This has been a frequent plot device of the American TV series "Desperate Housewives" to "clean up the mess". In season four, a tornado destroyed Wisteria Lane completely, wiping out all the love and hate on its destructive path. In the middle of season six, the current season, a private plane crash-landed right on a Christmas carnival at Wisteria Lane, putting the kybosh on an entangled love triangle.

However, to put an end to love, there is no need for a world war, a tornado or a crashing plane.

It's because love is always trivial.

In the question "Who you would save first if your mother and your girlfriend fall into the water at the same time?", let us replace "mother vs girlfriend" with "dream vs love", "family vs love", or "health vs love".

That's how easily we would give up love.

Indeed, that's not what we have hoped for. We all crave for long-lasting love.

"I'm not a liar. It's love that lies." — "Lying" (sung by Yoga Lin)

* Translation from Chinese article.