Question: True or False? I believe teenagers are more capable of genuine love than are older people.
If this item were true, then we would be hard pressed to explain why half the teenage marriages end in divorce in the first five years. To the contrary, the kind of love I have been describing--unselfish, giving, caring commitment--requires a sizable dose of maturity to make it work. And maturity is a partial thing in most teen-agers. Adolescent romance is an exciting part of growing up, but it seldom meets the criteria for the deeper relationships of which successful marriages are composed.
Book: What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women
By Dr. James Dobson