Reminiscing

Remember that time when you were 7 and Disney movies were the epitome of what love was like?

Or becoming obsessed with 80’s movies like Sixteen Candles and Dirty Dancing and thinking that this is what teenage love is?

I must admit I was extremely and naively disappointed in 2000 when I find out that Clueless was not what my high school experience would be like.

In retrospect, my romanticized fantasies of what my life would be like as a teen were far more disappointing than my college years.

In my 20’s I graduated to a Sex and The City viewpoint of life and relationships.  Though nothing can compare to the reality of your own life.

As I reminisce my past today, I come to the conclusion that while I may still relate to eternally optimistic ideals of a hopeless romantic, I have never truly been… hopeless.