I'm not sure I fit any of these cliche's when I'm in a relationship! High School Sweethearts sounds the most boring, so I'll go for that one. Nobody wanted to be me when I was younger though. ... or when I was older.
I don't really see us in any of these--I guess I would say some sort of combination of high school sweethearts and the superficial couple, with maybe a splash of power couple.
Granted, I would hope that few people would fully fit into these cliches because that is either asking for a boring, tragic, shallow, or hyper-emotional relationship. It is more about which you would think that you would be most likely to wind up in?
Drats, and here I thought there would be a poll. Fiery couple definitely describes my last two relationships.
Definitely the star crossed lovers. But I wouldn't mind being the high school sweethearts. I know it's totally unrealistic in today's world but I kind of want the first person I date to be the one that I spend forever with.
Probably the power couple stereotype. I consider myself and the people I find myself attracted to very ambitious people and while we may not spend as much time doing romantic things as other couples do we would get shit done.
Right now, I think we're closest to Star-Crossed Lovers. Even if nothing is seriously crossing us right now, the rest just really don't fit our dynamic. Ignoring my current relationship, I'd say I'd be more likely to fall into the "Power Couple" or "Fiery Couple" cliché. The former because I'm fairly down-to-earth and not a hopeless romantic, the latter because sparks and fire can be so invigorating. I'd just like to say, most of these sound like terrible relationships.
But without cliches, how can I know how to relationship properly?! Are you suggesting being an individual and experiencing my own, unique relationship, with another individual, as opposed to a prepackaged idea that will continually sabotage the conception of what a healthy relationship is, leaving me in a continual cycle of depression and self-loathing due to the inability to perfectly replicate what is mass-produced and marketed as 'ideal'? This idea of yours is totally insane, you know.
The only one that I can say that would be impossible is the high school sweetheart. That will never happen.
Well, obviously that doesn't apply to us, Kaiser. Of course, we're going to be a walking cliche. Who did you think was going to the second half of my ruthless power couple in search for world domination? :icon_wink
Suddenly I have a new ambition in life. Market a drink called Gen and Kaiser. It's like Gin and Juice, just... sexier.
The Star-Crossed Lovers. Drama for the win. If it stays alive throughout the unlucky events life comes packed with, the relationship bond is unbreakable.
Star-Crossed Lovers for sure. I fall fast. When I am devoted to someone, I give them my all. Unfortunately, it seems as if I have a pattern of it all crashing down too though.
My partner and I were not high school sweethearts. But sheesh, we met at 19 (actually I was 19 and she was 18...I organized the surprise party for her 19th birthday), so who's actually counting? We could just as easily have been. We don't fit the stereotype perfectly (of course)...I would never describe our life as robotic, for instance. But enviable early romance and connection for sure, followed by a great deal of mellowing in middle age, yup. Relationship built on mutual respect and understanding, check. Intrigue we get in fits and starts...maybe that's what she appreciates about this poly exploration I'm engaged in...where we'll end up, nobody knows...but in a relationship built on mutual respect and understanding, you can trust it'll end well, and in the meantime, it's intriguing! ---------- Post added 20th Aug 2015 at 12:27 AM ---------- LOL, are you trying to coerce the Universe into making it happen just to spite you? That's how life works, you know!
