{"id":1407351,"date":"2018-06-10T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1407351"},"modified":"2020-07-28T14:45:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T18:45:14","slug":"6-heartbreaking-unrequited-romances-that-never-wouldve-worked-out-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/6-heartbreaking-unrequited-romances-that-never-wouldve-worked-out-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Doomed Romances That Never Would&#8217;ve Worked Out Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/unrequitedcouples31919MAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\"><\/div>\n<p>I love an unrequited romance, be it on TV or in a book. I don&#8217;t know why this is, although I have my suspicions. (I love to suffer.). Whatever the reason, I just can&#8217;t get enough of two fictional characters who are TOTALLY MEANT TO BE TOGETHER but can&#8217;t. Drama ensues, there&#8217;s lots of yearning, and ultimately they go their separate ways like two ships passing in the night. I then get to be upset about it forever, which of course I&#8217;m ecstatic about. It&#8217;s perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Now, sometimes characters never get together and it&#8217;s tragic. Other times characters never get together and it&#8217;s for the best. Let&#8217;s talk about that second type.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love an unrequited romance, be it on TV or in a book. I don&#8217;t know why this is, although I have my suspicions. (I love to suffer.). Whatever the reason, I just can&#8217;t get   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[628,32,6190,5790,5810,25017,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407351"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1443966,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407351\/revisions\/1443966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}