wanting to continue to grow and be together, though.

The bottom line is that there is nothing wrong with being young and in love. Many people believe that young love doesn't last and in many cases, that's true. However, just because of the stereotype exists doesn't mean all young love won't work out! Prove them wrong. If two people really love each other, they will work through the obstacles thrown at them to the best of their abilities. Love has no age and you can be the couple in young love to prove it CAN, in fact, last. Whatever is meant to be will find it's way.