I am a proud sucker for all this hopeless romantic bullsh*t.

It all follows the same formula, though: Boy meets Girl, they fall in love.

But to our entertainment, they won't end up together until the credits, the last season or the last page. Even fairytales don't end up with happily ever after right away. And that folks, is the reason why romantic stories are interesting to me. How the writers (or anyone in-charge of the storyline) will make me believe that the protagonists really love/d each other.

The quintessential third wheel.



Someone much better than the boy or girl to make us realize that love is definitely more than wealth and beauty, to make us believe that love is not all about perfection, but you have to be the perfect fit; or someone worse, most times, they are so wicked that they make us root for the lead from end to finish, perhaps to make us comprehend that love may and will hurt but against all trials and tribulations, it will definitely prevail. (Well, because three is a crowd and for me, never a magic number to end a story with. Even Vicky Cristina Barcelona didn't end with a threesome!)

The never ending conflicts.



Social status. Families. Financial Problems. Magic, even!
We all know the drill: No conflict = No story.

The one sweet kiss.




The eye contact, the zooming in lenses, dolly-tracked cameras. After the rain pour down, after a long run in the beach or the Prom King and Queen coronation, even the big game. You've seen it too many times.