Topic: The Fairy Tale Dream
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Sun 01/18/09 10:56 AM



:heart: Do you think LOVE fails so often because we want the fairy tale dream?:heart:


yes

I'm more of a down to earth kind girl

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Sun 01/18/09 12:15 PM
Yes.

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Sun 01/18/09 12:18 PM
Life in general is no fairy tale so why should I expect my love life to be one.

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Sun 01/18/09 09:03 PM


oh come on, women are fed this crap all their lives, look at every movie ever made about relationships! flowerforyou
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It's true...and it's crap...

I'm looking for a different kind of fairytale ending now. It can exist but it's different than what sells Disney movies.

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Sun 01/18/09 09:08 PM
okay why am i always the oddball. i think im gonna need a shrink after M2. I think the real deal is possible and should be persued! true love can be real! its just finding somone that isnt so damn selfish if you ask me.

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Sun 01/18/09 09:10 PM

okay why am i always the oddball. i think im gonna need a shrink after M2. I think the real deal is possible and should be persued! true love can be real! its just finding somone that isnt so damn selfish if you ask me.


...and therein lies the need for finding a fairytale that doesn't require perfect prince/princess endings...

it's possible! It's just not Disney, IMO.

You aren't an oddball!

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Sun 01/18/09 09:14 PM


okay why am i always the oddball. i think im gonna need a shrink after M2. I think the real deal is possible and should be persued! true love can be real! its just finding somone that isnt so damn selfish if you ask me.


...and therein lies the need for finding a fairytale that doesn't require perfect prince/princess endings...

it's possible! It's just not Disney, IMO.

You aren't an oddball!


well thanks i couldnt afford the shrink so its nice to know im not an oddball.biggrin

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Mon 01/19/09 07:51 AM



oh come on, women are fed this crap all their lives, look at every movie ever made about relationships! flowerforyou
bigsmile Truebigsmile


It's true...and it's crap...

I'm looking for a different kind of fairytale ending now. It can exist but it's different than what sells Disney movies.


flowers Thats very wise of youflowers

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Mon 01/19/09 06:37 PM
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Mon 01/19/09 06:41 PM
Yes, we go into relationships with unrealistic expectations or we go in EXPECTING them to fail. I think we need to go into any relationship, not willing to give 50/50, but 100/100. You have to make your relationship a priority and keep your priorities straight no matter how hard it is.

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Mon 01/19/09 06:46 PM
ima princess...and i want to live happily ever after with my prince....

and if its rough along the way...thats okay...Ill just put on a pretty pink princess dress and make him remember that he is my prince.bigsmile

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Mon 01/19/09 06:48 PM



:heart: Do you think LOVE fails so often because we want the fairy tale dream?:heart:


I think that we all know that love isn't easy. I think the reason it fails so often is that people are in love with FALLING in love.

We all know those warm fuzzy feelings at a beginning of relationship. Those feelings can become addictive for some.

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Mon 01/19/09 08:48 PM

ima princess...and i want to live happily ever after with my prince....

and if its rough along the way...thats okay...Ill just put on a pretty pink princess dress and make him remember that he is my prince.bigsmile
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Mon 01/19/09 09:14 PM


No, I don't think it's because of that.



Why not lots of guys claim that they're romantics but no one has proved it to me.

i was just thinking of that! im way romantic-and met and dated guys that say they are-but turn out they arent. or their level of romance is lower and differ than mine. but i say-why cant there be ppl who have just what they want?! y is it that the 'fairytale' dies? y cant it be carried the time-even thru the tough times? and for those that say its not reality-it does exist-in my parents.

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Mon 01/19/09 09:19 PM

ima princess...and i want to live happily ever after with my prince....

and if its rough along the way...thats okay...Ill just put on a pretty pink princess dress and make him remember that he is my prince.bigsmile

aww thats nice flowerforyou

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Mon 01/19/09 09:34 PM
I agree. I blame Disney.frustrated

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Mon 01/19/09 10:44 PM



:heart: Do you think LOVE fails so often because we want the fairy tale dream?:heart:


Well, for starters, there's at least 2 fairy tale dreams. My dream and hers. Then there's the bitter hand of reality, knocking both of us on our asses.

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Mon 01/19/09 11:17 PM



:heart: Do you think LOVE fails so often because we want the fairy tale dream?:heart:


I've got a cure for that cause of failure.

It's called transformational artwork.
Whatever art you've got a knack for doing (writing, painting, photography, etc.) use that talent to show your loved one as a story. That is the best way that I know to really learn scads of intimate detail about the love of your life...and to rediscover them anew. Then you begin to really see yourself in their life, more as they see and know you.
It's spooky.
Takes guts and other good things to do.
But it is definitely worth the care.

And it's okay if you blur the harsh lines of reality, a bit romantically. :wink:

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Tue 01/20/09 12:05 AM



:heart: Do you think LOVE fails so often because we want the fairy tale dream?:heart:


Love never fails. It doesn't. What fails us is our misguided perceptions. For example, as a teen Hollywood influenced and molded my perception of love. I thought at that time that the fairytale defined the emotion. As I matured, I realized the fairytale is not 'love'.

Hollywood is doing what they set out to do...make money from fictional, feel good movies where the modern day knight wins out in the end, rescuing the damsel and living happily ever after. These are fictional movies and are only there to entice us to open our pocketbooks/wallets. Shoot, even the "real-life" movies have been changed to ensure the sale of tickets. In return, we are given those 'feel good' emotions for a little while.

On a dating site filled with adults, I am surprised that more people don't give more credit to those with the emotional maturity to see this. But, perhaps that speaks volumes about what it is they choose to focus on...the negative instead of the positive.

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Tue 01/20/09 09:57 AM




:heart: Do you think LOVE fails so often because we want the fairy tale dream?:heart:


Love never fails. It doesn't. What fails us is our misguided perceptions. For example, as a teen Hollywood influenced and molded my perception of love. I thought at that time that the fairytale defined the emotion. As I matured, I realized the fairytale is not 'love'.

Hollywood is doing what they set out to do...make money from fictional, feel good movies where the modern day knight wins out in the end, rescuing the damsel and living happily ever after. These are fictional movies and are only there to entice us to open our pocketbooks/wallets. Shoot, even the "real-life" movies have been changed to ensure the sale of tickets. In return, we are given those 'feel good' emotions for a little while.

On a dating site filled with adults, I am surprised that more people don't give more credit to those with the emotional maturity to see this. But, perhaps that speaks volumes about what it is they choose to focus on...the negative instead of the positive.
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