syro-malabar-babyI’m sorry but I strongly refuse to accept “married man finds the love of his life in another woman and leaves his wife and children behind (to get married to the new one)” as romantic - not even a little bit.
same but im not sorry
Same goes for all those stories where the wife leaves her family either for another man (or woman) who’s her actual “one true love”, or because her husband’s somehow holding her back, so she must leave him and their children to “find her true self”. It’s not romantic or empowering, it’s just selfish.
syro-malabar-babyAgreed 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is slightly more obscure but can I throw in when there’s like a knight or a monk even or someone who die to religious vows or beliefs is celibate/cannot engage with the romance. And the film/book thinks tempting them away from that to be with their beloved as romantic? Because it’s not it’s gross
