My entire life I have been a fan of the Rom-Com. Anything that ended with a happy ending I was going to watch it or read it. Cinderella had been my idol as a child and that played a huge part in my love of the rom-com.

But as I have gotten older and realized that life doesn’t end up with a happy ending. So you would say that I have become a bit jaded when it comes to stories that end in a happy ending.

I have been wondering for a few weeks now as to what that means. I have read a bunch of new books recently and as I have been reading them it seems like I have been missing the “point” of them. I still reach for a romance novel, but as I read them it feels like I am missing the romance of them. The happy ending doesn’t give me the same rush as it used to. Instead the growth of the characters is what I find the most happiness in.

Part of me blames this on my life coach (and she would proud deep down) but honestly I think i have grown a lot in the last few years. It hasn’t always been pretty, but in a way I’m glad that I have moved past the end goal of the happy ending. I will be honest, I want my happy ending but I don’t want before its time. My growth as a person is more important and I think that is why I see that more in the characters of the books that I read.