Modern Romance.

       When we think of a relationship, we're often under the impression that one consists of 2 people, overwhelmed by the feeling of love and adoration. However, a relationship is more than what meets the eye. Most assume that relationships are compromised of  the 3 most common things we hear of today, loyalty, compassion, and trust. Whilst that is true, there are many more factors as to how a relationship works. Frequently though, it's changed by how society views relationships. With the fast-spreading acceptance of homosexuality, polygamy, and other such things, we're now able not to define a relationship exclusively towards heterosexuals and monogamy. Aside from that though, we only see photos and videos of relationships in the media. We also have the habit to supposedly 'see' a couples' future solely based on appearance. In all honesty, videos and photographs taken of one another are no proof of the actual foundation of a relationship. For example, I could take a photo of anyone, caption it however I'd like, and post it for possibly hundreds of people to see, and vice versa. In my opinion, it takes the heart of one actually in love, to be able to not rely on the media to prove affection for another.

           In general, our society today revolves around the idea of love. We have millions of songs dedicated to the concept of seeing their partner as amazing, beautiful, and mostly about any other positive adjective you can say about a person. On the other hand, most poems you'll read are written by the hands of a broken heart, unamended from the pain of having the gift of love. While my point stands that relationships are not like before, there's also the advantage of now being able to connect, and relate with others in similar situations. Whether they're positive or negative experiences, we all feel the same when it comes to love. The commonly used, "Butterflies in my stomach", or the "Touch that ignited sparks". These mainstream terms are what allowed for us to finally stop being so selfish of not only ourselves and our own feelings, but to look up and realize how many others have been through that experience. Falling through the deep and quite often painful pit of love reveals our true selves, our motives, and most importantly, what we desire in life. To have the ability to feel our own heartbeat, to feel such foreign things when it comes to someone's presence, is beautiful, and should be embraced throughout the world.