Interesting. The thing is I know that I am the most likely person on the planet to suffer from literary infatuation. When I was a little girl I had daydreams about being best friends with Laura Ingalls Wilder. However, I am also the most likely person to easily recover from literary infatuation. I just pick up the next book and start a whole new fantasy.
When I worked at the world headquarters for one of the biggest super bookstore chains in the world, I had the opportunity to meet many famous and semi-famous authors. I had little desire to do this even though I really loved some of their writing. I knew that the reality might disappoint. (There are exceptions to this rule. Toni Morrison is as wonderful in person as her writing and my friend who slept with Sebastian Junger gave him thumbs up for real-life manliness also.).
It makes perfect sense that nobody is as uniformly attractive in person as in their internet portrait or photo. The same way that it makes perfect sense that nobody is as uniformly attractive over the course of a LTR as they are during the "honeymoon" phase of a relationship. What catches someone's eye in the store window is not necessarily what they will buy once they enter the store and almost certainly not what will make them a frequent shopper but that doesn't mean that it makes no sense to merchandise.-LOL
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
