Can't you see? Love is in the air. (Whole Love Essay)

High School is a moment when young people experiment with love. It’s a phenomenon of how young people show great importance to love even at a young age. Love is a strong feeling, especially for young people who have never experienced having a love life. It is an immense feeling with a mix of happiness whenever you see someone you like and despair when you don’t have the guts to talk to the person. High School has a mix of crushes and people who like a certain personality trait of a person. Excitement is embedded in High School because of crushes. High School is where people yearn for the company of their crush hoping that it will become something else. It is a time where young people roam around looking for the sweet taste of love. Young people learn many things about love in High School. Whether it is from experiencing it or maybe just watching from afar, there is no doubt that love is in the air in High School.

 Love in high school can easily be confused with infatuation.

There is a huge difference between being in love and having a crush. Young people often confuse infatuation with love. High School is a period where many young people experience both. I’ve observed that people who have a crush on somebody don’t really know the person they like enough. Those who are in love know the person inside and out, they can speak their mind to them and they usually share a lot of things in common. Attraction is the reason for infatuation, usually because of looks and behaviour while love is developed because of personality, the person must be emotionally attached to the person for that to happen. Things might not work out between the person and the crush because they do not know each other much personally. Being in love with somebody is when a feeling of attachment is felt by the person.

 In theory, there must be a connection between both people. Infatuation is primarily based on physical needs while being in love is a combination of both physical and emotional needs. Infatuation is an intense feeling because it is like new found love while being in love is a strong feeling, though not as intense, it is deeper, you care for the person a lot and you feel like you would do anything for the person. Both are accompanied by a strong emotion, which is why a lot of people often confuse infatuation with love. A crush fades faster than love, love can last a lifetime. When somebody likes someone, they are often unsure of what to do.  

Being in love with someone is being able to put your trust in that person. Being in love is when you accept the person for what the person really is while infatuation is merely a period where the game of observing takes place. If the feeling of infatuation eventually turns into love, it happens because the person is sure of their feelings. Having a crush is being unsure, while being in love is being sure.   The bottom-line is that love and infatuation are different emotions, though people confuse infatuation with love, they are both similar in a way because of the emotions that are involved.