Romantic Relationships In Real Town

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Romantic relationships are a tough cookie to crack. Many people go through dozens of relationships over their lifetime-often ending in broken hearts, and ill wishes. Given this, relationships help people grow; those dozens of people allow them, to figure out what they want in a mate and what they're willing to compromise.

First relationships are hard. Persons are affected by their culture at this age; often, this is what one would call “young love”. At this time, the ideals of true love, passion, and boundless love endure-but often these loves fail. Because, of their inexperience and idealization they fail, but all is not lost, love still endures. These first few relationships, will harbor in a new wave of relationships for new lovers. They learn, develop, and think of what they love. But what happens when someone never settles down, and finds that partner? …show more content…

It seems weird if a woman is middle age and has no kids, or even a husband. The narrator in Real Town has this problem. “I think I would like a child”, but there's one problem Jick; Jick being what she doesn't want in a mate. Calling him, “dumb”, “cheep”, and all around unpleasant, she is picking out exactly what she wants in a spouse. So Jick, is kind of good in a way.

Aaron Ben-Zeev in his essay Endless love brings up a good point about culture and norms, “After all, it is painfully hard to fulfill the romantic ideal while staying inside our culture’s boundaries and social norms”. One should not stagnate when searching for love. The Narrator seems to stagnate for years living in her little valley. But because of Jick, she is eventually compelled to go out there, and find that

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