nonsensical babble: love?

Assalamualaikum.

Here's something that I don't understand.

I see teenagers nowadays, some who are way younger than me, throwing out the 'L' word to their loved ones like it's nothing. It's as if they're on a competition to see who can say 'I love you' the most in a span of one day. Maybe hours or minutes or even seconds! But that's for the more PDA-ish couples, I guess. The ones who take pictures together, write statuses/posts about each other on social medias with the annoying heart-eyes emoji as well as a butt load of colourful heart emojis and make my already sad my life even sadder. I sincerely  hope this type of relationships will decrease in percentage as the years past, 'cause I'm freaking sick of seeing them on my Facebook homepage.

Harap kita kekal till Jannah . I love u . kiss emoji* *heart emoji x10* 
-posted by a thirteen year old girl

Alhamdulillah, ada niat nak pergi ke Syurga.

Here me out, I'm in no position to judge someone's level of Iman, or give advice regarding this matter since I'm not the perfect 'muslimah', but I think if you really want to go to Jannah, you'd probably need to break up with your lovely pakwe ASAP.

Anyway, back to the topic--why is it so easy to say the word 'love'? And how can you be so sure that it is love? Granted, I've liked guys, but I'm pretty sure I've never fallen in love with one before. It just seems so... serious.

Google tells me that love, by definition, means 'an intense feeling of deep affection'. Now tell me, all you people, especially the young ones, do you really have intense feelings of deep affection towards your partners? Sekuat cinta ayah awak kepada mak awak, sekuat cinta saya kepada makanan, sekuat cinta Anthony kepada Xena (okay, maybe ni dah kira tahap obsessed gila gila.)? Kalau ya jawapan awak, maka benarlah, Encik Google kata awak sudah jatuh cinta.

...Or is it? Is it really love?

To me, love is much more than that.

Love means that you'll give it all for that one special person. Love means that you'll accept all of their weaknesses, dark sides, and flaws, and they'll do the same for you. Love means that waiting for a thousand year is nothing, as long as you'll get to be with that person in the end. Love means friendship; you're their best friend, and they're yours. Love means getting through the hardship together, facing problems together, and helping each other during tough situations.

Or at least that's what I think.

So I'm going to ask you again; what you feel for you partner right now, is it really, really love?

I don't know. I've never been in love before. If someday I do find the right one, and I'm one-hundred percent sure that it is love, I'll come back to this blog and rewrite everything. That's a promise. But for now, that's my definition of love.

Sorry for the over-usage of cheese. I don't know what's gotten into me. I need sleep.

Help.

Goodbye. See you next time, blog.
x

Aleesya