“You’ll be saved from whatever bad experiences you’re going through by finding a man.”

Women got down to business and revealed some pretty unrealistic ideas about love.

I found all of that to be a marketing ploy.

Kyla Pratt in a Lifetime Christmas movie

u/SnookerandWhiskey

2.

It’s just unrealistic.

Real love is a committed decision made every day with your head as well as your heart."

Ellen Pompeo in "Grey's Anatomy"

u/wterrt

3.

“That I would be saved from whatever bad experiences I was going through by finding a man.

After our separation, I am growing like never before, even addressing issues from decades ago.

Two women embracing

Im not sure I even need a relationship anymore.”

u/SurpriseDragon

4. u/GalaxiGazer

5.

That isnt love its control."

A couple kisses passionately in front of a lit-up carousel

u/edjennersmilkmaid

6.

“That love can fix everything.

u/gingergirl181

7.

A man and a woman share a laugh and drinks at a cozy restaurant table with flowers

“That you’ll just know what your partner wants/needs because of the power of love???

You have to talk about literally everything.

Building a life together means talking about everything.

Two people lie on a bed. One with a shaved head smiles as the other with longer hair kisses their forehead. Both look content and relaxed

u/katelynskates

8.

“Sleeping in each other’s arms every night.

I get way too hot, don’t touch me, get the fuck away from me.”

A woman and man sit on two separate benches in a park, smiling at each other

u/fisheggmafia

9.

“Just keep pursuing someone until they ‘give in.'”

u/Effiecat

10.

Close-up of two people's hands intertwined while lying on a bed, suggesting intimacy or a romantic moment

“‘Love means never having to say you’re sorry.’

This quote is fromLove Story, and it just sounds like the most gas-lighting ‘romantic idea’ ever.”

u/cloverthewonderkitty

11.

A man covers a smiling woman's eyes with one hand while holding a bouquet of red roses in the other

“Love at first sight.

u/brunetteskeleton

12.

No, love doesn’t fix incompatibility.

A woman with red lipstick in a white dress joyfully piggybacks on a man in a gray suit, both smiling broadly at their wedding

No, love doesn’t make you forget about health and financial problems.

No, love doesn’t turn a bad personality into a good one.”

u/nowaynoday

13.

Passion doesnt account for care.”

u/bimush

14.

“To marry for love.

u/Opposite-Objective86

15. u/Equal_Armadillo_2331

16.

Harsh, but she wasnt wrong.”

u/Next_Firefighter7605

17.And finally, “That your person will be your everything.

No one is going to be everything for you.

u/zandra47

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