they probably can succeed because they had something the average relationship lacks -- a special meeting.
Perhaps special is not enough to do justice to the beauty of it, for it is the epitome of a fairy tale, highlighted by its quinessentials, the magic of romance.

was the message meant to give all cynics a run for their money?

The Lake House.
A tale of a simple love, hindered by complications, and the fight that one goes through. They won, they triumphed, all because they never lost sight of what is important to them.
it is best described with 'good things come to those who wait.'
well, they waited. and were duly awarded.

Do you remember how you met your loved one? Maybe it was a seemingly insignificant event, maybe even a chapter out of a Disney story. But the moment you set eyes on each other, the one second which you knew in your heart that life will never be the same, have you forgotton it all in the face of the current mess?
Are you able to look beyond, and view love for love itself, a love not tainted or marred by each others' imperfections.

Perhaps there was too much promise, too many expectaions. In our quickness to shift the blame,we forget that sometimes the problem lies within us. we are always frustrated by the other, we never remember that maybe it was we who created it ourselves.

selfishness is innate.
it destroys us.

it is a constant war, waged between ourselves and ourselves.

battle on all you soldiers in love.
there is someone waiting for you at home.