Please, don’t you dare laugh at the sentiment expressed in this card. For some of us, True Love is the only thing we have to hang our hopes on, so we really don’t have any choice but to take it very, very seriously. Imagine, if you will, being in your mid-40s and single, after years of broken relationships that ranged from traumatic to baffling to just plain unsatisfying. Imagine not getting a second chance at love with the one person you ever really let yourself fall in love with, the person who repeatedly let you know that he has no desire to enjoy a relationship with you. Imagine the constant fear, always nipping at your heels, that there will never be anyone to hold at night; no one to list as an emergency contact; no one to go on a Sunday picnic with; no one to hold hands with as you stroll around a museum. Imagine feeling like a freak as the days, weeks, months, and years pass by with no prospects in sight, even as other people scratch their heads at why you, with “all you have going for you,” seem to attract zero interest from credible suitors. Imagine knowing that it is probably your personality, then, which sucks so hard that even above-average looks, intelligence, sense of humor and empathy cannot overcome it. Only then can you begin to understand why such people cling to seemingly childish notions of True Love. Still don’t get it? Let me spell it out for you: True Love is the only force that stands a chance of miraculously choosing you to participate in and enjoy a beautiful, loving, and honest relationship — in spite of your abysmal track record and your obviously horrible personality traits. People like us have no choice but to take True Love very, very seriously, or else we might simply wither and die, with no hope to light up our lonely souls. ❤️‍🔥—Y.B.D.