To all hopeless romantics:

I am the biggest hopeless romantic that I know. My parents say it, friends say it, guys even say it. But I’m not ashamed of it, I embrace it.

I’ll admit that I watch way too many movies and I know that my life will never be a Nicholas Sparks film, but why can’t I shake the notions in my head that maybe one day, I’ll have my fairytale romance?

The answer is simple; I’m a hopeless romantic. I’m dreaming of roses on the bed and candlelit dinners next to a fire and soft music creating a particular ambiance. I’m waiting for a man in shining armour to ride in on a horse and take me to his castle for tea. Realistically, I know it will never happen. But in my mind it's the possibility and imagination of it all that keeps me going.

But we, my hopeless romantics, are the best kinds of people.

We actually are not hopeless at all. We’re idealists. Just because we are not satisfied by a typical romance that you can find from the boy you dated in high school does not mean that we’re impossible. So deal with it.

You see, we have the ability to love extraordinarily deeply because we expect the same type of love back. Instead of today’s romance where technology strives and people hide behind computer screens, we prefer the old fashion kind of love. The late-night phone calls, poetic phrases and flowers and walks on the beach are what we take from the art of love.

So, to all my fellow hopeless romantics:

It’s OK to have high hopes for things, especially love. It’s a good thing that we’re picky; we have to be, unless we won’t be happy in the long run. Being a hopeless romantic doesn’t make us dreamers, it makes us idealists. So be picky, date a million and five guys until you know which one is meant for you. Tell someone how you want to be treated and what you have expectations for and if they don’t accommodate or agree with you, then they’re not your hopeless romance. In our lives, we might never find a knight in shining armour and we might not drive off into the sunset with the Beatles playing, but at least we’ll be genuine.

I have high hopes for my future; I have high hopes for my husband, my family and how our fairytale romance will evolve. Regardless of how it happens, keeping optimistic and having it all unfold in front of me will be enough.