Reality Bites?

5.00 am on a Saturday morning and I just finished watching the movie 'Reality Bites'. Lelaina is this extremely talented, ambitious and motivated girl struggling to make her mark in this big bad world. She consciously suppresses her love for Troy, her fiercely idealistic, exceedingly arrogant, commitment-abhorring, ingenious musician friend with long hair and an IQ of 180 plus. She decides to be practical and stick to Michael, the 'normal' guy who is clearly not exceptional in any way but is crazy about Lelaina and will readily be her doting slave for this lifetime. So this 23 year old is at a crossroad in her life. On one hand is her sinecure, Michael, offering her a job, a home, a family and an ardent admirer cum willing slave. On the other side is Troy, who she passionately loves, but at the same time, dreads, because he can walk away when he chooses to and break her heart into a million pieces. Of course, the movie has a happy ending where Troy confesses that the only person he would ever commit to is Lelaina and she liberates the poor Michael and they all live happily ever after. He continues playing his music and reading his books while she happily goes back to her endeavor to make a mark and luckily she has a benevolent father to finance them for the rest of their lives. However, any girl in Lelaina's position could be at the same crossroads in real life and then the situation becomes a bit more complicated than in movies. Firstly, the fear of getting hurt might just loom too large in her mind to allow herself to give in to Troy completely. Secondly, her Michael might not be so obliging to move over and make space for Troy. Thirdly, given that she and Troy sort things out completely between themselves, she might not have the indulgent guardian who will smile knowingly at the follies of youth. So does Lelaina's counterpart in the real world not dare to fall in love? Well.........I don’t have the answer right now but reality sure does seem to bite!