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Friday, May 19, 2006 12:00 AM

Reality doesn't measure up to supermarket romance novels

I read these cheap, formulaic books, and I can't stop wishing my life would be like that.
By Cary Tennis

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  • Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:06 PM

    your parents chose to be happy with each other

    being happy and fulfilled with your partner is a choice you make. you decide to overlook the annoying and imperfect stuff and rather focus on what you love and appreciate. this gets a positive cycle going in the relationship. and that is the only secret.

    whoever you marry is going to have things about them that you don't like. you can focus on those things, or you can choose to celebrate what you do like and put your attention there.

    quit reading the romance novels. you need to start telling yourself a different story.

    —Anonymous

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