'You didn't tell Dr Freeberg that your patient has fallen in love with you and expects to have a real-life romance with you?'

The latter was one of a number of tracks Teena Marie would write over the years about her real-life romance with one-time mentor Rick James.

The cheerful effortlessness of this appealed to me, especially compared with the grim determination of my own real-life romances.

The real-life romance of Mr. Brando and Ms. Teriipia caused a stir at the time.

In 1984, Samms and Tristan Rogers went public with their real-life romance, but the relationship ended around the time she left General Hospital the next year.

Her first film with him was as the title role in Roseanna McCoy (1949), based on the real-life romance between two members of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.

Following the match, Hardy kissed Lita, beginning their on-screen relationship and turning their real-life romance into a storyline.

Other publishers have sought to exploit the desire for real-life romance, with a bevy of advice books for the lovelorn.

The couple did not go public with their relationship until he left the show in 1988, fearing their real-life romance would confuse viewers.

Azalean fantasies were shallow nursery tales compared to the real-life romance taking form in the inky boudoir.