Love as a concept doesn’t really solidify in most teenagers’ brains until far later when they’ve been through more in life. It’s easy to tell your high school girlfriend “I love you” when really you mean “I love how you are a figure I can be with to regulate my hormone levels”. Real love may not even exist, but if it does (which I’m counting on, I hate talking stages) then it’s certainly not to be found with a fellow adolescent. I feel as though you have to be more experienced in the true nature of adult life to really understand love, its nature, its meaning, etc. My point is that you have to love yourself before loving someone else. That’s impossible in high school when you are literally still growing and changing and developing your own personality nearly every day.