Stuff That Is Normal In Movies, But Make Absolutely No Sense In Real Life

That’s Not How Love (Actually) Works!

In movies like 2003’s Love Actually, the way romance works are so misrepresented. It’s no wonder some people think relationships are all about grand, life-changing moments!

While grand gestures make for memorable movie scenes, they don’t play a massive part in what makes a great love story in real life. Unlike what the movies have taught us, love is more about the steady and consistent things in life than special occasions and out-of-this-world symbolic displays of affection. You can always present your significant other with some movie-worthy surprise, but if the two of you don’t get along daily while doing all the boring stuff, things will not work.

In short, movies continue to sell us the “they lived happily ever after” plot. It’s an idea that’s great for making exciting movies and grand stories, but that just doesn’t apply to our everyday lives, wherein the most significant challenges of love present themselves once the “ever after” comes…

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