#Love in Today's Day and Age

   
     I feel that romance has changed as the years go by, but even more so with the introduction of social media. The romance that we read about in books is simply nonexistent. Love letters, poems, serenading, and chivalry of any sort is simply nonexistent, or very difficult to find. True romance, pure, unfiltered love is something that has become very difficult to find in this day and age. The reason behind why love has become so artificial and difficult to navigate is a complex one, but I feel as though social media and the fact that our lives are shared very publicly online definitely adds to that.
     Romance. Love. Complex parts of the human experience that some people never have the privilege of truly experiencing ever in their lifetime, and even if one experiences it, one may not understand it. Love is something that has become even more difficult to decipher in today's day and age. We frequently see couples advertise every cute moment of theirs online. Common hashtags include "#goals" and "#cute" or anything similar. Private, romantic moments become public and showered with a barrage of compliments from everyone, strangers included. Girls and guys alike gush on the posts, "Oh I wish I had someone that loved me like this", because, no one really truly loves like that anymore unless one truly gets lucky. Romance becomes a selling point, something that people can brag about. Couples take pictures together at dinner or at home, and immediately go on their phones, or pretend that they are truly in love when the reality is quite different.
     We often hear that romance is dead because in some aspects, it is. Both sides of the relationship alike don't have to put much effort, if any effort at all, into romancing the other. Romance is often not achievable. Dating websites are rarely successful and usually end in a few forgettable dates. Men can use terrible pickup lines and treat their partners terribly and still somehow get many women at one time and are praised for it. Women tend to be shallow in the partners they choose because standards for romance have dropped so low. I feel as though the artificial quality that social media introduced into our lives definitely plays into this artificial romance that is so common in today's day and age. Social media causes people to not necessarily truly connect with one another, and instead just look at face value, which then causes love and how people love to also be affected.
    However, this doesn't mean we should lose hope. Romance isn't necessarily dead. I am a firm believer in the good of people, and I believe this spills over to love also. We all have the capability to love, we just have to find the right partner that captures our attention so much that we only show our genuine selves around them. This may seem impossible, sadly, but that doesn't mean it is. Do not lose hope, we are still young my friends.

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  1. Olivia NortonMay 23, 2018 at 7:19 PM

    I agree that in recent times, most relationships seem artificial. People spend so much time creating their relationships on social media that in reality, everything is seems insincere. Though I wish these circumstances could change, I honestly don't think they will. In order for there to be change, people need to detach from social media and that is very unlikely.

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  2. Jadelyn WongMay 23, 2018 at 8:42 PM

    I also believe that love and relationships have definitely changed over the years. Because our generation is surrounded by media/social media, a lot of people have the tendency to display their affection for their partners outwardly, to the point where it seems "artificial". I think that to show genuine love, one doesn't necessarily have to post a perfect picture on Instagram, etc.

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