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The problem with love

The problem with love is that we want to wrap in a nice package and put a little bow on it and say, "There, that is love," only to find that for most of our lives we have no clue what love is and how to find it. There is no problem with love, except the ones we create. We watch romantic movies with annoying and ridiculous scripts, written by people who are even more clueless about love than we are, and we think love is drama, break up and make up, and all those other unnecessary things in between. But what is love after all? It's not grand gestures and continuous big moments. In the beginning of a new relationship, there are butterflies in your stomach, increased heart rates, the excitement, the bliss and the magic of a new found love. You literally feel as if you're walking on air. You're being wined and dined and taken to exciting places and introduce to new experiences. The world looks beautiful and rosy and perfect; and you're discovering new words for hap