I lived through 'that age' not that long ago (4 years to be exact) and I don't remember going mad with hormones, nor remember seeing that with my friends. More than that, the romance was just /not well written!/ Nothing against JKR, my favourite author, Micheal Moorcock, can't write romance either, but someone ought to tell JKR (as someone no doubt told Moorcock) not to write it for half the book!