How Fairy Tales Messed Up Our Idea of Love

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Send us Fan MailFrom glass slippers to poisoned apples, fairy tales gave us our first taste of romance — but also some dangerously unrealistic expectations. In this episode, we unpack how childhood stories shaped our ideas of love, why we chase “happily ever afters,” and how to rewrite the narrative into something more human, honest, and lasting.Because real love isn’t a fairytale — it’s a story you write together, one imperfect chapter at a time.

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