Love can have several different meanings for everyone, each unique depending on an individual. Gary Shteyngart's novel, Super Sad True Love Story, shows the reader a love story of Lenny and Eunice, two people from very different backgrounds, coming together to have a relationship.
When Lenny was drunk, he talks about Eunice's freckles and how " every one of them means something to [him]" (94). Usually when people are in love, they learn how to appreciate everything about that special someone, even though at times it is something that is not really a big deal such as freckles. Maybe to some extent, the saying "love is blind" might be true because people tend to ignore the flaws of the people we love. At the same time, there really isn't such as thing as a perfect relationship that is why we need to be able to communicate with each other.
Both Lenny and Eunice are able to communicate well about what they feel and think towards each other. Lenny "constantly [wants] to open up to [Eunice]" (97) and in their conversation on pages 149 and 150, it shows how Eunice pointed out something that is bothering her, which is Lenny's unclean place, and they both were trying to talk about it on how they can fix it. In able to have a strong relationship, couples need to be able to communicate very well and try to work things out if ever there are any problems because if they decide to keep things to themselves, nothing will get fixed and the problem might just get worse. Another important aspect in a loving relationship is to trust your significant other.
Even though couples can communicate well, it would still be hard to work things out if they can't trust each other. Both Lenny and Eunice can feel like themselves around each other and they don’t have to pretend to be someone else. Lenny "believed in [Eunice]" (109) although they haven't really known each other for a very long time, enabling her to "trust him with everything and [for her to] open up the way [she] would to a girlfriend"(114). Their love for each other is more than just like a couple but also like best friends who can share anything with one another. their trust also helps them be able to communicate better because they are comfortable to share things.
Being able to appreciate, communicate, and trust one another in a relationship is very important for it to work out but there are times when people over look these causing them to not be able to have a happy relationship. It shows that no matter how big the difference is between two people, things can still work out.
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