Check, please.

The imagination is a powerful thing. When it's tied to the heart, it's even more so. As much as I adore the gooeyness of twitterpation, that rush of chemicals that frosts the cakes of expectation eventually stops when a healthy heaping dose of r-e-a-l-i-t-y comes flying at your face.

This scene from (500) Days of Summer is classic:

500 days of Summer - Expectations vs Reality from G. on Vimeo.