- Brother’s best friend
My brother is 13 years old and I will not be getting within five feet of any of his besties. No thank you! — SC
- Golden retriever and black cat (opposites attract)
If you like furries, just say that. Describing your relationship through animal metaphors is certainly a choice — we get the idea, but it’s not our favorite. — DV
- Forced proximity
Oh no! You’re snowed in and there’s only one room with one bed? At least you can share it with a cute boy. — SC
- Love triangle
From “Twilight” to “The Vampire Diaries” to “Never Have I Ever,” love triangles probably take the award for most overdone trope of all time. Let’s get a little more experimental please. — DV
- Marriage of convenience
Are your parents keep pushing for you to get married and bothering you with blind dates? Try getting into a mutually beneficial marriage with someone you don’t really like and you may just fall in love with your husband. — SC
- Office romance
The hope that this will happen to me is the only reason I want a corporate job, and I am not ashamed of it. — DV
- Friends to lovers
If you’ve been pining for your best friend, he may be pining for you too. Dating becomes so much easier when you know the person; there’s no need to conduct a whole background check. — SC
- Fake dating
The angst, the tension, the slow burn of it all — this trope may not be realistic, but do we still want a random man to fake date us and then real date us? Yes. — DV
- Academic rivals to lovers
Motivation to be better in school and a romantic relationship? Why not hit two birds with one stone. — SC
- Enemies to lovers
Anthony and Kate from Bridgerton. That’s it. The tension is sizzling, the chemistry is explosive and the dialogue is punctuated by lingering glances. There’s a fine line between love and hate, why not toe it? — DV
