"Seventeen Syllables" and "Men in Your Life"

"Seventeen Syllables"
I thought this story offered two different sides to love. It focused on her parents relationship, which we found out at the end is not true love. They had an arranged marriage, which her mother had not been happy about, and eversince, their marriage had become even more worn out and non-passionate. This was bad timing for Rosie to find out that her parents marriage isn't all that great because she is just falling in "love" for the first time. Jesus and Rosie's relationship is brand new, exciting, and actually real because they were meeting by choice. It's disapponting in the end because her mother warns her to never get married, only because she ended up unhappy. This is different than most romance narritives because it sort of ends in a negative view point on love. Usually romance plots/narritives end with a hope for the future in love, and I feel like this one didn't really because of her mother's warning at the end. It could be viewed as hope for the future in a way too though, because we can assume that Rosie doesn't listen to her mother and ends up marrying for true love eventually.

"Men in Your Life"
This reading also presented two sides. In the beginning, the two women are talking about the wrong kind of guy; the kind you don't want to marry. I could actually relate a lot to what they were saying, because I've seen that kind of behavior in men and have trouble understanding why women put up with it. The second part, one of the women is describing her boyfriend, Eddie and he seems to do all the things that any woman would want from a man. The part that really stood out to me was the part where she talks about how Eddie does really nice things for her, but doesn't let her walk all over him. To me, that is exactly how it should be. Because you don't want someone who isn't considerate and thoughtful but you also don't want someone who will do whatever you say. Balance is important in any relationship, and I like that this text mentions that. This isn't a typical romance narrative at all, because I think it's really realistic. It sounds like complaints and appreciation have for and against men in real life, even today.