The 9 Love Lessons You Need to Know Now—Brought to you by the greatest love stories ever told - Part 1
Romeo and Juliet. Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester. Beauty and the Beast. Hey, even the Clintons. All love stories—somewhere amidst the heated late-night rendezvous, tragic betrayals, and sultry cigarettes in bed—have morals, even when the lovers don't. We deduced them for you.
Often looked to as the greatest love story of all time (when not hated by high school freshmen everywhere), Romeo and Juliet can teach us a thing or two about passion. See a cute guy at a party? Why not defy societal and familial norms to give up everything to be together. But that's not the lesson here; what R and J could really have used was a lesson in communication. A simple "I'm going to pretend to kill myself, Romeo" followed by a "Cool, I'll just play along" could have gone a long way. Take heed: just because you love your star-crossed lover, it doesn't mean he can read your mind.
Beauty and the Beast—Patience is a Virtue.
Sure she was trapped in his castle, but you've gotta give it to Belle, she put up with a beast for a long time before he turned into her prince. I'm not telling you to wait forever, but give the hairy "I've-loved-you-since-eighth-grade-but-I've-never-been-able-to-get-it-together" guy a second (or third) chance. He could actually be your beast…in a good way.
