What is it about palm trees, sunsets, spontaneity, or simply being out of your everyday 9-5 routine that makes us fall for the fantasy? I swear you could take 2 very unlikely strangers from their everyday routines and put them on a mountain top overlooking a beautiful sunset and they'd probably, by the end of the day, fall in love (or think they're in love). It's like going on vacation or meeting someone that's on vacation; you show them the sights, grab dinner at your favorite place, a spontaneous kiss in the park and by night fall you've found your glass slipper.
Are we preprogrammed to detect certain activities as part of our Yellow Brick Road towards "The One?" What is it about sharing a crazy weekend with someone that makes us fall? I guess as long as we continuously remind ourselves that it’s all part the fantasy and unfortunately not part of the reality, we won’t end up so shocked at the end of the day when we kiss the frog and he doesn’t turn into the Prince...after all he’s just a frog.
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The fairytale usually consists of something "new". That means the whole scenario, persons involved, and activities are out of the norm. That makes you vulnerable. Vulnerability then attaches to a mutual feeling of "new," which then turns to trust, which removes the shields. Once the armor is gone, then the vulnerability is out the window and trust has taken over. Can you actually love someone and not trust them? Sounds unlikely but it does happen (mainly because it was once there with someone else and maybe that person did something to cause trust to disappear; but the love remained). Write down the formula:
Pain/hurt/heartache - trust = depression
Depression + day to day living = the "norm"
The "norm" + New love interest = *NEW
(NEW=exciting...new overshadows the norm because it obviously isn't part of the norm)
New + possible love w/ new = negative depression
neg depression + depression = 0 (cancels out >> congratulations, you are now happy again!)
Different sights/scenarios + love = trust
Trust + happiness w/ NEW = fairytale :-)
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