I'm a sucker for romantic movies and jane austen. The beautiful and strong headed heroine, the swashbuckling hero, the beautiful green valley...There was a time when I was in love with the austen men- the dark and mysterious Edward Rochester being my fav. These were men who wrote beautiful letters to their beloved, stood by them when they failed and and never stopped loving them. I always weeped at the end of austen fairytales- when the independent and strong heroine gets her true love who loves her for who she is and what she believes in.
What was remarkable was how they sealed their love with a simple kiss. Nothing less and nothing more.Sex was irrelevant. The fact that they could hold each other and look forever into the eyes of the ones they loved was enough. Love was simple.
Is love as simple today? If the austen men were to be brought into the 21st century, would it still be all the same?
I woke up with these thoughts reeling in my head. The absence of an uncomplicated love disappoints me, but as June says, love wouldn't be half as fun if were as simple as they portray it to be.
I guess she's right. Or maybe not.
Or maybe I should just stop watching these romantic movies.
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