the fairy tale spiel

Hoping a gentleman I like will also like me is a lot like believing in God.

complicated and mind-boggling and hopeful, and, at times, fearful.

When we're children, or at least, when I was a child, I saw couples, particularly my parents having me, and believed I would also find someone to have a relationship with...maybe even better than my parent's was! Someone to tease and fight with and love and cuddle and even pay the bills and budget with. Because my parents did it, logically, I could do likewise.

Hope is fragile. maybe it is tough as well?