Essay On Business Of Love

When a person is in love, they tend to get butterflies in their stomach and go weak in the knees. Many people believe that romantic love is like a drug. When you’re loved in return, it is easy to see how love can be an addiction. In the Penn and Teller episode titled “The Business of Love”, we learned about certain people who think they have all the answers to other people’s love lives and so naturally they prey on those who are looking for love. In our society, in particular, movies and television are full of fairytales about couples who fall in love and live happily ever after. These types of unrealistic portrayals create preconceived notions and ideas into the minds of gullible hopeless romantics. Often times this leads people to do things such as buy self help books with the hope that they too can find a perfect relationship so that they may live …show more content…
We should be magically drawn to another person when we are in love. Love can even be seen as a roller coaster. It includes lust, the extreme happiness and excitement part, as well as attachment. If the relationship is a good one, the brain eventually starts moving toward feelings of attachment. When people get impatient thinking that they will never find love on their own, they turn to things like dating sites, blind dates, and self help books. People need to realize that reading a self help book is not the answer to the problems in their love life. Ignorance causes people to search endlessly for their perfect match. Overall, this episode of Penn and Teller was interesting to say the least in that it encouraged individuals to not believe the rubbish and to rather encourage a bit of critical thinking instead. It was pretty informative and laugh out loud funny. Definitely worth the watch. All in all, people need to realize that fairytales are part of the problem and that love requires effort. Love can even be a risk but it’s one everyone needs to take in order to