her prose gets me every time.
This is so true, though. From the time we are little girls, we are brought up in the Disney-prince-and-princess-world. A world of Mr. Darcys {although I have a theory on him that I will bring up later}. At best, a fabricated world of idealized, perfect men that don't exist in reality. This does us no good whatsoever.
Here is an interesting article about all of this; definitely applicable to men and women.
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There's more truth in that article than I could even get to. Coming from someone who's married and has been in a three serious relationships and dated A LOT, she is right. People just don't want to believe her.
I'd like to know your unmarried woman perspective...
Kiersten and I had this very conversation! She told me that I had ruined her because she loves Mr. Darcy and Edward. I told her those are characters in works of fiction and in real life they would probably be complete buttheads. When I was thinking about whether to marry Mike, I had my list of absolutes and he met every one of those and we've worked out just dandy.
Well said scchesleys. And a list of absolutes IS a must...never settle for less!
Sylvia Plath...wasn't she a bit of a pessimist?
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