Taylor Swift "Love Story"

This love is difficult, but it's real -- Taylor Swift "Love Story"

Coming home the other day I was listening to the radio and one of my favourite songs was playing. The song "Love Story" from Taylor Swift has struck a chord with many people, and I am one of them. I believe that what she is singing about is something most of us have run into in our own lives: You have a relationship and your family member or friend or someone else does not approve.

I know from my own personal experience, especially in unconventional love relationships, there are always going to be people who do not approve of what you are doing. It seems that often this type of objection does not even make a lot of sense from a logical perspective. As an example, it is considered acceptable for an older man to have a much younger woman as a romantic partner, but an older woman having a much younger man as her lover is considered to be a "cougar" and for many this is not considered acceptable. For someone to marry a person from a different race or creed has definitely been more than enough reason to be ostracized from certain groups, even today.

Sometimes this disapproval is directed at a romantic relationship, as is in this Taylor Swift song, but even simple friendships can be subject to the same types of issues. Maybe your friends are not accepting that you like to spend time with someone who is from a different socio-economic background. Sometimes your family does not like the fact that you want to hang around someone of a different sexual orientation. Perhaps there are those close to you who do not want you to socialize with those with physical or mental disabilities.

What I think really attacts me to this song is the fact that the story does have a happy ending. The "haters" don't win! I think this is a great lesson to take away from this. You don't have to confom to what "people" think. You need not live your life according to what someone else wants. This can be difficult, but if it is real, something magical can happen. Optimistically, like the Romeo and Juliet that Taylor Swift describes, people can come around and open up to your way of thinking.

To quote the Rolling Stones -- "You can't always get what you want / But sometimes you just might find / You get what you need"