Teenage "Love"

Now, this is an interesting subject. Especially when talking about children in middle school.
Yesterday, my tutor was talking about how her middle school students were telling her how many dates they had this year. Dates! They were counting!
Do you really think these kids were "in love" with their "dates"? I highly doubt it. Yet, that's what they all say when they "go out."
Moving on to high school relationships. Things get a little more complicated. Now, it's all fine and dandy when you find that right person, and everything is going well, the both of you completely understand and respect each other. BUT, there's also the "counting relationships" going on again. During high school is when it becomes most dangerous and confusing. First there's the whole "does she/he like me?" and then there's the whole "what if they reject me?" and when you DO start going out, there's the whole "how far should we go?"
I firmly believe that a very little number of high school relationships actually last. We all know that. Which leads me to say, why even bother with going out if you know it's not gonna last?
Well, I can answer my own question.
First: the experience
Second: love is unexplainable, and sometimes it just has to be lived out before it peters out, having been through it myself.
You go through the "honey-moon stage" where everything is covered in fluff and you're happier than a worm in the mud. A short while after, you start realising what your partner is really like. And you might not like that. And you might like it after-all. And that my friends, is one of our missions in life. To find that someone who will stand by us all the time. And we realise that this is our mission at a very young age. We just don't know what to call it or how to go about it.
Nevertheless, we go about our everyday lives, looking for that someone. I think it best to take our time, and not rush things. Love being our mission in life, the end result will come to us in time. We may or may not find them. But going through it is one of the many joys and faults of life. And it's all jolly good fun to think about.