Why Does Love Hurt?

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April 13, 1994

Seventh-graders at Parkway Middle School, a magnet school in Fort Lauderdale, tell why they think love hurts.

"I think the reason love hurts is when you put all you have into a relationship and find out that the person is cheating. It really hurts. Another reason I think love hurts is because of trust. When you put your trust in someone and find out that they have betrayed you, it hurts. There are many other reasons why love hurts but these are the most important to me."

Hope Boykins

"I really don't know why love hurts. It's like when you fall in love with somebody but they don't love you, that really hurts. So don't run into a relationship and fall in love yet, because you don't really know what love is, and you can get hurt by it if it doesn't work out."

Julie Igneri

"Sometimes when you and another human being are in love, you fall out of love and that hurts! But you can't control your feelings of one another. Love is a bond, a friendship, a trust and a feeling that you and another person have. Love does not always have to hurt you might find someone really special to you and be together forever."

Rose Mull

"Love hurts because when you get involved with someone sometimes you might think you're in love with them. But in the end, you'll end up getting very hurt because to you they will be breaking your heart because you loved them, but to them usually they just don't want to go out with you anymore."

Jennifer Robertson

"I think it hurts because love doesn't last. If you're in a relationship, it always hurts at the end. I don't think you're in love at all, I just think love doesn't have [anything) to do with the relationship."

Michelle Miller

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