4 things we can learn from celebrity dating stories
The emergence of celebrity culture has shown we are obsessed with knowing about other people’s lives.
We want to know everything and in many cases there are ways to find out.
No matter how much we idolise them, celebrities are humans too. They date. They fall in love. They break up. They cry themselves to sleep over failed relationships. They make up.
So, here are a few things we have picked out that we can learn from celebrity dating and relationships.
Privacy is important to maintain
Many of us will follow the lives of celebrities on various channels, whether it be social media or through celebrity journalism/paparazzi/questionable media sources.
Some celebrities are happy for elements of their lives to be broadcast to everyone.
Some, like the Kim Kardashians of the world, rely almost entirely on it.
However, it is key in all relationships to have an element of privacy.
To share moments with your partner that nobody else experiences is part of your bond.
To look at each other and laugh hysterically about something that happened days ago when no one else knows what’s going on is what makes you a great match.
It is easier than ever to tell the world about your life but remember, even famous couples crave privacy, and we should work to maintain an element of it in our relationships, too.
It’s all about personality
Don’t we all just love a story about a celebrity dating a mere mortal like us?
Yes, it all makes us think we have a chance too!
This just tells us that even though we swoon over celebrities, the right match for you is someone you click with, someone you have lots in common with and someone that makes you laugh.
Love endures
We live in the instant generation where couples break up, make up, start again, disappear and reappear at the touch of a button.
Many celebrity dating stories, however, really show us that love can endure very hard times.
Posh and Becks; Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum; Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson; Beyonce & Jay-Z; Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka. The list goes on.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been married over 20 years. Will has been known to say:
“You can’t expect it to be easy, it’s like our marriage was the most difficult, grueling, excruciating thing that we have ever taken on in our lives. And you know we’re just not quitters.
“If there is a secret I would say is that we never went into working in our relationship. We only ever worked on ourselves individually, and then presented ourselves to one another better than we were previously.”
Not every date is a success
We all have bad dates, that is fact. Even celebrities have some hilarious stories about first dates that have gone wrong.
Ever broken bones on a first date? Kelly Osborne has! Had a bad date recently? Kelly’s experience puts things into perspective, right?
What about that time you have asked someone out and they have brought their posse for back up? Jennifer Aniston did just that to Jon Stewart. Well, they both have different stories on this one but one thing’s for sure – if you want it to be a date, make sure the other person knows!
The point is that all of us have bad dates, pick yourself up and meet someone new. Your match is out there somewhere!