Stupid in Love

Cringeworthy relationship clichés, from the start of a romance to the bitter end.

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“Love is fair. It breaks everybody’s heart.”

Thank you, Miss Barbara Mandrell. You offered some of the truest words ever spoken, or sung, about love on your 1981 country single. (Sorry, Sade. “Nothing can come between us” is purely wishful thinking.)