The image that creeps into my mind is that of a damsel in distress who is drowning in the lake. When the old fisherman in his decrepit boat comes to save her she is outraged that he who saved her was not a handsome prince in a yacht.

Everyone is entitled to their fantasies. (mine center around the cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys) No one is entitled to expect others to regard their fantasies as being objective reality. 2 + 2 always equals 4. No amount of wishful thinking can make it otherwise.