Unrequited Love

We have two kinds of characters in an unrequited (one-sided) love story: the Adorables, and the Miserables. Keep in mind that this is not a normal Disney story; we're talking about being "unrequited" here.

First and foremost, the Miserables think the Adorables are perfect in every ways. In the Miserables' eyes, the Adorables always have the best kind of hair, the nicest smelling, and the best personality. The Adorables often do no wrong, as everything the Adorables say or do is ground for the Miserables to worship.

Involved in one-sided affairs, the Miserables tries to memorize/analyze every words ever uttered by the Adorables for the slightest indication that the Adorables have some kind of special feelings for them, too. They are often looking for clues, but the negative ones are conveniently ignored and the seemingly positive ones are usually taken way out of proportion, as in "daydreaming" and "false hopes". The Miserables also don't delete any emails or text messages or any other forms of communication from the Adorables because those simply are the only things that connect the Miserables to the Adorables. When the Miserables seem to lose faith, they often look at those items and convince themselves that one day the Adorables will realize what they have missed and changed their minds.

Sometimes, when the Miserables think they can finally get the Adorables out of their minds for a minute, they turn on the TV or look through a book or do something with friends to practice breathing without thinking about the Adorables. And as if life is mocking them, that TV correspondent has to have the same name as their Adorable one, and that weird-looking kid has to drive the same kind of car that the Adorable one is driving. The Miserables are reminded repeated and painfully of their failure of not being able to (or not yet able to) capture the Adorables' hearts; they feel like they're on a sinking boat.

More often than not, the Adorables already have a Significant Other, and somewhere in the conversations with the Miserables, the Adorables mention their SO's names, and that, understandably, will shatter the Miserables' hearts. However, there is an even worse case scenario when the Miserables also already have a SO, but they rather spend their energy and time thinking about the Adorables instead. The stage for the love triangle is set, and ultimately, what happens is that somebody will enjoy happiness at somebody else's expense; it's impossible for everybody involved to be happy.

And we can't forget to mention that the Miserables, in an attempt to relieve their misery, will try to tell the Adorables how they feel if the Adorables haven't known that yet. However, that action entails a lot of risks, particularly the risk of not being able to talk normally with the Adorables ever again if the Adorables turn the love-offer down. So, the Miserables probably just keep everything to themselves and suffer in silence.

And one can suffer even more if he/she is adorable and miserable at the same time...