Introduction There has been a lot of debate on the existence of “real” love (Sidney 24). Proponents have maintained that real or true love exists while opponents have rubbished such claims. However, recent research seems to suggest the existence of true love. Many dictionaries define “love” as an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment to something or someone (Sidney 23). The definitions do not offer any logical explanation as to why individuals in love behave the way the do. Many sources only describe it as a strong emotional feeling. Indeed, many fallacies that are observed in any love confession make it difficult for one to describe love as being logical. Love is merely emotional and fallacious feeling when analyzed from a logical point of view. This paper mainly seeks to compare and contrast two kinds of “love” shown in two texts, “love is a fallacy” and “the gift of magi” (Shulman 45). Many novels, movies and soaps that portray deep love scenes are very popular among young people, especially those yearning for love or experiencing problems with their personal lives. These films and text materials often formulate an idealized feeling of love that is able to stand up against temptation and other obstacles that call for sheer sacrifice. It’s funny that everyone who watches these films or reads such texts never doubts the existence of such love. In fact, the world is currently witnessing many relationships and marriages that failed because many people are yearning for the idealized love they find in texts or see on screens. The idealized love in the stories is often engineered in a way that it captures the readers/ viewers’ imagination to the point of evoking strong emotional feelings. It’s amazing how a person’s logical capacity diminishes when facing a strong emotional situation. For instance, people who read fiction books and those who watch movies know too well that nothing real is happening but they are nevertheless carried away deep into the imagination of the writers or actors. It’s not logical to strongly react to something you know too well is unreal. Women tend to cry often when they see sorrowful scenes in the movies or feel envious towards other women in the soaps who they see as leading better love lives. No one decides to be moved or not by such stories, it just happens. Once in a while one can remember that what he/she sees or reads is just a fiction and thus reacts in a different way. The strong love in the movies, novels, soap operas is often used as a marketing tool to gain more readers to buy the books or more viewers glued to the TV screens catching up on every episode. The worst effect created by these stories is their ability to make people aspire for such love. In the real world, “real” or true love is controlled by many dynamic factors which cannot be captured in the movies or stories (Shulman 34). In movies or stories, the main characters who are portrayed as feeling a true love for each other are usually good looking and successful people. In one instance, the woman might be from a disadvantaged background but is nevertheless beautiful. The man has to be always handsome and successful. In the real world there are many contributing factors other than just beauty and success. There are many instances where love grows between people of diverse backgrounds and cultures. For insta