(Aside: Bitter Fairytale Poetry arises from my love of fairytales conflicting with my continuing belief that fairytales are really not a healthy thing to read to children. They lead us to believe that the world is good and true, and that handsome princes exist if we only wait for them, and that beauty is indeed the paramount virtue a woman can have. They are not a good preparation for life. They leave one damaged and physically insecure and waiting until one dies for a man who never measures up to some artificial standard. This does not mean I don't enjoy them, just...it's a recognition of the baggage they can put in a person's head.)

I completely agree with you. And a lot of people go through part of their lives believing that and then get to the point where they are Unfairytaled. That point would probably be so much easier if they didn't believe in them in the first place. But I think it's so engrained that they can't help still hoping for one even after they've been unfairytaled.