“You must decide what you want for yourself and not what society wants for you”
OLIVIA JONES is a presenter based in Manchester. She lives with her wife and has a dangerous addiction to cheese. @ThatOliviaJones
Love is gross. Maybe I sound like an old and bitter hag, but there is something about it which is just so vomit-inducing. Okay, maybe not so much real love, but Hollywood love. Watching a romantic film is a serious eye-roll for me, because of how quickly and deeply characters get so completely wrapped up. Within a matter of days, they end up moving to the other side of the country or risking their lives for each other. I recently watched The Tourist, starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, and within 24 hours of Angelina meeting Depp’s character, she was driving a speedboat down the canals of Venice and shooting at Italian police to try and save him (and they say lesbians are dramatic). Real world love, to me, is far more sedentary.