7 november

People who read romantic stories are in a variety of categories or genres, let's say.  There are those who read as if looking for instructions. These may be young readers who have never yet had a relationship but want to know exactly what it will be like when they find the perfect person who will be standing next to them on the first day of school, let's say college. Or the first day of the job. Whatever. This person reads the book from cover to cover as if searching for information on how to achieve Eternal Happiness and Bliss with the person that he or she will soon encounter. Another type of person reads these books as self-help-style aids. This person is already in a relationship, or more than one, for that matter, and needs help in either spicing things up keeping things going, or some other kind of action. For some reason, this person feels that the advice that works for people in books will somehow serve his or her purpose well. Again, no comment on any of these styles at this time. But. Just saying. These people are optimistic, much like the first set, and believe that good things will happen to them and their relationships if they only find the right things to say at the right time. After all, if something works out for a fictional character, it should certainly work out for me, too, right? Another category of readers of romantic stories are sad. They have or are having relationships while they read, and yet it's their comparison to the fictional stories that manages to convince them that they're doing something wrong in their current situations. They constantly compare what he's doing in the book to what a different he is doing in real life. Again, no comment on any of these people or their styles. Just saying.