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We are brought up on romantic love. Is this true in your experience? If so write a paper on which you first define this amorphous concept and then discuss how you came about it. For eg. Have you been influenced by media, T.V., movies in particular. Conclude by stating whether you believe in romantic love or have cast of the idea.
"I don't care what you think, when he comes I'll leave and won't even turn back and look at you, he'll love me, he won't be like you…" Words spoken by me when I was barely 10 years of age. I was addressing my mother after we'd had an argument and referring to the arrival of my prince charming who would understand all my dilemmas and make life ‘heaven' for me. Such is the perception of romantic love that I formed ever since I began to realize the dynamics of the relationship between a man and woman.
It is what is fed to us through nursery rhymes, and fairytales and it is a world that we do not wish to leave for fear of abandonment and loneliness. As we......

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