At the end of almost every Disney
fairytale, we see an innocent, kind-hearted princess marrying a wealthy,
handsome prince. When we're young, inexperienced, and naïve, these kinds of
love stories don't seem too far-fetched or abnormal at all. Through years of
watching Disney movies and reading lighthearted children's literature, we are
cursed from the beginning into believing that love is simple, easy to find, and
eternally everlasting. Those of us who have already entered the dating world
know better. Love isn't fun and games; it's a ruthless battlefield.
It's funny how the tone of romantic
literature evolves as we grow older. As we get deeper and deeper into our
twenties, thirties, and forties, our views of love transition from being
innocent and optimistic to something much more confusing and complicated. In
fact, some of the most popular literature on shelves today draws attention to
this very phenomenon. Nowadays, people are picking up heartfelt dating memoirs
and confessionals and reading them one right after the other. Here are four
reasons why dating memoirs like Bridget
Jones's Diary and He's
Just Not That Into You have become so popular in modern culture.
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