Amor..yeah i know

so today in my spanish speakers class (yeah i had to throw that speakers bit in) we talked about love. or should i say AMOR? but anyway, the professor walked around the class and asked each one of us (in spanish of course) what we believed to be love. is it that heart pounding feeling exaggerated in the t.v.? One guy in class said he doesnt believe in love. i believe his words were "no creo que en amor. no pienso que existe" of course everyone gave him that pitiful awwwww, but when i actually talked to him to see what was going on in that apathetic head of his..he sort of made sense? he said that love is an ideology made up. its not permanent. its abstract because it isnt there. this hopeless romantic is reluctant to say this...but i kinda sorta see why he would think that. personally ive never been in love and havent had good examples thrown out to me. i mean ive had friends and family (females of course..because only females act like this) become obssesive compulsive about a certain guy just to have that romance short live. obssesion over something thats temporary? seems a tad pathetic. its inane. soo what is this hopeless romantic to do? do she throw out her copy of Beauty and the Beast (love that movie by the way) and curse herself for watching movies like P.S. I LOVE YOU and Penelope because they made think about and wish for an idea based upon a made up concept?!?!?!
one of my favorite singers stated in his song "it takes no time to fall in love, but it takes YEARS to know what love is" i thought that was the sweetest quote ever..but now who knows?