Staple #1:
Guy and girl looks up, eyes meet....it's love at first sight. (Cue slow-mo action scene)
Staple #2:
Girl thinks she's in love with guy, does all sorts of stuff to get his notice. Somehow as she does she realizes she's in love with his best friend/brother/cousin and he loves her too because she's so unique. (Cue cute ditzy albeit sweet girl)
Staple #3:
Guy and girl grow up together, go through everything from long-distance relationships to misunderstandings to adventures to fights etc. Somehow after everything they walk off into the sunset together. (Cue sappy music)
So improbable somehow. Of course there are a gazillion variations but in general, love stories aren't all that different. And Hollywood (or writers) would have us believe that somehow by some Fate or chance you will meet that guy who is crazy about you, who will one day look up and notice you are there. And then there is the "Happy Ever After".
It's beautiful fiction but I have yet to see anything like that with my own eyes. Sure, we see sweet wedding vids but that falls into a form of media as well doesn't it? I haven't yet seen a truly affectionate loving couple (unless you count this couple making out in the theatre, and I don't cos it seems more like lust than anything) or anything at all like the things we see and read.
Maybe the old couples had it right. If anything, the sweetest thing I've seen is how much the old man and woman love each other. They hold hands on the street and walk together; he gives her a peck and she puts her head on his shoulder.
What happened to romance like that?
*sigh*
And yet after all that, I'm still waiting for that moment where I look up, our eyes will meet, and I will see you walking over to me.
Pic by Slgado
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