I grew up reading and watching fairy tales. Some of them were "Disney-a-nized", and most of them were PG, or changed to be made PG.

In these stories, relationships were all idealized. Sleeping beauty - all she had to do was wait for a kiss and the "perfect man" was hers. Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella...

These stories infuse the reader with many ideas about relationships, most of which are simply misleading. But as a child... I found myself drawn to them, living in this falsified world of ideals. And now, as we all face REAL relationships, this false picture is destroyed. And we are faced with reality.

At least, in my case this is true to some extent

I was hoping we could discuss this a little, if anyone was interested.

Do you find these things to be true about love and relationships? Do you think fairy tales present an unrealistic view of love and relationships? Did you ever believe in a fairy tale ending? Which are your favorites?
If you believed in the "perfect" relationship, how have you dealt with the reality of a relationship?

I personally have had a lot of trouble accepting REAL relationships, because I had an idealized version of what it should be like, based on childhood stories/etc.