Are All Romances Cliché?

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I think the reason romance is cliche is cos love is a human instinct/chemical reaction. So you know, it tends to happen the same way for everyone in real life. There are only so many ways it can happen. It generally starts of unrequited and goes from there. I read almost exclusively YA fiction so there are a lot of romances and it's usually love triangles or someone pining after the other person who finally realises. What makes it interesting and different I guess is the characters and how they react to it. It's the same in real life. Though the situations may be very similar for most real life romances, every person acts differently under those circumstances. I think it's very hard to write a non-cliche romance because of all that, but if your characters are interesting enough it doesn't really matter. People like reading about that stuff anyway! xD