When I was little I planned out my entire wedding (just like any other girl would). I would watch "Say Yes to the Dress" with my mom and envy the women on the show that tried on all the pretty wedding dresses, longing for my turn. Now that I'm older (and thankfully much wiser) I'm not so sure I envy those women like I used to.

Being 19 and in college, this is the time to find out who I am and who I'm going to be in life. Sure, one day I want to be married, moved out of my parents' house, and start my own family, but the path towards that end goal is sure looking rough. Relationships today seem just to be a show for social media and to perceive to others that you're in this happy, long lasting relationship when you're not.

I really don't understand with what is so wrong with someone telling the truth to his or her significant other. I don't understand why it is so hard for someone to do things for his or her loved one without being called "obsessed" or "whipped". People do way too much to be labeled as "relationship goals" and forget what it is like to actually be happy and to actually have genuine feelings for someone else. People are too worried with what's underneath someone's clothes rather than what someone's aspirations are in life.

It's saddening to see so many relationships end, but then the drama doesn't stop there. Social media has ruined so many relationships I see. People are too concerned with how many likes they're getting on their Instagram pictures rather than how their partner's day went.

I'm not saying I'm not victim to this because I was at one point. I wanted to be everyone's relationship goals and I wanted to be that happy couple. It's hard not to fall victim to social media but being in a relationship should not be about relationship goals or anything even related to the matter. This generation is forgetting how to love and forgetting how to care about someone.