“…Indeed, perceiving one's romantic relationship as falling below expectations is associated with lower relationship satisfaction and commitment across a wide range of relationship expectations (e.g., expectations for warmth/trustworthiness, vitality/attractiveness, status/ resources, nonsexual exclusivity, partner traits, division of labor; Campbell, Simpson, Kashy, & Fletcher, 2001;Choice & Lamke, 1999;Ciccocioppo, Frieze, & Votruba-Drzal, 2011;Fletcher & Simpson, 2000;Fletcher, Simpson, Thomas, & Giles, 1999;Simpson, 1987;Sternberg & Barnes, 1985). However, only a few scholars to date have studied the expectations thought to be created by romantic beliefs (i.e., expectations for relationships that are based on idealistic, unrealistic, or highly romanticized beliefs) (Burnette & Franiuk, 2010;Franiuk, Cohen, & Pomerantz, 2002;Franiuk, Pomerantz, & Cohen, 2004;Knee, Nanyakkara, Vietor, & Patrick, 2001, Vannier & O'Sullivan, 2017. Themes of idealism and predestination persist in our romantic scripts (Cobb, Larson, & Watson, 2003;Sprecher & Metts, 1989), and our media diet reinforces age-old beliefs that love can magically overcome all obstacles, we have one true love in life, and love at first sight is possible (Hefner & Wilson, 2013;Pardun, 2002;Tanner, Haddock, Zimmerman, & Lund, 2003).…”