Love...?

Is true love real?  Yes, I think it is real.  A lot of the time, we use the word "love" without thinking twice.  For example, a child might say,  "I love ice cream!" or "I love candy!"  Teenagers also use the word "love" towards their boyfriend or girlfriend,  I don't think that we quite understand the strength of the word.  We use it left and right without thinking twice.  In the example of the child, I don't think it is necessarily bad, but in the example of the teenagers, yes, I do think it is wrong.  I think one should wait until the right person comes along before they start saying, "I love you".  Since we use the "L" word so much, we don't really take the time to think about what it means, therefore degrading the real definition.  The end effect of this would be people thinking that love will come right away and they are confused when the one whom they said "I love you" to walks away.  The phrase "I love you" is meant for the person one is planning to spend their whole lives with.  The word "love" has a power that most people don't understand, so we should preserve that power and save the real definition of love.