Sophocles wrote: “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.” As we grow up and pursue love, we encounter a myriad of rituals and expectations. As a result, most of us grow up believing that after we go to school and graduate, we will meet someone and fall in love, marry that person, have children, and live happily ever after. Let’s discover what is beautiful and brutal within the rituals and expectations of Love, American Style.

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