Prince Charming in the making

And then the princess is whisked off into the sunset by her Prince Charming. And they lived happily ever after. The end.

Its the same formula, right? Princess is in trouble, rescued by her Prince and problem solved. Her life is perfect from then on. Rrrrrriiiiiiggghhhhttt...

When we were 5, this was the dream. When we finally meet a lot of toads, the story changes in more ways than one. Things that fairytales leave out, from my point of view:

1) We've heard this one before: you have to kiss (or meet) a whole lotta frogs before you can even get to your "prince".

2) More often then none, its not happily ever after. No castles or mice to help you out.

3) Some of us take longer than others to find their prince. Some princes took the wrong turn or messing with the evil stepsister in the meantime. Grrr...

4) You end up with mostly Gastons. No wonder Belle opted for the Beast. The Beast was more bearable. You know the type.

5) Romeo and Juliet is more close to reality, I guess. And it wasn't made out to be a fairy tale.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not being negative. i just like to poke fun at the situation. No sense in trying to mope around about it. I'm more than happy being in the relationship that I am finally in. Hence, I go back to the way we were raised. Fairy tales were all we knew back then. Disney made a whole lot of cash in the development of little girls and gays.

But finally being in the real world, you can only hope and pray for such a relationship. But 100% not gonna happen in the way you always dreamed it would be. But we keep on dreaming. Thats how we form our "standards", I think. We shape the guy we want to end up with based on how we, as children, found attractive and perceived a real man should be.

More often than none, I learned that Prince Charmings are not found as Prince Charmings already. Some still have to change into someone's Prince Charming. Funny how reality is.