Has love lost its value in today's day and age?

Question

I think it really has. Kids are dating at like age 12. There are multiple teen pregnancies at my public high school, which is clinging to its reputation of an acdemically driven school. Divorce rates are high. Single parenthood is common. It seems like everyone is cavalier when it comes to love.

Does true love still exist? What has caused the value of love to go down? I'm curious to see what you think.

Answer 1

I don't think it does.  Earlier today I was reading questions here and was counting how many women referred to the baby they we're carrying's father as fiance or boyfriend.  All of them sadly.  Some even went on about how the father of their other children...  or the mother of his other children...  there's no such thing as "family" as we once knew it...  one mom plus one dad plus siblings all related to each other....  it's now almost entirely half siblings and step siblings...  and marriage lasts only about 4 years before the "D" word comes up...  I have friends from high school who are on their third and fourth marriages already...  

I don't think true love is something anyone believes in anymore.  Everything is disposible.  

Answer 2

i think true love still exists but not as much as it used to. i think people are more irresponsible with relationships than they used to be. the pregnancy thing is at my high school too. it annoys me when people start dating and after like a week they are already saying "i love you" i won't say i love you to my boyfriend until i'm sure that i mean it. i think people don't realize that love takes time, and it doesnt grow on trees.

Answer 3

because these girls have a dumb dad and mom so they beccome whores

Answer 4

I completely agree with you.  

Love has lost its value today because, in my opinion, this is a sexually driven culture (we see sexual signals in magazine advertisements, in the media, on television, etc), and we are feeding into it.  We are placing the tangible over the intangible.  What I mean is, we are placing more emphasis on physical attraction than on what lies beyond the surface of the physical.  When you marry someone, s*x isn't going to be happening every day (some of us like to think it is...but...it won't), so you'd better like that person for some other reason.  Attraction dies eventually, and infatuation fades when reality sets in, and therefore those things have nothing to do with what true love is.  True love is something that is deep, something that you can see with your eyes closed, and feel even when your hands are behind your back.  It is born of respect for another, and of course attraction, but an attraction that grows from knowing the soul of a person.  So many of us today never find true love because we don't look in the right places or approach it this way.  

Answer 5

Yes it exist,but people confuse it with lust, jump in bed the first date ,have s*x then find out 6 months later that neither were  their romantic fantasy.

Answer 6

Love exists today a much as it ever has or perhaps even more. All of these things you mention have been going on forever and always will. Single parenting has been common throughout history and ebbs and flows. People used to marry at 12 and that was common. The pressures from groups or religions can make it seem that things are getting worse, but just do your part to make love last. Remember, you are just looking for one person as the love of your life, so take your time and choose carefully.

Answer 7

Personally i think it still exists, but I'm a romantic at heart. I just think that people don't wait as long as they should and realize that it's not what they originally thought it to be once the glory fades.

Answer 8

Everything you described in your first paragraph has nothing to do with love.  And that is the problem right there.  Families are falling apart because parents are 'falling out of love'.  So then the children are left to find 'love' with the first person they find that shows them any attention at all.  All the while throwing the word love around like it is a cheap box  wine.

People need to stop being so selfish in their pursuit of love.  

To answer your question, of course it still exists.  But people are way too self centered to even care about finding 'true' love.  We as humans need to wake up and realize that life isn't all about what we can gain or achieve, but the true meaning of life is about helping and bringing love to someone who hasn't ever had it before.

Answer 9

I think it still exists, but people do not take it as seriously as they should.  Some people rush into marriage to avoid speculation about children out of wedlock, because they "think" they are in love, or the time is right.  I think people marry too soon without thinking about the long term.  I think parents have a lot to do with it too.  Some parents are so anxious to become grandparents, or they like their child's significant other so much that they want their child to marry, when in all actuality, the child isn't always sure.  I think for others it is their way to hold on to someone, thinking that marriage can save a doomed relationship.  But there are however, still unions that are built and meant to last.

Answer 10

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