Teenagers. They are confusing love with lust. What they are feeling about Allyson and some other guy is just lust. Lust is painful when unrequited. Sometimes it is a hormonal response to a certain person due to scent, a specific thing unique to that person…sometimes it is hard to pin on. This person can be totally not your type but yet you “couldn’t stand it” in wanting that person and think it is love. That is why young people shouldn’t get married until they understand the difference between the two. Sometimes two people in lust for each other get to quench the flame and let it burn out. That’s when they realize they aren’t in love – that they only needed to run its course and move on to find someone to fall in love with. That is what Gordon needs to do with Allyson but it is one-sided – Allyson has no interest in Gordon or any lust for him. It will take Allyson’s inattention/dismissiveness of him to eventually quench the lust as they often do.
Teenagers. They are confusing love with lust. What they are feeling about Allyson and some other guy is just lust. Lust is painful when unrequited. Sometimes it is a hormonal response to a certain person due to scent, a specific thing unique to that person…sometimes it is hard to pin on. This person can be totally not your type but yet you “couldn’t stand it” in wanting that person and think it is love. That is why young people shouldn’t get married until they understand the difference between the two. Sometimes two people in lust for each other get to quench the flame and let it burn out. That’s when they realize they aren’t in love – that they only needed to run its course and move on to find someone to fall in love with. That is what Gordon needs to do with Allyson but it is one-sided – Allyson has no interest in Gordon or any lust for him. It will take Allyson’s inattention/dismissiveness of him to eventually quench the lust as they often do.