Media Romance part 1

Watching shows these days I find that through all comic and horror one thing has really begun to bother me. That thing is the lack of lasting love shown these days in shows and movies. When committing to the time spent with a show, the build up of characters and ideas, the subtle and blatant intricacies of characters and intrigues, something happens. The media has decided to follow a more "real world" idea in portraying their characters these days instead of the old concept of finding romance and that "true love".

Sure it makes the show more gritty and realistic, but something is truly lost. Some moral messages remain to shows and in television, but the idea of marriage for life seems to have gone down the drain. It gives the writers more to work with and more suspense and such to throw at a viewer... But I find that every romance built up for months or years and then snatched and snapped for the simple addition of suspense or viewer involvement, is sad. The loss of that relationship that we were forced to care about is troubling. Sometimes it makes me even question this relationship that I am in now and so desire to be enduring. Could it be broken so easily as the characters in our favorite dramas?

I hope not, but I have to wonder.

I know that break ups happen, but the messages are media sends us is that breakups happen all the time and for next to no reason.

That said - couldn't it be sending us a better message? Like - communicate, endure and work through your shit?

Gotta wonder,