How to stop being a hopeless romantic

My personal opinion on the topic

I have seen this a bunch of times with other people, primarily guys. I have been thinking about making this a fictional story, but why the fuck should I do that when I can write something that's actually useful. Not like Excication, which is basically just like this fantasy world. So if I might have weirded anyone out with my behavior, I am sorry. I had this weird encounter with someone, it left me feeling really weird, which kind of convinced me that I should make this a, albeit very short, guide. I don't encourage this way of thinking at all, I dislike it. It's sad to see people waste their lives on something their own brain created. How do we on this earth want to progress, if we only keep on daydreaming about each other, we'd basically still be some bacteria swimming around. I don't want to make it sound as if it is the fault of these hopeless romantics, maybe to an extent, since it's their brain creating these ideas. Surely you might have some weird cases, like I did, where you get told so much good stuff about someone, that doesn't have to be true. Once someone listens to something for so long, they might start to believe it. This sadly happened to me. But this happens very rarely in my experience. A lot of hopeless romantics stay the way they are due to a lack of experience. They think being in love with someone is like a fairytale. They don't think about hardships, as they have almost never experienced any! Sadly a lot of them have been also almost completely brainwashed, with media telling men how to always be there. Non-stop. This also does not work, you can not be present for someone at all times. This can quickly lead to things turning bad. Due to the lack of experience, the only real relationships they see might be on media, which is filled with ideals and idolizing people. A good example would be stars of any kind. You will often times see them act differently, in comparison to the way the act on media. So to any people who think this way, you have my full support once you try to change. Peace out.