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Teenage Love 15: Teenage Lovebirds of the 1980s

Young love had finally made its way back into the 1980s and all of those teenage lovebirds back in the 80s were so "totally gnarly." The 80s was when MTV made its TV channel debut, the first cell phone was invented, and when a lot of people were born in that decade, that had included Julia Stiles (born in 1981), Michael Cera (born in 1988), and even me (also born in 1988). Also, the 80s were the times when hip-hop music and the break-dancing scene were born, especially when the TV show, “Yo! MTV Raps” was on TV. It seems that young love among the then-teen lovebirds ( teen boys and teen girls) had been in their lives since the day they met at summer camp, middle school or high school. And when a teen boy and a teen girl fell in love with each other the day they met, they knew it was love at first sight. There were a lot of awesome things those teenage lovebirds have done back in the 1980s: they went to the movies, had gone out to eat, they had gone to the school dances (including prom back in 1984), and stuff. Their outfits back in the 80s were “totally tubular,” especially when all teen boys and teen girls were wearing their Converse shoes and their Nike Air Sneakers. The 1980s were the best of times for all of the then-teenage lovebirds and their parents. These people were young and in love, especially when they were the ages between 13 and 17. And what their favorite love songs of the 1980s were “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper, “Material Girl” by Madonna, “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley, and other love songs that were heard back in the 1980s, especially the year 1987. This type of young love has brought the best in all of the young couples. In reference to young love among all of the then-teen couples, it’s like living in this “when doves cry” moment. All young relationships are just like the ones these people have seen in all movies from the 1980s, like “Dirty Dancing,” “Pretty In Pink,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” and “The Breakfast Club.” And if young love were to revisit the 1980s and bring it back to the future, young love will be indestructible forever.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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