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>The history of cinema and literature is replete with love story cliches just like that -- a boy being rejected by a girl and eventually winning her over with p

by GuiA 14y ago

>The history of cinema and literature is replete with love story cliches just like that -- a boy being rejected by a girl and eventually winning her over with perseverance and charm. Fun fact of the day! Literature and movies are, in fact, not the same as real life!

ehsanu1 14y ago
That snark is not warranted. The point is also not so relevant: we're talking about cultural acceptability, and popular literature/movies are a reflection of that to a large extent. For the record, that particular love story cliche did actually work out for me personally, as the guy. Maybe it's not common, but it's not ridiculously unrealistic.
- shocks 14y ago
  That particular love story cliche did actually work out for me personally too! :D
  - kika 14y ago
    I got 'no', won her, lost her, won her back and she's my wife for over 20 years. I guess it worked for me too :-)
gw 14y ago
You're right, there is nothing important we can learn from centuries of art -- they don't reflect "real life", where the aforementioned love stories always end with a woman screaming and being torn into. Keep your propeller hat on and your mouse on the refresh button.