Why is it that we don't always recognize the moment love begins, but we always recognize the moment it ends?

Sometimes, love hurts. The abrasions of love have inspired many a great writer. From Shakespeare to Jane Austen, writers have at some time or the other dwelt upon the anguish called love. A few of the following quotes bring out the heartaches caused by love in the most striking manner:

"When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance."

"Oh, innocent victims of Cupid,
Remember this terse little verse;
To let a fool kiss you is stupid,
To let a kiss fool you is worse."

"It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone."


"There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations."

So why love at all if it hurts so much? Love has never been defined and never will be. We read novels about love without limitations, see movies about it on the big screen or TV, and that we can live happily ever after, but it's not real life. The fact of the matter is, our expectations are sometimes too high and the poor mate we choose can't humanly live up to what our expectations are. The word "grow up" is the key to this problem. All couples have disagreements, lose their temper every so often, feel like they want to quit in the relationship and move on. When we are young, love can be so magical or hurt to the very core of a person's being and they feel like their life is over. It is because of inexperience and, in youth one is learning. Every heartbreak or every slight from another person you love helps you to become stronger and is a learning path as to what you really do want in a lifelong partner. It 'preps' you for that one true love that I can promise you will meet in the future. It's a tough road sometimes, but we all have our disappointments and lost loves, but manage to live and forge on. When you truly find love, you never lose it. You will realize the guys or girls you 'thought' you loved really wasn't love at all.