He starts pointing out the many myths that many people believe about how they should live their lives with their significant other. But in the end, he states that “we need to piece together a post-romantic theory of couples because in order to make a relationship last we have to be disloyal to the romantic emotions that get us into it in the first place” (Lines 60-62). In other words, use love as a skill, and not as an emotion. And here is where I disagree completely. As much as it will help live out emotionally successful lives, love, in the end, is all but an emotion. It will be hard for some people to understand and go through this “post-romantic theory.” From my personal experience, there were many people that I thought would have been the perfect partner for someone, however, they just did not feel the emotional connection to me whatsoever. I care a great deal about this topic because love has been a huge part of my life. I have thought this way about Romanticism before, and from my experience, it doesn’t work because the emotion always gets in the
He starts pointing out the many myths that many people believe about how they should live their lives with their significant other. But in the end, he states that “we need to piece together a post-romantic theory of couples because in order to make a relationship last we have to be disloyal to the romantic emotions that get us into it in the first place” (Lines 60-62). In other words, use love as a skill, and not as an emotion. And here is where I disagree completely. As much as it will help live out emotionally successful lives, love, in the end, is all but an emotion. It will be hard for some people to understand and go through this “post-romantic theory.” From my personal experience, there were many people that I thought would have been the perfect partner for someone, however, they just did not feel the emotional connection to me whatsoever. I care a great deal about this topic because love has been a huge part of my life. I have thought this way about Romanticism before, and from my experience, it doesn’t work because the emotion always gets in the