There are no miracles. In fairy tales, princes fall in love with Cinderella, but in the real world simple girls manage to stay in the lives of prince charming only for a while. And it’s not because I’m bad or unworthy. We’re simply diametrically different on every front. Many believe that if you love, all these differences don’t matter—“opposites attract.” Maybe, but not for us. Or maybe it’s enough to ignore all the differences? There are a lot of ways to get around them. We just didn’t look. I simply didn’t propose. And if after so much time apart I still pull toward her desperately—doesn’t that mean something? Really?