- Kids
views on Love,
- Romance
and Relationships:
How can you tell if two adults eating dinner at a
restaurant are in Love?
"Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can
tell if he's in love." -- Bobby, age 9
"Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will
get cold... Other people care more about the food." -- Bart, age
9
"Romantic adults usually are all dressed up, so if they are
just wearing jeans it might mean they used to go out or they just
broke up." --Sarah, age 9
"See if the man has lipstick on his face." -- Sandra, age 7
"It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on
fire. They like to order those because it's just like how their hearts
are --- on fire." -- Christine, age 9
Titles of the love ballads you can sing to your beloved
"'How Do I Love Thee When You're Always Picking Your
Nose?'" -- Arnold, age 10
"'You Are My Darling Even Though You Also Know My
Sister.'" -- Larry, age 8
"'I Love Hamburgers, I Like You!'" -- Eddie, age 6
"'I Am in Love with You Most of the Time, but Don't Bother Me
When I'm with My Friends.'" -- Bob, age 9
"'Hey, Baby, I Don't like Girls but I'm Willing to Forget You
Are One!'" -- Will, age 7
"'Honey, I Got Your Curly Hair and Your Nintendo on My
Mind.'" -- Sharon, age 9
What most people are thinking when they say "I Love
You"
"The person is thinking: Yeah, I really do love him. But I
hope he showers at least once a day." -- Michelle, age 9
"Some lovers might be real nervous, so they are glad that they
finally got it out and said it and now they can go eat." -- Dick,
age 7
Concerning the origins of love
"Cupid kissed God and that got the ball rollin'." --
Julio, age 9
"One of the Greek lady gods got a crush on one of the Greek
man gods. He tried to hit her with lightning and thunderbolts, but he
just couldn't get her away from him ... After a while, they became the
first married gods." -- Robbie, age 8
Concerning why love happens between two particular
people
"One of the people has freckles and so he finds somebody else
who has freckles too." -- Andrew, age 6
"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something
to do with how you smell ... That's why perfume and deodorant are so
popular." -- Mae, age 9
"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or
something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful."
-- Manuel, age 8
On what falling in love is like
"Like an avalanche where you have to run for your life."
-- John, age 9
"If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I
don't want to do it. It takes too long." -- Glenn, age 7
On the role of beauty and handsomeness in love
"If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your
family, it doesn't hurt to be beautiful." -- Anita C., age 8
"It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome
like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet." --
Brian, age 7
"Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long
time." -- Christine, age 9
How do people in love typically behave?
"Mooshy ... like puppy dogs ... except puppy dogs don't wag
their tails nearly as much." -- Arnold, age 10
"When a person gets kissed for the first time, they fall down
and they don't get up for at least an hour." -- Wendy, age 8
"All of a sudden, the people get movies fever so they can sit
together in the dark." -- Sherm, age 8
Concerning why lovers often hold hands
"They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because
they paid good money for them." -- Gavin, age 8
"They are just practicing for when they might have to walk
down the aisle someday and do the holy matchimony thing." --
John, age 9
Confidential opinions about love
"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when
'Dinosaurs' is on television." -- Jill, age 6
"Love is foolish ... but I still might try it sometime."
-- Floyd, age 9
"Yesterday I kissed a girl in a private place ... We were
behind a tree." -- Carey, age 7
"Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I
been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep
finding me." -- Dave, age 8
"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade
hard enough." -- Regina, age 10
The personal qualities you need to have in order to be
a good lover
"Sensitivity don't hurt." -- Robbie, age 8
"One of you should know how to write a check. Because, even if
you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of
bills." -- Ava, age 8
Some surefire ways to make a person fall in love with you
"Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores."
-- Del, age 6
"Shake your hips and hope for the best." -- Camille, age 9
"Yell out that you love them at the top of your lungs ... and
don't worry if their parents are right there." -- Manuel, age 8
"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might
get attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love." --
Alonzo, age 9
"One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's
something she likes to eat. French fries usually works for me."
-- Bart, age 9
