in their relationship as it still is today. The emphasis on love has greatly been weighed in our culture. It has promoted the belief that mutual love is all that is needed to maintain a long-term relationship. These uniting qualities of love are not to be completely relied upon. Evidently, love does exist but we need to work at maintaining the bond that brings two people together. It is not just a mythical heaven – it is something that entails many contributing factors such as trust, intimacy, and communication. The belief that love “flashes” like lightening across a room and links two people together instantaneously – is simply a figment of our imagination. This belief of love at first sight really only occurs in fictional stories and myths. Conclusively, I believe that we, as a society, have created love to be a modern day myth....
