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 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, 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

REFLECTIONS ON
THE NATURE OF LOVE

"Love is the most important
thing in the world,
but baseball is pretty good too."
~~~~Greg, age 8

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 football is on TV."
~~~~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've 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 SURE-FIRE 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

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

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

HOW WAS KISSING
INVENTED?

"I know one reason
that kissing was created.
It makes you feel
warm all over,
and they didn't always have
electric heat or fireplaces
or even stoves in their houses."
~~~~Gina, age 8

HOW A PERSON
LEARNS TO KISS

"You can have a big rehearsal
with your Barbie and Ken dolls."
~~~~Julia, age 7

"You learn it right on the spot
when the gooshy feelings
get the best of you."
~~~~Brian, age 7

"It might help
to watch soap operas all day."
~~~~Carin, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY
TO KISS SOMEONE?

"It's never okay
to kiss a boy.
They always slobber all over you.
That's why I stopped doing it."
~~~~Tammy, age 10

"If it's your mother,
you can kiss her anytime.
But if it's a new person,
you have to ask mission."
~~~~Roger, age 6

"I look at kissing like this:
Kissing is fine
if you like it,
but it's a free country
and nobody
should be forced to do it."
~~~~Megan, age 9

HOW TO
MAKE LOVE ENDURE

"Spend most of your time
loving instead of going to work."
~~~~Dick, age 7

"Don't forget your wife's name.
That will mess up the love."
~~~~Erin, age 8

"Be a good kisser.
It might make your wife forget
that you never take out the trash."
~~~~Dave, age 8

"Don't say you love somebody
and then change your mind.
Love isn't like picking what movie
you want to watch."
~~~~Natalie, age 9

HOW DO YOU DECIDE
WHO TO MARRY?

"You got to find somebody
who likes the same stuff.
Like if you like sports,
she should like it
that you like sports,
and she should keep
the chips and dip coming."
~~~~Alan, age 10

"No person really decides before they grow up
who they're going to marry.
God decides it all way before,
and you get to find out later
who you're stuck with."
~~~~Kirsten, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE
TO GET MARRIED?

"Twenty-three is the best age
because you know the person
FOREVER by then."
~~~~Camille, age 10

"No age is good to get married at.
You got to be a fool to get married."
~~~~Freddie, age 6

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL
IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?

"Married people usually look
happy to talk to other people."
~~~~Eddie,6

"You might have to guess,
based on whether they seem to be
yelling at the same kids."
~~~~Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOUR MOM AND DAD
HAVE IN COMMON?

"Both don't want no more kids."
~~~~Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?

"Dates are for having fun,
and people should use them to get
to know each other.
Even boys have something to say
if you listen long enough."
~~~~Lynnette, age 8.

"On the first date,
they just tell each other lies,
and that usually gets them interested enough
to go for a second date."
~~~~Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO
ON A FIRST DATE
THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?

"I'd run home and play dead.
The next day I would call
all the newspapers and make sure
they wrote about me in all the dead columns."
~~~~Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OK TO KISS SOMEONE?

"When they're rich."
~~~~Pam, age 7

"The law says you have to be eighteen,
so I wouldn't want to mess with that."
~~~~Curt, age 7

"The rule goes like this:
if you kiss someone, then you should marry them
and have kids with them.
It's the right thing to do.
~~~~Howard, age 8

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED

"It's better for girls to be single
but not for boys.
Boys need someone to clean up after them."
~~~~Anita, 9

"Single is better, for the simple reason
that I wouldn't want to change no diapers.
Of course, if I did get married,
I'd just phone my mother
and have her come over for some coffee
and diaper-changing."
~~~~Kirsten, age 10

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT
IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?

"There sure would be
a lot of kids to explain,
wouldn't there?"
~~~~Kevin, age 8

"You can be sure of one thing
- the boys would come chasing after us
just the same as they do now."
~~~~Roberta, age 7

HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?

"Tell your wife that she looks pretty
even if she looks like a truck."
~~~~Ricky, age 10

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