10 Biggest Lies Pop Culture Has Taught Us About Romance

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Love is a many-splendored thing, or so we’ve been told. From rom-coms to fairy tales, we’ve been fed a steady diet of love stories that promise “Happily Ever After” endings, love at first sight, and the thrill of the chase.

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Members of a popular internet community tell us that love is much more complicated than pop culture makes it out to be. So, before you go interrupting a wedding, here are the biggest lies movies taught us about romance.

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10 Biggest Lies Pop Culture Has Taught Us

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Among other oversimplifications is the idea of love being a great thing in all situations. But, as many folks mention, love is painful as well. It can hurt, especially when the person you love doesn’t reciprocate. Ouch.

Happily Ever After As a user rightly points out, relationships are more complex. There is no grand ending. Instead, it’s the little things: the daily caring, the small affections, and the avoidance of trust traps.

Movies and shows are notorious for making viewers think that love is easy. As many folks point out, real life is far from easy. Romance will not fall into your lap. If you want it, you’ve got to work for it! So, roll up your sleeves.

Everlasting Romance Another misconception regarding love in movies is its permanence. Finding love once won’t make it last forever. Additionally, a person mentions that it’s wrong to think love will come to those who wait.

Wedding Crashers It can be tempting to interrupt your ex’s wedding to steal the show, but I promise, it will not go how you think it will. One person narrates how some girl interrupted a friend’s wedding as a joke. Even so, everyone turned around in confusion, causing her humiliation.

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