@Cruiser – Me too! I’ve not been to Alpine Valley since. To think my friends and I saw what was happening from the parking lot and didn’t connect anything until after the fact. :(
It’s chemical. Nature want’s us to mate after all, and in order to do so, it’s pretty much going to have to feel really, really good. Also, as @Blackberry said, young people don’t really know the difference between “Wow! This feels GREAT!” versus what truly being loving and loved is.
Shoot, I think many times, more than enough of us here have been stared in the eyes too, and the next day, when we really needed actual love and a shoulder to lean on, hmpf. Our “lovers” were nowhere to be found. Feelings that weren’t about having an orgasm or a good time and needs for honest connection and communication were too much for them to handle.
Unless they figure it out through experience, they never mature enough to know. And also, we’ve got a media which has a vested interest in selling us things, so they reinforce the message that getting laid = being loved, so if you want to get laid, buy AXE™! Buy Taylor Swift™! Buy Lady Gaga™! Buy Gossip Girl™! Buy this diet pill™! Get this car™!
I wouldn’t be surprised if most people in our mode of civilization bought into anyway when they were young, and then some of them grew up to get jobs in advertising.