In stories, this is heroic. In real life, it is a trap. Real people are not renovation projects. When we romanticize the idea of being the "special one" who can tame a wild heart, we set ourselves up for codependency. We learn to tolerate bad behavior in the hopes of a future payout that, in reality, rarely comes.
Studies in media psychology suggest that heavy consumers of romantic comedies and romance novels often have more rigid, perfectionist views of real-life partnership. They expect "the spark" to be instantaneous (as in the meet-cute). They expect their partner to "just know" what they are thinking (as if reading a script). They see conflict as a sign of a failed relationship, rather than a feature of two humans trying to share a bathroom sink. sexy videos hot hot