People have a profound connection to good love stories. They enjoy seeing relationships develop because they give them hope that they could find someone spectacular in their own lives. Taking a look at some of the best love stories from current and former dramas will demonstrate why people love these sorts of romantic experiences and how they reflect the reality of love around us.

Favorite Characters’ Love Experiences

We all have our favorite characters and love stories in dramas these days. Although you can find dramatic love stories from any time period in television and film, the most recent ones tend to focus on new sensibilities and technology playing a role in our complicated love lives. Take a look at some of the best love stories that have ever been told!

  • Seo Dal-mi and Nam Do-san from Start-Up

Trying to recontextualize and define your first love experience can be quite a challenge. That is exactly what happened to Seo Dal-mi and Nam Do-san. Former mistakes the latter for her first love, so Nam Do-san tries to start a business to capture her interest, and a comedy of errors ensues that has equal parts heartbreak and love. Dal-mi is caught up with chasing her past at any cost while Do-san wants to establish a future, but can they build a relationship on a misremembered past? This show is a lot to take in.

  • Goo Ra-Ra and Sunwoo Joon from Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol

Goo Ra-ra has a sudden change in fortune when she loses all her money and finds herself in a far-flung town. Once there, she meets Sunwoo Joon, a rather unfriendly man who treats her nicely for some reason. Unraveling their secrets and connections leads the viewer on an incredible journey that will leave you guessing. The show loves adding cliffhangers to the seasons, so you better get ready to binge this show. Best of all, this show is still young and ongoing, so you can pick it up now and see what is happening with their romantic journey right now.

  • Yoon Se-ri and Lee Chun-moo from Crash Landing On You

No form of drama is better than the kind that stems from two people having a complete lack of understanding about the other’s position. This is what happens in Crash Landing on You, where Yoon Se-ri is paragliding and finds herself tossed into North Korea! Once there, she develops feelings for Lee Chun-moo, a captain in the North Korean army. Their background and journey is absolutely beautiful, but it will also leave you feeling exhausted by the twists and turns!

  • Lee Young-Joon and Kim Mi-So from What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?

A vice-chairman in a high-powered position named Lee Young-Joon is leading a rather joyless life. He is obsessed with his job and being effective at it. His life is turned upside down when his long-time secretary, Kim Mi-So, decides to quit the company and take a new approach to her life. Realizing that she is more important to him than a worker should be to her boss, he decides to pursue her. What he does not realize is that the two of them share common problems from their past, and together they can overcome the issues they have faced in their lives. This story is quite beautiful, and it’s one that just about every person can find some commonality. The love element of the drama is slow to develop, but the lessons you will learn about love along the way are amazing.

Finding Love and Experiencing Drama—It Can Happen Anywhere

Finding romantic partners in the modern day can happen in many ways, and they tend to emulate the ways that people find love in real life. We’re going to see the various ways to find love and personal drama in real life.

  • Online Dating Sites

A highly popular way to find love in the modern day is to avoid the drama of finding love on hookup sites. These dating services help people find a specific kind of romantic interaction that allows them to have fun with someone they just met without having to dedicate a lot of time and energy to the cause. Whether chatting or trying to meet up in person, a hookup dating experience can be a high-quality means to get what a person wants. Dating sites also provide many other romantic outcomes depending on the service that is used. Some people look for long-term love, while others just want to meet other individuals and see where the interaction leads.

  • Blind Dates from Friends and Others

Another form of dating that became popular in recent years is blind dates, whether set up through friends or television shows that connect random people. These forms of romance are interesting because they force people to let go of their innate preconceptions and go with the flow. They might end up meeting and enjoying the process of dating someone wholly new to them or a type of person they would have never purposely dated otherwise. This wonderful sort of experiment has brought together many people before the eyes of their friends or the world at large.

  • Secondary School (High School)

People will often have their first experience with love when they are in secondary school. During these tender teenage years, some will start to figure out what they want out of a relationship and seek out someone who wants the same. These relationships are often tumultuous and short-lived as our collective assessment of what we want and need out of a relationship is not fully formed at this age. Still, the memories of dating people during this age are enough to last a lifetime and can influence all other romances.

  • University

Another very keen place where anyone can find romance is at university. As young adults, people will have more freedom to seek new partners, move in with them, and get a taste of the responsibility that comes with being in a long-term relationship. These can be short-lived, too, but they can also last for the rest of someone’s life!

  • Workplaces

Finally, most people are very likely to find romantic partners in their workplace. The reasons are numerous, including spending a lot of time around someone and solving problems with that person. The forty hours that two individuals spend in close proximity rivals the amount of time someone could date another person even if they went out every night. The only drawback is that office romances don’t always work out like Jim and Pam from “The Office.” Sometimes the breakups can result in two people having a very negative opinion of each other, and it can even lead to one or both of them getting fired.

The drama of falling in love with someone and handling their mistakes throughout the whole relationship is enough to keep anyone ensnared and looking at their television. The fact remains that some people just can’t get enough of seeing someone work on this part of their lives. Whether through television or the love lives of our friends, we will continue to have a wealth of love stories and drama to keep us drawn in!