“The more we feed into the socially reinforced, overly-romantic messages about love as a promise to be together forever, only have romantic feelings for one other human, and guarantees about how you will feel, act, and think in the future, the more we perpetuate unrealistic expectations of romantic relationships.”

“A quick perusal of the cards at your local store displays the unrealistic, fantasy versions of romance perpetuated on this holiday with sentiments like:

• You’re my one and only true love, forever.
• You’re my everything.
• You always take my breath away.
• My heart is all yours, always.
• You’re my forever love.
• My heart belongs to you, now and always.
• You complete me.

Truth be told, most of us love hearing these sweet sentiments from our current flame. They make us feel special, wanted, and adored.

But should we? None of these statements actually reflects what a person can honestly promise or say.

You can’t know the future. You can’t own another person or their heart. In fact, the only guarantee we have in life is that things will change over time.” Source: Lies (Pretty Much) Everyone Tells On Valentine’s Day