You really are a wonderful writer.

Movie and novel "love" is not reality, same as the Barbie doll isn't what a real woman is.
Things are just not that way.

Know you don't want to hear this but..... My husband and I truly love each other, we laugh and live our life good times and not so great. Often when we try the whole " romantic " we wind up laughing lol

I know I am lucky, we were best friends long before we took a leap.

After my first marriage ended I had no intention of dating and hell no to getting marriage. Anyway he proposed and it was actually very cute and I couldn't help but say yes. Marriage does me something to us.