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We Rewrite the Story of Falling in Love

12 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this reflective monologue, the speaker examines how humans create meaning through stories, especially in the context of romance. By referencing rom‑coms, love songs, and cultural ideas of fate, the speaker argues that concepts like love at first sight are narrative constructs that only gain legitimacy after a relationship succeeds and is retrospectively framed as destiny. The talk highlights the dual power of storytelling—its ability to shape personal identity and romantic experience—while also acknowledging the inherent futility of trying to impose absolute meaning on human emotions.

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We are incredibly powerful in ascribing meaning to things. When we think about the stories we tell, we think about the rom-com genre, we think about love songs, we think about all these ideas around fate and destiny, and this is my one person, and of course it happened like this. We talk about love at first sight. Do you believe in love at first sight? Love at first sight only exists because once that love is successful, we go back and tell the story. and say, as soon as I saw that person, I loved them. And I think the story is just as meaningful as whatever truth went through your head at that moment in time. So I love it. It kind of, it gives us an incredible power over our own stories and also acknowledges our just complete futility as humans.