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puppy love
Puppy love (more commonly known as a crush, also known as calf love or kitten love) is an informal term for feelings of love, romance, or infatuation, often felt by young people during their childhood and adolescence. It is named for its resemblance to the adoring, worshipful affection that may be felt for a puppy. It may also be able to describe short/long-term love interest.
The term is often used in a derogatory fashion, describing emotions which are shallow and transient in comparison to other forms of love such as romantic love. Sigmund Freud, however, was far from underestimating the power of early love; recognizing the validity of "the proverbial durability of first loves: ''on reviendra toujours à ses premières amours.''"〔Sigmund Freud, ''On Sexuality'' (PFL 7) p. 67〕
==Characteristics==
Puppy love is a very widespread experience in the process of maturing. It may be difficult to not have cases of "puppy love" sometime during the maturing process.〔Short, p. 13〕 The object of attachment may be a peer, but the term can also be used to describe the fondness of a child for an adult, for example, students being attracted to their teachers, their friends' parents, or children to older celebrities: indeed, some consider that in puppy love 'usually the object of such infatuation is some highly idealised person who is some years older—a teacher, a friend of the family, an actor, or rock star'—and typically the sufferer 'greatly moved with emotion...spending much time in daydreams and wishful fantasies〔Short, p. 16〕 about them. When people have wishful fantasies about their love interest, they may have a fantasy about having their first kiss with them, or maybe have a fantasy about marrying them one day.
However, 'Puppy love gives young people a new sense of individualism. For the first time, they love someone outside their family'.〔M. H. Ford, ''Personal Power'' (2004) p. 124〕 Others warn, however, that 'the old saying may be true: "If you marry on the strength of puppy love, you'll end up leading a dog's life."'〔Short, p. 22〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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