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That Dark Writer Freelancer @ Lagos State University
Ebute Ikorodu, Nigeria
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In People and Society 4 min read
Too young to be lost
<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Am I the Only One Who Sees It?</p><p><br/></p><p>Lately, I’ve been wondering if I’m the only one who feels this way.</p><p>It’s been sitting heavy in my chest — the observation, the confusion, the irritation.</p><p>And no, this isn’t coming from because I have never been in love ,I’ve seen people,mature people in love. I've never felt it  but I sure as hell have seen it— the rush, the weight, the ache. I’ve seen it for what it is, and I’ve seen it for what people pretend it is.</p><p><br/></p><p>Which is why I can’t ignore what’s happening now.</p><p><br/></p><p>Teenagers — literal children — are falling in "love."</p><p>Telling each other “I love you” with the same energy you'd use to ask for extra food.</p><p>It sounds fake. It is fake.</p><p>Tell me, how can kids who should be thinking about school, about self-discovery, about growth… be thinking about love?</p><p><br/></p><p>What even is love to a 13-year-old?</p><p>A trend? A challenge? A shortcut to attention?</p><p>Because love — real love — is messy, consuming, patient, and deep. It’s not the sugar-coated aesthetic posted on TikTok. It’s not the cute texts and the couple profile pictures. It’s more. And these kids haven’t lived enough to understand even a fraction of it.</p><p><br/></p><p>But here we are.</p><p>In this generation, it’s been normalized.</p><p>And the internet? Oh, it makes it worse.</p><p>They post it like an achievement — like their 2-week relationships deserve trophies.</p><p>I scroll through my feed and feel secondhand embarrassment. It’s not love. It’s performance.</p><p><br/></p><p>Yes, I know — some people met in school and later married. That used to happen.</p><p>Back when values were different.</p><p>But let’s not deceive ourselves: this generation is different.</p><p>Short attention spans. Zero patience. Endless distractions.</p><p>They swear eternal love on Monday and break up by Wednesday — after a vague, dramatic post: “Some people never change.”</p><p><br/></p><p>And it’s not just the so-called lovers.</p><p>Let’s talk about the girls — girls who should be worrying about their grades, their goals, their growth — and instead are obsessed with who owns the most wigs or whose phone costs the most.</p><p>Peer pressure is now luxury-packaged.</p><p>And not every parent has the means or wisdom to curb it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some mothers — I say this with no apology — are part of the problem.</p><p>Your daughter walks in with a new item you didn’t buy, and you cover for her?</p><p>Then when things go south, when something horrible happens, you cry and blame your “village people.”</p><p>Did your village people tell you not to raise your child with sense?</p><p><br/></p><p>We’re raising children who don't fear consequences, who don't understand boundaries, who confuse attention for affection.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let’s go back — just briefly — to the topic of love again.</p><p>Back then, our feelings rarely went beyond harmless crushes or brave little love notes tucked into notebooks.</p><p>Now?</p><p>Twelve-year-olds are booking hotel rooms.</p><p>Hotel rooms.</p><p>And they didn’t go there to study or have conference meeting,that’s for sure.</p><p><br/></p><p>I’m not saying I was perfect growing up.</p><p>I strayed here and there.</p><p>But risking my future for a temporary thrill? Never.</p><p>Today, teenage single mothers outnumber adult ones.</p><p>And the price they pay for falling in “love” is a lifelong reality they weren’t prepared for.</p><p><br/></p><p>And the boys?</p><p>Boys who should still be getting lunch money from their parents are busy declaring eternal devotion.</p><p>Telling girls, “I love you with everything I have,”</p><p>when all they have is a cracked screen and 150MB of data.</p><p><br/></p><p>These are the ones we’re supposed to pass the world on to?</p><p>These are the ones we trust with our legacy?</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm not overthinking</p><p> I’m just old-fashioned.</p><p>But I can’t help but ask again…</p><p><br/></p><p>Am I the only one who sees the wrong in teenage love?</p><p>Am I the only one who feels like we’re slowly losing ourselves in the illusion of maturity?</p><p>Because love — real love — isn’t for children playing dress-up with adult emotions.</p><p>And we shouldn’t be clapping for them when they do.</p><p><br/></p>

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