Lesson 24 - Fairy tales are for the birds.

I hate to break it to you ladies but Prince Charming is not coming to sweep you off your feet, so let that go. Life doesn't work that way. Love doesn't work that way. Sure it can come swiftly and when you least expect it but, more often than not, if it does happen that way... it fizzles just as fast. Love isn't something to be rushed anyway. It deserves time and effort. Nurture it, take your time, and enjoy the journey.

As women, we are raised to think that being swept off our feet by an 'ideal' man and getting married is the ultimate goal. We are taught that without that outcome, and usually by a certain age, we have somehow failed. Its funny how difficult that domesticated mindset is to break, even when we are fully aware of it's existence.