Romance. We are all suckers for it (yes, even you guys -- because you know what it leads to!) Images of romance surround us: the couple holding hands at Starbucks, the gazillions of bridal magazines you breeze past on the way to buy toilet paper, or the frolicking couples on billboard perfume ads. Newsflash: real people don’t do this.

Since most twenty-somethings are entering their first serious romantic relationship, expectations of what it’s supposed to be like are fueled by advertisements and Hollywood rather than real-life experience. And this is where the guys have my utmost sympathy. Unless you have a screenwriter following you around, it is nearly impossible to live up to the movies of the latest Hollywood heartthrob. Let’s examine one of the most popular aaahh-inducing lines in a movie: "You complete me" from Jerry Maguire. He even says it in front of a room of the woman’s closest friends! After that, the two embrace in a "you-are-my-soul mate" hug.

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