Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Cute Couple

They wear color-coordinated getups. Have a seemingly endless supply of inside jokes. Resolve fights via poetry.

They are The Cute Couple. And you hate them.

After reading this Glamour blog post about couples envy, and watching a recent "How I Met Your Mother" episode devoted to a similar idea, I started thinking about the couples who aspire to attain a position previously reserved for Donna and David from "Beverly Hills, 90210."

They shell out relationship advice as if they've already spent 50 years together.

Outsiders, meanwhile, don't know what to say.

On one hand, The Cute Couple restores your faith in love -- illustrating how ideals can, in fact, become a daily reality.

On the other hand, The Cute Couple makes you want to give up on relationships. They've already hogged all the romantic perfection our universe offers, you reason.

So you budget your time with The Cute Couple carefully, bidding them farewell the instant their shared glances transform from gaga to gross.

Weigh in: Have you ever secretly tried to gain Cute Couple status?