Who's too young?

I've heard it many many times in my life just like many of you have I'm sure. The words that all grown ups love to say. "You're too young to even know what love is."
Love is a strong word that can describe the feeling you have towards many different people in all kinds of different relationships.
At the age of 17 I met my soul mate. I fell in love after the first kiss, but nothing ever came from it. We stopped talking for awhile, but every time i heard his name i got the butterflies in my stomach, I blushed, and my heart jumped. It never went away. I was the typical lovestruck teenage girl that you read about in those ridiculous books and the unrealistic shows about high school. We dated other people for a year or two and had both gotten engaged with people we thought we'd spend our lives with, but there was always this feeling of uncertainty and emptiness that i just could not get rid of. My fiancee was a great guy. My parents loved him, he supported me through everything, he understood me, and most of all, he loved me for everything I was. He was so perfect. I mean who wouldn't want a man like that?
After two years, I finally got to see Dom again. Once again, I was that lovestruck teenager. It became so clear. That man was the one I couldn't dare try living without. He was the man I needed. Five years later, here we are. We are happily engaged and ready to start our lives. We are about to go head on in a custody battle with his ex girlfriend to get custody of his adorable two year old son who is being severely neglected. I have to say though, if it were anyone else, having a child with someone else would have been a deal breaker. We may be struggling a little here and there, but through everything, he always has and always be worth every battle.
What I'm trying to say is, yes you may hear these kids saying they love someone and all this and that, but really put some thought into it. Before you just blurt out that they are too young, think about it. You're never to young to know what love is.