"What a disappointment, how unromantic—the other was not put on earth to serve or take care of me, protect me from my life," writes James Hollis in his book 'The Eden Project.' As this may sound like a cliché, this statement is quite familiar to most of us, a statement that generally underlines the ideal of romantic love in the popular culture of today. The idea and belief that romantic relationships will guarantee us a life of happiness and fulfillment have become the causal factor that motivate the pursuit of the perfect match, or, as James Hollis puts it, "the search of the magical other." The psychologist M. Scott Peck termed this fantasy as 'the myth of romantic love,' a fantasy that we continually conform to as we are surrounded by it, for the culture prescribes it through books, shows,...
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