Do You Think Fairy Tales Influence Our Choice Of A Partner?

[Anonymous]

[Hidden_P]

Yes and no.
Fairy tales encourage you to go for someone who's kind and beautiful. (Either gender). So in that respect, yes they influence you.
But they don't dictate what sort of person you should go for (they must be brunette and 5ft 3 etc). All they say is someone who treats you with respect and who you are attracted to. You can go for anyone as long as they treat you correctly and you like them.
They just give you a reasonable guideline.

[Mustachekitteh]

no because a lot of them are EXTREMELY dark and fucked up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgdm1dTliaI

[Anonymous]

Nope, not at all. They're called fairytales for a reason.

[eddzeeman]

Yeah as a teenager thats what you think. It's common sense seeing as our childhoods were filled with these fantisies. But all of us come to realize that the real world isn't a fairytale with a fairytale ending. The idea is to meet someone who comes CLOSE to that fairytale

[Kinstrome]

For some people, yes, I think early childhood ideals still have some influence on what kind of person they find attractive. Ultimately, I think it's for the worst. Real people are complicated and have their ups and downs.

[TemptingKinda]

Yes, I strongly agree for the younger inexperienced girls who just now dating, but the ones who have been in the dating world and have had terrible partners have change their outlook over time

[Anonymous]

Perhaps if someone hasn't grown the fuck up. Otherwise, not so much.

[Asker]

this is true

[Anonymous]

When I was 10 through 14 I lived in a fairytale that I was going to marry is tall grogeous prince that will be loyal and love me.. Than the real world slammed into my face so no not anymore

[Aztecwarrior480]

Nope. Not at all (for me at least). Most of the fairytale princesses tend to have dull personalities, having the typical girly bimbo-type of mindsets (especially the ones that Walt Disney inaccurately portrays).

[sherbearee]

For the first few relationships, it does make expectations for a "prince charming" way too high... But then reality hits and you got to adapt

[AzzaBlue84]

I agree, although I don't think that reality has yet hit a lot of women particularly of my generation.

[sherbearee]

@AzzaBlue84
possibly... it's sort of an unconscious expectation

[Remonster]

On a subconscious level they may. Like for girls who grew up with the typical princess Disney cartoons.

[Klaatu51]

fairy tales? do u believe mature people believe em? o_O

[Kiran04]

Absolutely. "Happily ever after", "Prince charming", and other crap all warp our perception of what a healthy relationship should be.

[Anonymous]

no, because the only ugly women in fairy tales are the evil step mothers. when the evil characters are the ones that look most similar to real people, i do not want that influencing how i choose a woman.

[TheOptimisticFirefly]

No, but maybe television shows..

[SpicedPumpkin]

No, it's not realistic.

[Anonymous]

yes, absolutely, no one wants to admit it but it totally does.

[SurströmmingLover]

No, they're just fairy tales.

[Anonymous]

Not at all.

[KhaysunDei]

Uh... What?

[apexalpha]

me personally NO