Culture shapes conduct

Policewoman and her boyfriend kissed in the living room.
The morning after, it is a bed scene with the woman smiling sweetly while the man comes in to wake her up, saying that he had made breakfast.
Woman is impressed and man says, "Come and stay with me. I will make breakfast for you every day."
The next time I happen to watch this Channel 8 drama series again, the romance is over, the man turns out to be a criminal and of course the woman is pregnant.
Any wonder why premarital sex is so prevalent?
It's a norm on TV shows.
It becomes a norm in people's lives cos we buy into the messages conveyed by the shows.
Messages include having sex before marriage is very ok, that man will be even sweeter to the gal after having sex and that bad consequences look prettier than in real life.
So what if you are pregnant as it is shown in the drama?
Who pay the consequences?
Certainly not the lead role since she's not living it out in her own life.
What happens to the baby if he is given the chance to live?
Where is his father?
The trauma, the scars inflicted by betrayals and hurt cannot be portrayed realistically on TV.
Yet TV shows want to portray the half-truths.
Sex in marriage between a man and a woman who are committed is beautiful.
Having a child in a marriage is safe for everyone, especially for the child.
No doubt that there are broken marriages but there are and there will be many more marriages that can stand the test of time.
I have just read about one sturdy marriage of 70 years!  
I have given up watching drama series on love.
I used to like to watch Korean dramas that have very handsome guys and very pretty girls and their romance never failed to put me on a high BUT after the show, I felt super low and empty.
The love they portray is fake as in it is above ideal and gives false hopes and expectations.
Now I prefer listening to real life stories from friends who are married cos they will not hesitate to tell me that marriage is hard work.
Two people from vastly different background coming together is no joke.
It can be romantic, depending on how you define the word 'romantic'.
Someone said that romance is even just having a meal together. 
As if life is not drama enough, we really don't need to absorb any more trash values from TV shows.
Watching dramas is a form of escapism.
Learning from dramas is a great deception.