Disneyfication: Every third person wants love like in a movie

No, it has not yet reached everyone that life is not a Disney film. According to this year's ElitePartner study, every third person wants a relationship like in a love movie. Geez!

Yes, that's right: Disney is great. If, for example, the man of your dreams – even though he has long seemed perfect – turns unexpectedly into a mad prince and moves with you to his great castle … wonderful. Unfortunately, in reality it is hormonally just the other way around: The perfect man gradually turns out to be less than perfect as initially thought, because the happiness hormones do not dye your glasses pink forever. The fact that not even a prince helps can be seen in Kate and Meghan … Or does anyone want to swap their lives for them? Just!

Where are they, the role models?

So although it should be clear that the Disney principle does not last longer than an hour and a half (there are good reasons why the film always ends with the wedding), singles in particular want a love like in the film. According to research director Lisa Fischbach, the reason for this is a lack of good role models that show what a fulfilled partnership looks like in reality. "That makes it more susceptible to outside influences, ideal images that pretend to us that this is what happiness in partnership looks like." In times of Netflix, Instagram and Facebook, of course, this makes it particularly difficult … because love has never been staged as it is today. Real love doesn't need hashtags, does it?

Every eighth questions their relationship

Also a result of the no, it has not yet reached everyone that life is not a Disney film. According to the ElitePartner study: one in eight questions his own relationship in view of perfect pair pictures. Because your partner is more like the guy in the film who ends up being booted out by the romantic, or because the Obamas are so nice to each other. Because the couple next door apparently never quarrel and because the colleague posts such cute pictures of couples from vacation. The fact is: movie characters are not people, the Obamas have a juicy marriage crisis and marriage counseling behind them, never arguing is unhealthy and Facebook couple photos reflect a staged millisecond, no real luck. Normality is just not perfect. Certainly not love. And how do we know Disney Princes don't leave stinky socks next to the sofa? We bet they do, the spoiled villains! So we can stay with our man right away or continue dating the only half perfect guy. That increases our chances of a nice mother-in-law immensely.