Everyone loves a good romance. But what happens when a romance is anything but loving? There seems to be an endless amount of toxic relationships on TV that continue to be romanticized and desired by viewers that really shouldn't be. These relationships are tumultuous, cyclic, and unhealthy, and people should not be so willing to compare their own loving relationships to these ones.

1. Harley Quinn and the Joker, DC Comics/ "Suicide Squad"

Oh my god. The amount of times I've seen someone on Facebook or heard someone say "I want us to be like them!!" is outrageous. The Joker and Harley Quinn's relationship isn't cute, it isn't romantic, it's downright abusive and disgusting. Love isn't torturing someone into falling for you. Love isn't toying with your brain to the point of literal insanity. Poor Harley is literally driven to psychosis because of the Joker and his torture methods, and that is not healthy nor does that constitute a relationship. It's not love, it's endlessly messed up.

2. Olivia Pope and Fitzgerald Grant/Jake Ballard "Scandal"

For a show that prides itself so much on women's empowerment, these on-and-off again relationships are so disappointing. Fitz and Liv's affair, then relationship, then breakup, then relationship, then breakup gets so old after five seasons, and they're downright awful to each other most of the time. No matter what happens, what is said, or how they screw each other over, Liv and Fitz are still immediate to forgive each other and pick up right where they left off. When Liv isn't obsessing over Fitz and lamenting about how terrible things are with him, she turns to Jake for comfort. He's clearly in love with Olivia, and begs her to choose him, yet she uses him as a sexual escape and then throws him away when Fitz comes crawling back to her. Jake is forced to stand by and watch the woman he loves make the wrong choice constantly, and allows Olivia to treat him badly. These cycles are boring, too repetitive, and simply not enjoyable anymore. They all need to find other people and just be happy.

3. Meredith Grey and Derek Shepard, "Grey's Anatomy"

This relationship is so romanticized that it's unbelievable. It is insanely complicated and confusing to watch, and even more so for the characters involved. Yes, there is a lot of love in this relationship, and yes, there are high points, but the low points are way more frequent. From the start, Meredith has to literally grovel from Derek's love, who is married (unbeknownst to her), and Derek frequently blows her off. Then he comes around and says some grand speech about being with her, or just does a classic McDreamy smile, and suddenly all is forgiven. They are unsupportive of each others' mental illnesses, they don't think about the other person's needs and wants, and Derek cares about himself more than he cares about Meredith. While any girl would like to hear the things that Derek says to Meredith, the relationship is unhealthy at many moments and these unrealistic speeches shouldn't discount that.

4. Jane Margolis and Jesse Pinkman, "Breaking Bad"

I loved both of them. I'll say that right off the bat, I loved the episodes where Jesse and Jane were together, because you could tell that there was love and affection present, but it was still super unhealthy for both of them. Jesse, a recovering drug addict, meets Jane, a on-again-off-again heroin addict, and nothing good comes of it. Their relationship is based around drugs, and when they both decide to run away together and get clean, they first use up the rest of their heroin and Jane overdoses and dies. Her death sends Jesse to rock bottom, and he has to deal with losing his girlfriend for the rest of his life. While yes, the two did really care for each other, they both contributed to each others' relapses, and this lead to nothing good at all.

5. Brenda Chenowith and Nate Fisher, "Six Feet Under"

I'm only on season one of this show, but man, this relationship is no good from the start. Brenda and Nate meet at the airport in the first episode and immediately hook up, which sets the precedent for their sexually-dependent relationship. Nate finds himself becoming very attached to Brenda, whereas she lies, manipulates, and overall disregards him whenever possible. Because her parents are psychologists, Brenda also tends to analyze Nate to the most extreme points, when he just wants someone to love him for longer than a few days at a time. It's really unsettling to watch, and they're not a good couple in the slightest.

6. Violet Harmon and Tate Langdon, "American Horror Story"

Like with Harley Quinn and the Joker, I've heard so many people say that they want a relationship like Violet and Tate's. NO! WRONG! The relationship starts off with Tate quite literally telling Violet that she should self harm in a way that would kill her faster. Oh, how supportive and loving! Tate is incredibly violent and withholds lots of awful and relevant information from Violet, and she has no clue. She just wants someone to (groan) fix her, and Tate doesn't do that for her or help her at all when she's struggling. His romantic gestures are minor and not that loving, but Violet just goes with it because a boy is showing interest in her. She eventually tells him to leave her alone, and he just watches her from afar and pines for her forever. The relationship is really messed up, and gets even worse towards the end of the season. Violet and Tate are not a tragically beautiful couple, they're just tragic and messed up.

7. Rachel Green and Ross Gellar, "Friends"

This one is probably going to get me a lot of flack, but Ross and Rachel are not a good couple. From the very start, it's very one sided, with Ross pining after Rachel and her having no clue. When she does eventually figure it out, she only turns to Ross after things didn't work out with another guy, and Ross is totally fine with that because at least he gets to be with Rachel. They're always on-again, off-again, and sleep with other people, at one point marry someone else, and overall just mistreat each other, but in the end they wind up together. The relationship is so inconsistent and tumultuous that it just makes me roll my eyes when they do wind up together.

8. Aria Montgomery and Ezra Fitzgerald, "Pretty Little Liars"

There's so much wrong with this relationship, I have no idea where to begin. Aria and Ezra meet and make out in a bar when she's 16, only to find out he's her English teacher for the impending school year. He tells her they can't work, but then finds her at her friend's funeral and kisses her again. They stay together despite the fact that he's an authority figure and this is illegal, and they break up at least three or four times throughout the show. Aria then finds out he's been lying to her and manipulating her for multiple years, but still gets back together with him. They eventually break up again before she goes to college, but they reunite several years later and they get engaged. Surprise surprise, it doesn't work out in the end. Their relationship is so repetitive and way too toxic and heart-wrenching for a high school girl to handle.

9. Piper Chapman and Alex Vause, "Orange is the New Black"

This is another relationship that many people love, but I can't stand. Piper goes to jail because her ex-girlfriend Alex turns her in, confessing that Piper smuggled drug money for her once. When she gets to jail, Piper sees Alex and flips out, but before long they wind up together. Alex reveals that she turned Piper in as revenge for breaking up with her, which is obviously a really healthy reaction to that event. They constantly lie to each other, cheat on each other, and betray each other, but they always end up together. At one point, Alex gets out of jail while getting Piper a longer sentence, and so Piper turns on her and gets Alex back in jail with her. Sending your significant other to prison and manipulating them constantly doesn't exactly warrant a healthy situation in my book.

10. Robin Scherbatsky and Ted Mosby, "How I Met Your Mother"

This one takes the cake for the most annoying relationship I've seen on TV. Ted meets Robin in a bar, and from the second he sees her, he knows he wants to marry her. That's totally realistic. They're breaking up almost every few episodes, and no matter who he dates, he always wants Robin again. Ted is more in love with the idea of Robin than being with her, and they always are at each other's throats when they're together. When they're broken up, they're silent and uncomfortable, and this makes their friend group even more uncomfortable in the mean time. In the end, the titular mother is someone else, but she dies, and Ted pursues Robin. Ugh. The relationship is boring and gets tiring to watch, and there's no attachment or love there.