Friday, September 18th, 2009 - 3 comments

Love has no geographical boundaries

A growing number of young people around the world are using blogs to connect with others and express themselves on issues such as love and relationship. In this post, we have selected bloggers in Iraq, Canada, India and South Africa. Their writings show that love and relationship have no geographical boundaries. Conversations about love unite young people regardless of where they come from.

Iraq

Najma is a 20 year old blogger from Iraq. In one of her recent posts she celebrates the second week of the anniversary of her engagement to “the most amazing man…” Through love, she has been able to find the brighter side of life in Iraq. She writes:

“The single most beautiful thing in life must be to love someone who loves you back.. It changes everything; the world is suddenly pink, you feel happier and safer than ever, and want to live every moment forever. Tomorrow is the second week anniversary of my engagement to the most amazing man..

They were two weeks in heaven. My fiance is actually a blogger and I don’t want to bother you with the details (…) of how it all happened.. all you really need to know is that I’ve finally found the bright side of my life in Iraq, and that I’ve never felt luckier! Everything feels different now.. I am different now.. this is the beginning of the rest, and the best, of my life.”

India

PRINCESS SONSHU described herself as “a teen with lots of ideas and thoughts.” Sometimes she puts her ideas and thoughts into poems. One of them is a poem about love titled Breathless:

“Almost gave up on Love
All the pain
Time seems to be frozen
My hearts melting
Im going crazy but I’ll keep on moving

I dont care what they say
I’m in love with you
They’re all pulling me away
But im holding on
I keep breathing
even though im breathless

Come here
I cant hear the screams
someone’s got to keep me from fallinf
I see you everywhere
Im going crazy
Is this because of love?

I dont care what they say
I’m in love with you
They’re all pulling me away
But im holding on
I keep breathing
even though im breathless x2

You come and open your arms
that doesnt hep
It makes it harder to believe the truth
They dont understand this love
It makes me crazy

I dont care what they say
I’m in love with you
They’re all pulling me away
But im holding on
I keep breathing
even though im breathless x2″

Canada

A 15 year old blogger from Ontario, Canada asks, “Is it just me or have teenage relationships gotten way more serious than they used to be? “:

“Is it just me or have teenage relationships gotten way more serious than they used to be? It seems like everyday I hear a new story from a friend who knows someone who knows someone who’s pregnant, or lost their virginity at a party.

I’m starting to feel like an un-hip mom who’s out of the loop. When did we get so sexual? When did we start wanting to have sex? Why didn’t I get the memo?! All I hear now is “Oh, did you hear so-and-so had sex?!? Yah!” or “I heard she might be pregnant, her and her boyfriend have sex like everyday.”

I feel like ripping my brains out when I hear stuff like this. It’s crazy to think not too long ago just KISSING a boy was the talk of the hallways, now it’s completely different. But my question is, are these teenagers aware of the after effects of just one night of bliss? Are they aware that the pregnancy rate in teenagers have skyrocketed in the past years?”

South Africa

Innocent, a South African blogger, discusses love crimes. He writes, “Many people kill because of love. those who are more learned call it “love crimes”…”:

“Many people kill because of love. those who are more learned call it “love crimes”, at first I didn’t agree with this but now I see that it is possible, to me love is like an ocean, an ocean is beautiful and shining when it is still at its own place but when storms and curricanes comes, the ocean, the ocean destroys everything at the vicinity, and that is the disaster, so is love”.

Rebone has a piece of advice for other young people, “Dont expect his heart.”:

“So you loose your virginity to a guy whom you think you will spend the rest of your life with…reality happens and you realize that it was actually more of a learning curve. Most girls have a lot of expectations when coming to sex and perhaps thats the problem”.

Creative commons photoby Bob Fornal ( from Flicr)

The views expressed in this blog-post are solely those of the author.