What age do you give up trying to find "fairy tale love"?

Riddil · 11-21-2003, 02:50 PM

One thing I really hate is when people jump onto a new forum and start spouting off the trials and tribulations of their life seeking advice... for problems they most likely won't bother taking any of the advice offered anyhow.

So I will save you the pain from listening to my personal (and uninteresting) situation.

But, my preponderant question of the day is...

At what point in life is it that people give up trying to find their "one true love"? It's obviously not age related, b/c I have several 25-30 year old friends that still pine for their long-lost prince/princess. But typically after people have had their share of flare-up romances, and testicle-grinding long-term relationships...

They become jaded. They give up the childish idea that they will find their one true love, and they begin to look for someone that is "good enough". Someone that the most emotion they illicit from you is, "I think I could put up with their shite for the rest of my life. And they can cook."

Does true love really exist? Or is it a fabrication we lie to children about in some sort of futile attempt to convince ourselves that there really is some greater love-of-your-life out there?

11-21-2003, 02:50 PM	#1
Riddil Management Consultant Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 165	What age do you give up trying to find "fairy tale love"? One thing I really hate is when people jump onto a new forum and start spouting off the trials and tribulations of their life seeking advice... for problems they most likely won't bother taking any of the advice offered anyhow. So I will save you the pain from listening to my personal (and uninteresting) situation. But, my preponderant question of the day is... At what point in life is it that people give up trying to find their "one true love"? It's obviously not age related, b/c I have several 25-30 year old friends that still pine for their long-lost prince/princess. But typically after people have had their share of flare-up romances, and testicle-grinding long-term relationships... They become jaded. They give up the childish idea that they will find their one true love, and they begin to look for someone that is "good enough". Someone that the most emotion they illicit from you is, "I think I could put up with their shite for the rest of my life. And they can cook." Does true love really exist? Or is it a fabrication we lie to children about in some sort of futile attempt to convince ourselves that there really is some greater love-of-your-life out there?

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