Raise your hand if a lifetime of watching on-screen romances gave you unrealistic expectations about falling in love. Dramatic reunions, grand gestures and sweeping declarations of love are key parts ...

Jackie Pilossoph is a hopeless romantic. “I love love,” she says. “I can’t get enough rom-coms or romance novels. I’ve been this way since I started dating at 16.” She’s so infatuated with love, in ...