Forget a Prince- I want a Man

As a kid of the 90's, I am one of the many who will forever treasure the Disney movies. Why are we so attached to these "kid movies" still twenty years later? Because of one constant factor that isn't compliant with reality, simplicity. There is always one princess, one prince, one villain, and one happy ending. It's perfect, innocent love that makes sense, and it always wins out in the end because its the right thing. This is when, in college, you cling more to these movies then ever, because, unlike real life, you know exactly how to get to that happy ending. Reality just has too many factors. You can love someone dearly, but they leave, and as much as you fight it, you can't help but fall in love again. How can you possibly know who is your true love? Notice, Disney skipped the beginning & most important part of a relationship, the friendship. One day they are strangers, the next day they have their first kiss, at the alter. Disney was smart this way, because now they have no background. No secrets, letdowns, pre-breakups, or mixed feelings. It's as black and white as the mouse that started it. Life, real life; now that's colorful. But its the color that makes it more meaningful. Its because you have so many chances & so many emotions that when you find your "one," you have a crazy-filled past that your future is A white canvas just itching to be splattered with more memories. It often sounds so much less romantic; I'd hands down always choose to ride off in a pumpkin carriage with a prince in white over grocery shopping at Smith's and sorting laundry while watching Ellen. But here's the thing, I don't want my scrapbook pages to end with a "Happily Ever After" immediately after the toss of my bridal bouquet. I'm not okay with a husband who only knows how to smile and fight a dragon. I want to have tickle fights over the remote, argue over who's turn it is to feed the baby, and tease about who's gonna need to get dentures first. I want my husband to have the power to calm my fits, and I better have the power to set him off. We'll burn meals together, get lost in the rain together, and laugh all the way through it. So ya, Disney does make falling in love seem easy and perfect, but if my true love was really that simple, it wouldn't be worth it.