In my opinion, romance novels and films present a lot of "lies" and perpetuate a false idea of reality. Most romance stories in books and movies follow a similar pattern; boy meets girl, some kind of spark happens, a conflict occurs, and then finally, the conflict is resolved leading to a happy ending. Not all follow this completely down to every step, but the ideas are always the same. The man is supposed to be romantic and attentive to the needs of the woman while the woman is supposed to be rescued and improved by the man.
Most women are looking for their "happily ever after" and are striving to find that with every relationship. The problem is the way that they movies portray this. Women expect to be swept off their feet by men and get that princess wedding that they've seen in the movies, but that is not reflective of reality and true relationships. A lot of women are stuck because their expectations about romance in life are reflective of the movies, but I think that if a woman can be accepting of the fact that life is not a movie, we can move on and stop chasing that fallacy.
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