Love is real; however, love matures in different ways. The young mistake fascination of or for another as Love, The older we get love brings with it a metamorphous. The trouble with most is they believe the grass is greener with someone else. Until Love changes still more, in the friend you known for a life time of wows, the friend you’ve loved with a passion. Now that passion no longer clouds your vision. Then love transforms once again.
All that said we can not invalidate the feelings we feel thought each stage of our sometimes misspent youth.