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o you think you are in love, eh? I guess everyone in high school has thought that at one point
parents do to each other, you’d be dead. That’s it and that’s all. There are not enough hours in the day. You don’t have that much energy!
This is not to say that we can not experience extreme attraction to­ ward one another, and I’m not just talking about you sex-maniacs. I’m talking honest, deep felt attraction. You know what I’m talking about ... a re­ lationship based on personality, WOW, what a concept! It’s rather funny that that’s a new idea to many of you . . . But to be serious, this attraction is what we live for, what we all want. It’s not a joke, just a game. One that we all play, and all want to win. The best part is, we can all win, if we try hard enough. After all, how many of your parents met in high school and started a relationship that grew into love? How many of you see yourself going to col­ lege to follow someone else?
I can see by the look on your face that these words have depressed a few of you, a few of you who believed in love so strongly. What do I have to say to you? All I can say is this, hold on to what you have, if it is love, as you so boldly insist, you will be tested eventually. After all, it is in a place of higher learning that we will learn to love, and be loved. For some that will be college, for others a career, but it will come for all of you. All you have to do is be patient, and enjoy the peo­ ple you have. This I promise you.
in time ... what? ... what’s that? ... Yeah, 1know what you’re thinking, "But I AM in love!” It’s a nice thought, I know. I’ve been there before, but lis­ ten to me, there’s more to this game than you think. Let us consider, for a moment, exactly what love IS. It’s not that cutesy couple in the hallway, with stars in their eyes each time they are together. No, love is much more real than that. It is a real feeling with real consequences.
When I think of love, and I’ve thought of it often, I think of devotion, obli­ gation, and a desire to fulfill that ob­ ligation. "Sure,” you say, "I’ve heard of that before.” This is probably true. The 90’s seem to be a decade filled with that definition, but what does it MEAN? Well, it means a lot more than we teens can keep hold of, that’s for sure. It means missing that all-impor­ tant football game to go to that formal luncheon that’s so important to your
girlfriend. It means understanding when your boyfriend can’t seem to be­ have. It means cooperation (or per­ haps, just plain fighting it out and get­ ting it out of the way). This is what love is all about.
These are things we teenagers can’t do. I mean this very sincerely. After all, we don’t have time to be in love. Let’s face it, if you dedicated as much time to your significant other as your
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Honors night often brought people to­ gether. Kristen Johanns glances lov­ ingly at her boyfriend Eric Roberge.