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1Romance isn't always lovey-dovey, for there are couples who don't always get along well.
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3See DiscordTropes and FrenemyTropes for the platonic versions. See also AbuseTropes and InfidelityIndex, which include similar and/or overlapping tropes.
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7* AbductionIsLove: A person kidnaps their love interest to show their affection.
8* AllTakeAndNoGive: An unequal and parasitic relationship, where one person receives all the benefits while giving back nothing.
9* AmIJustAToyToYou: A character confronts the other about how serious they think their relationship is.
10* AwfulWeddedLife: A marriage where the couple are miserable together.
11* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Although they fight a lot, the couple prove they actually do love each other.
12* BelligerentSexualTension: Two people who are secretly attracted to each other constantly clash.
13* BestHerToBedHer: An ActionGirl will only marry or have sex with someone who has defeated her in combat.
14* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: A couple that constantly argues are contrasted with a couple who get along very well.
15* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Can sometimes apply to romantic relationships; a character is forced to hang around with another person they find annoying, but when they're apart they find they miss them.
16* ClingyJealousGirl: A woman who gets very paranoid and jealous about her partner and other women.
17* ContraceptionDeception: A character lies to their partner about their fertility or contraception use.
18* CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: Someone's eccentricity or outright insanity makes them a passionate lover.
19* CrazyJealousGuy: A man who gets very paranoid and jealous about his partner and other men.
20* CriminallyAttractive: A member of law enforcement or a government agency becomes romantically involved with someone connected to a crime (it varies as to whether they're guilty).
21* DatingCatwoman: A protagonist and antagonist are unambiguously in love with each other, which is bound to cause problems.
22* DestructiveRomance: A relationship that is depicted as very unhealthy and dysfunctional (not always necessarily abusive, but still not a romance to aspire to).
23* DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: A couple breaks up because they don't want the same things in life.
24* DomesticAbuse: A person harms their significant other either physically or emotionally (or both), often to control them.
25* TheExsNewJerkass: A character's ex's new significant other is a {{Jerkass}} to them and possibly others.
26* FatalAttractor: A person who tends to attract admirers that are no good for them (if not outright dangerous).
27* FetishizedAbuser: A person who treats their love interest poorly, but it's portrayed as romantic and/or sexy.
28* FoeRomanceSubtext: A pair of rivals/enemies are intentionally given romantic {{subtext}} in their interactions.
29* HappyMarriageCharade: An unhappy married couple pretend everything is fine when other people are around.
30* ICanChangeMyBeloved: A character believes they can make their love interest a better person; they're usually mistaken.
31* {{Kichiku}}: UsefulNotes/AnimeFanspeak for a male FetishizedAbuser.
32* KichikuMegane: UsefulNotes/AnimeFanspeak for a male FetishizedAbuser who wears glasses to indicate that he is smart, sophisticated, and successful.
33* KissKissSlap: A couple start out kissing/being intimate, then start fighting.
34* LoveAtFirstPunch: Falling in love with someone you physically fought.
35* LoveCannotOvercome: A character decides they cannot be with their significant other despite still loving them, sometimes because they find their behavior intolerable.
36* LoveForgivesAllButLust: A character is willing to put up with all their partner's flaws ''except'' for infidelity.
37* LoveMartyr: A character stays with their love interest even when they mistreat them.
38* LovingAShadow: A character is more in love with an idealized version of a person than who they actually are, which doesn't tend to make for happy relationships.
39* LovingBully: A person bullies someone they have a crush on.
40* TheMasochismTango: A couple who frequently alternate between being affectionate and fighting.
41* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Falling in love with someone who kidnapped you, and vice versa.
42* NoAccountingForTaste: A couple who are so obviously miserable that people wonder why they stay together.
43* PowerDynamicsKink: Power, subjugation and punishments serving as the sexual "turn-on". Not always inherently a sign of a relationship being dysfunctional, but it can explain why someone stays in an unequal relationship and/or could be exploited.
44* PsychoExGirlfriend: An ex girlfriend (or less commonly, ex boyfriend) who isn't taking the break-up well ''at all''.
45* RelationshipLabelingProblems: Characters are in some sort of romantic/sexual relationship, but can't describe exactly what they are.
46* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: They just can't decide whether they want to be in a relationship.
47* RivalryAsCourtship: Two rivals develop romantic feelings for each other.
48* RomanticizedAbuse: Abusive behavior in a relationship is depicted in a glamourized manner.
49* SlapSlapKiss: A couple starts out fighting then ends up kissing/becoming intimate.
50* StalkingIsLove: The StalkerWithACrush actually gets with the object of their affection/obsession, who finds their behavior romantic instead of creepy.
51* TooMuchAlike: When applied to a romantic pairing; a couple clash because their personalities are ''too'' similar.
52* {{Tsundere}}: They're sometimes quite rude and/or abrasive with their LoveInterest, but they do care really.
53* WellExcuseMePrincess: An accomplished female character complains about the shortcomings of her male love interest, who is usually considered [[UptownGirl out of his league]].
54* {{Yandere}}: They're crazily obsessed with their love interest (if they manage to actually get into a relationship with them), often to the point of committing [[AxCrazy violence]].
55* YandereCouple: A relationship where ''both'' people are dangerously obsessed with each other.
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