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How true are the myths of love?

The following are phrases we usually find or hear, some of them are:
1. Love conquers all- how true is love conquering almost the impossible. Some says that without money love flow out of the windows. Can love pay my bills? Perennial theme of romantic novels...and they live happily ever after.... ideal summation of a relationship but doesn't always happen, why there are so many divorces and separation, one of the best example of this is the pop icon-Britney Spears, she married and next day she divorce, less than 24 hours?
2. First love never dies- How true is your first romance, that this love never dies. Really?
3.Opposite attracts- How can two people live together if they seem cannot agree with one another, both of them are like night and day, black and white.
4. Absense makes the heart grow fonder- How true is this? That by being absense for so long you will be missed? Some will just say "it is better to hate than to wait..." some falls apart after being away for just a month.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 1. it's only true if you work at it. some people like to think that by just being in love, things will go their way. but in reality, if people who say they're in love don't work on their relationships, then their relationships will just fall apart. this is especially true when hard times come. love alone can't fix their problems. people have to take action to save their relationships.

2. this is sort of true. first love never dies because it's the one we remember the most: the first kiss, the uncertainty of what happens on a first date, and so on.

3. this too is also sort of true. some opposites do attract one another, but there has to be some traits, values, etc. about them that they have in common. sort of like me and my boyfriend. we both have the same interests and values. but i'm very quick temper. so his relaxed personality helps me to calm down. so basically, people can be different but they have to have some common grounds other wise it just won't work.

4. here's two scenario for this case. first scenario is that a couple is really in love with one another and wants their relationship to work. so when they are apart, they miss each other even more and can't wait to see each other again. the other scenario is that a couple loves each other (but not enough to make sure their relationship works). so after a long time away/apart, one of them gets lonely and starts to have wandering eyes thinking that it would be much easier to be with someone who's just a few minutes drive away.

hope this answers your questions.