Love Isn't A Timed Emotion

How many times have you heard the phrase 'love at first site' or 'falling in love'? How many times have you heard the rebuttal, 'how can you love them, you've known them for such and such weeks'? I have been thinking about this and thought it was time to shed some light on this topic. Love is an emotion, just like anger, stress, happiness and sadness are emotions. Correct me if I am wrong, but I've never heard of someone waiting till 6 months before they got angry with someone or a year before they became happy. Granted, there are people who are slow to anger, there are people who barley get sad, and there are people who stay stressed, at the same time there are people who become rageful at the drop of a dime, sad at every little thing and so on and so forth. So if this is the case, why are there guidelines and time lines on when someone can LOVE another person? Yes, there are people who abuse the verb and there are people who lie on account of this word, but the same can be said for every other emotion under the sun.

Love isn't a timed emotion and it is a beautiful feeling to experience, with and without the drama that comes with it. So even though there are people who have different thoughts, feelings and opinions on LOVE in general (about as much debate are gay marriage in the gay community, too), never tell someone what they are feeling, simply because you are NOT them. If someone was sad and depressed, crying, would you tell them that they aren't sad?

The defense rests, your honor.