I think man is designed in God's image and He made young men impulsive, on purpose. Just as He made young women naive, on purpose.
I think the older people who love such a young person are charged with giving counsel, but we shouldn't try to make them jaded or fearful. That damages their ability to pair-bond.
Romantic Love goes counter to Christian Love, God wants us to be Prudent and not let ourselves be swept away by Passion (not to be dismissive of Passion). God wants us to have Temperance and have self-restraint.
It is Virtuous to not be impulsive, not to be naïve. There are plenty of women who were naïve and gave away their virginity outside of marriage.
Plenty of men give in to their impulsive nature to commit adulteries and murder.
Man is made in God's image and is fallen by nature, otherwise we wouldn't be on this Earth. The practice of the Virtues bring us closer to God through Theosis.
What you are telling me is that you don't want romantic love because you think it is silly and imprudent, or even Satanic.
Okay, but then, you will get the woman that suits you. Someone very prudent and dispassionate.
To each his own.
Not what I'm making an arguing about, think we're getting mixed up with terminology.
Appreciate the back and forth.
> "Romantic Love goes counter to Christian Love..."
Not so!😯 Only if undisciplined and unbridled. When coupled with self control and in appropriate context, romantic love is the unstoppable force that will ultimately be responsive to the very first Command of the Creator, the mandate to be fruitful and fill all of creation with reflections of God's image.
https://peakd.com/poetry/@creatr/i-will-write-the-stories-celebrating
