A False Romance

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Generally speaking, romance is something most people consider as crucial element in a relationship. It’s the feeling that comes upon two individuals that can grow into an everlasting relationship. People have dreamed of having an everlasting passionate love at least once in their lifetime. However, if they expect to have it for a long period of time, they are in trouble because such things do not exist as they do in movies. People have dreams of this false perception of love all the time due to Hollywood movies about love, romantic poems, and television shows. This is what people have been lead to believe because directors and produces knows it’s what they want. The movies themselves always show the couple on their good days. The falling in love part. They show the laughs, the sentimental speeches, and the intimate love scenes. Any negativity is just a precursor to the final moment they reunite. The Hollywood movie studios sells us an enhanced and cleaned up version of romance of what true love and romance should be. However, as many people know from their own relationships they are leaving out the day to day realities of a relationship where people lose their temper or get annoyed. These are the parts that really test the relationship. They don’t show the challenges of being in long term relationships. It makes sense seeing how the movies only have a few hours to get the characters stories across. There are not many great movies that show relationship struggles. The audience does not want to see this side of the love story. People watch movies where the characters are perfect and they have perfect hair, a perfect smile, and perfect relationships. Then they grow up and are exposed to all the imperfections of life, yet they still ...

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