Top 23 Soap Opera Romances of All-Time, Ranked

Vanessa Marcil, Maurice Benard as Brenda and Sonny on 'General Hospital'; Kristoff St. John and Victoria Rowell star as Neil and Drucilla Winters on the CBS daytime drama THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; Laurence Lau, Kim Delaney on 'All My Children'
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Romance is the hallmark of daytime dramas. Fans fall in love with characters and families — but most of all, the romantic couples we see torn apart time and time again. Viewers hang in there to see lovebirds beat the odds as they make it to reconciliation and, ultimately, the altar.

You may have started watching soaps as a youngster with your grandmother or picked them up when your college roommate got you hooked on either All My ChildrenDays of our LivesGeneral Hospital, or The Young and the Restless!