Waiting for love has been deeply entwined in the romance narrative since the beginning of time.

Think about Rapunzel’s castle-bound wait for her handsome prince, or Sam and Annie’s sleepless nights in Seattle. Charles waited 35 years to marry Camilla, Billie Holiday knew that “…one day, he’ll come along, the man I love”, and what about Romeo and Juliet? They waited so long they both DIED.

And this impatience with the ebb and flow of life has sadly come to apply to one of the most ancient waiting games of all: love.

“Yes, a bar. You would stand at a bar, and someone would walk over and say hello. Verbally. In front of you.”

"Waiting is at the very core of romance."

"By day six she realised he was an absolute nightmare - racist jokes and all - and by day seven he was gone." (Image via the ABC)