Topics for Writing & Discussion: Romantic Love

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I believe every human yearns to find that one person they can call their one true love, and in rare cases some actually do find it. But more than often, I feel as though many people force the “romantic love” between a relationship, or marriage. I’m not saying it’s a figment of imagination but rather a rare case to truly be content with another person and to have believed that you can spend the rest of your life with that special someone. As a non-romanticist, my views on love is very cut deep, and crucial, because as I’ve grown up I’ve witnessed plenty of relationships and marriages end with simply one of the partners falling out of love, or cheating, or lack of interest or communication. Not to mention, the couples were once so madly in love but as soon as a bump in the road came along, the arguing begins, the infidelity comes to surface, and the relationship/marriage ends. I’ve come to realize as a young adult, that many people tend to believe what they feel as “true love” might actually be mistaken for lust, and such desire for romantic love leads them to believe they feel what they feel, and without any regard, they push the relationship to become what they’ve always hoped for. And once, their expectations are let down, they no longer seek to continue fighting for their relationship/ marriage. In hopes that I may be wrong, because as it was once possible decades ago, when love was more genuine and pure, I feel as though it can be retained once again. But the problem we face is, what we expect love should look like.