This is the anti-romance rant I was BORN to write. ::snicker:: Okay, so it’s the two divorces, but still.
For the longest time, I refused to read romance novels. They’re more fictitious than the most bizarre paranormal. Why? Because there’s always a happily ever after. I’m sorry, but that’s total bullshit, and this is why.
You meet a guy. In a very short period of time, you fall in love. Quickly thereafter you get pregnant, have the baby, get married. This happens against all odds because he spends time in jail, has an ex who won’t go away, and your parents don’t like him. It’s a true love story because you overcome adversity, have the most beautiful baby boy in the entire world, and buy an amazing house to share your life in.
And that’s where the romance novel ends. Literally and figuratively. Novels don’t generally venture past this point in a relationship because it is at this point reality sets in. You realize you don’t know each other well. You like to stay home, he wants to go out all the time. You hate his friends, he hates yours. He goes out with said friends all the time. But you know the truth. None of his friends where that scent of perfume…
No one wants to read that shit. They don’t want to read how the love is beaten, bruised, and battered until someone stands up and screams ENOUGH!!!!
And that’s where the next romance novel begins. Two lovers, torn apart by adversity, raising a child in separate homes. They still love each other deep down, still dream about making their family a full one, no replacements, just the real deal. Pretty words are spoken. Hope blossoms. But ya know what? It’s still bullshit. You can’t. Change. People. Once a hermit, always a hermit. Once a cheater, always a cheater. Don’t give me this, “I changed for you!” bullshit in real life or novels. It’s cheap. If your characters have a sordid past, they have to change for themselves, not each other. Otherwise, it’s more unbelievable than an angel falling from heaven and falling madly in love with me.
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2 comments:
I have to agree and disagree with your post. Yes, in a respect we all know that our "real" lives will never be the same as a romance novel due to the aspects of a relationship. ( the good, the bad and the really ugly) but I think the reason most people read the novels is to give us hope. To give us one day, one month or how ever long it takes to read to dream. To think and maybe hope that our real lives could be that wonderful... or to make us realize that our lives suck and we will never be happy lol.
Hi, I saw your comment on Vampire Wire--anyone promo-ing Rutger Hauer is cool by me. So, checking out your blog. I agree in a way--life is not like romance novels. But for me (and I only started reading romances last year) it's about a happy book. I'm kinda pessimistic and realistic and know life can be full of crap, which is why I like to read happy books. They don't change anything but let me have some escape from the real stuff for a few hours. Kinda like watching a good(well,entertaining) Rutger Hauer flick. Nothing wrong with a little momentary escape, right?
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