You might want to check your statistics on that.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Stories compress and simplify because of limits of time and space. From Romeo spotting Juliet to Some Enchanted Evening, it's a plot device to get on with the fun. After all, if your girl is one in a million, there are approximately four of her in New York City. Given the total number of humans potentially available for a relationship, the person or persons you end up with are mainly determined by chance (Just like friends from college, or the Army). What this suggests to me is that humans have a great inherent capacity to get along with just about anyone, given a decent chance.

Love is one aspect of human relationships. Related to but separate from lust (A guy I knew in college defined love as what remains when the swelling goes down). Prof. Higgins was quite right when he sang "I've grown accustomed to her face".

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If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers.

I love my husband but, more importantly, is that I really like him. He makes me laugh. I plan on sticking with him. Yeah, love is grand but marriage is a deal. In a marriage, one makes promises one is expected to keep. One welshes on the deal, well....

I've been on my own before and lived just fine.

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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

Very true and good for you!

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ooops..... wrong forum!!!

<sigh>

Why are these kind of topics popping up now in the OTB?

I'm happy for you Tinaa!

I suppose because most everyone has experienced love at one time or another. Comparing experiences is what we like to do.

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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein