Song

From my personal experience, comparing with the past, we indeed have more songs in recent decades to mention about the loss of a lover that we are never with. That is called Amour non partagé.

Having so many instant messagers and social networks available, people might really have thought that we will be more easily encounter another part of us, or even engage with them. But it fact it may not be the truth. Some people, having the deficiency in their communication skills, can merely talk, let alone making interesting messages to be attractive. The social network, again, is just a burden for this kind of people, for they can just watch other people to demonstrate their affection. But the chances never come to them.

As a result, the market for these sort of Amour non partagé has never been so huge. Everyone sings about it. They actually moan about it. The loss of one-sided love. The imagined love.

Anyway, in the past we did have masterpieces about this phenomenon. Have you ever heard of Dante's Divina Commedia?