Romantic Ideas

I'm a romantic at heart. I believe that it's possible for two people to be in love and not have a third party involved.

I believe in trusting each other. After all, what is left of any relationship devoid of trust? I wonder if my mother's skeptical view of love is formed out of her own life's experiences... I find it sad that she doesn't believe that it is possible for a man to remain faithful to a woman. 

I'd like to believe that we each make choices in life --- and when involved in a relationship with someone, we make the conscious decision to stay together not because we have to but because we want to. 

My mother also doesn't think that it's possible to still love an old love many years later. I, on the other hand,  think it's possible. Sometimes, people marry the wrong people. Maybe they met the right person but the timing was wrong, things didn't work out and they both ended up marrying the wrong people. It's possible to rediscover lost loves many years later. I think it's a wonderful thing having someone love you through all the years. I think no matter how old you are when you rediscover your lost love, you both deserve to discover the "what if" than to never know at all. Would this mean that you'd have to get a divorce from your present spouse? Yes, but wouldn't staying married to the wrong person just because you've been married to each other for the last 20 years be the wrong reason to remain in that marriage? We each deserve to be happy.

Staying married for the sake of others is probably not the best thing for anyone. I believe that you are only able to give the best of you to others when you are happy. You can't give others the best you when you are in a wrong marriage. 

Love is about discovering each other. It's about growing together. 

So I suppose, I'm guilty of being a hopeless romantic. I truly believe in the miracle of love.