Fake Love

In the reading "This is Emo" Chuck Klosterman explains how the media, music, television (Hollywood) gives people an unrealistic version of what love is. He calls this fake love, he explains how people have such high standard of what love is supposed to be. Klosterman says "no woman will ever satisfy me... but this is okay because I will never satisfy a woman, either". People base their relationships on fictional events. He explains how we measure our relationships against the prospect of fake love and if our relationship isn't how we view them on movies or hear them in songs, then we aren't happy because we believe were not really in love.

In the movie "Maid in Manhattan" long story short, there's a high profile politician who falls in love with a maid who is just getting by financially taking care of her son. He doesn't know she is a maid at first because he sees her wearing a guests clothes that is staying at the hotel she works at. The man eventually finds out shes a maid and that doesn't bother him. They get married and raise her son together and live happily ever after. People will look at this and it would give them hope that they can have nothing and find a wealthy man who will love and give them everything they desired. People who are in similar situations may believe that everything will be perfect from there on out and there will be no arguing, fights or anything. When reality hits, life isn't like the movies and their relationships aren't perfect.

In the movie "Friends with benefits" makes it seem that two people having only a sexual relationship with each other can't just be friends. In the end everything will work out and once again they will end up together and live happily ever after. This movie is based on fake love but many people will compare their lives to this and feel this is how it should be when in reality someone who your strictly having a sexual relationship with isn't bound to be your soul mate.