One sided

Many things in this world are one-sided. Just these couple of years, I've realised how many artists, poets, musicians, etc dedicate their works to the common theme of unrequited love.

But I always feel, don't all the greatest relationships start off as one-sided? I mean yes, I don't know much about relationships and love and everything else, but I always feel like the longest-lasting, the most moving and sweetest relationships, regardless what type, starts off as "unrequited"...

I mean the way I see it, the greatest relationships start off when someone sees the beauty in you. They will appreciate your beautiful parts, and for all the parts that you used to hate, they'll glorify it, and those parts will perhaps be the parts that they love most about you. And it will probably take a lot of time, but somehow, the other person will realise that whatever they have been searching for, that love, that acceptance, that feeling of oh-my-how-come-I-feel-so-special, is right there in front of their eyes. And then they will start to break down their wall, and let people in, of course, that's after deliberating for countless days and nights. They will convince themselves to take a chance, and show people who they are. Then they will realise that they made the right decision, and while finding someone special, they'll find who they really are. And then that's when the love becomes mutual.

That's so fairytale-like isn't it?

But oh well, since I don't know much about such things, I'll just take it that sometimes, fairytales do happen...