My life is so devoid of romance at the moment that my imagination has gone into overdrive.

There's a man who gets on the same train as me everyday and I've decided that he's my future husband.

We've never spoken and he wears a wedding ring but these are mere obstacles, which our love will easily overcome.

I've often thought about writing to the Rush Hour Crush section in the Metro and saying, "Marry me please. With love from blonde girl with creepy eyes, xox."

I have no idea what this man's name is and he probably doesn't know I exist.

One time he sat down beside me and my stomach did a backflip but he sat with his back to me and spent most of the journey texting.

I reckon he was texting his wife but they were having an argument because things just aren't working out.

He wears a navy blue suit most days and it really brings out his sky blue eyes.

He also wears a nice watch so I think he has a good job but he's not in finance or anything like that, I think he's probably the creative type - he works in advertising or design.

Sometimes I even sit at the front of the train because I know that he sits there because it's the most likely place to get a seat when you're getting the 5.15pm train and he's always one of the last on the train as he finishes work at 5pm…I assume. Creepy, isn't it?

For some reason, we girls love to make up crazy little stories about people we see as we go about our daily routine.

Sometimes my friends will start stories with "there's this guy who goes to my gym…" or "there's a guy who works in Starbucks…"

They'd never dare to start up a conversation with these men and yet they'll create a story for them, and give them a personality and lifestyle that the guy could never live up to.

I guess we all do the same with actors when we see them in movies and TV shows.

We'll fall in love with the fictional character and then assume that the actor has all the same traits. These actors are prepped for interviews and have PR people advising them every step of the way and we lap it up.

If I were to meet Ryan Gosling tomorrow, I'd marry him without so much as going for dinner first.

So many times I've seen girls upset about relationships before they're even begun and wondered why this was.

Maybe it's because they think they're in love with someone but in reality, they don't know the person all that well, they're just in love with their own idea of who that person is.

We project all these ideas onto guys because it's how we want and hope them to be.

I bet that if any of these short-lived romances had gone on to be full-blown relationships, they wouldn't have gone as smoothly as expected because the guy is nothing like who the girl thinks he is.

The next time you think you've missed your chance with the one that got away consider the possibility that you might be in love with your own imagination.