They say love is blind, and while we may find that old axiom falls just short of true in real life, it certainly rules in the land of television and film. The “couple that shouldn’t work but does” is a romantic comedy staple – she works in an independent bookstore, but he’s the son of a chain that threatens her livelihood! Or, she’s a pediatric nurse, but he develops high-grade child-vaporizing technologies for the military! Somehow, those crazy kids just go together so well. But what about when the movies convince us to root for a couple whose union we'd see in reality as immoral, irresponsible, or even illegal? These are the ten couples that we love on screen, but would greet with a general chorus of “Ewwwww” if they moved in next door.

10. Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast But wait, you say, this is a magical and beautiful parable about looking past a person's outward appearance. He was so mean, and she was so scared, but eventually they learned to love each other through the charming machinations of possessed dinnerware! Tale as old as time! Okay, sure – that's all true. But can we get a mock-up at what that famous dance would actually look like in real life?

Don't worry, once they make out that dog will totally become a hot dude.

9. Buffy and Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer This relationship has issues on both sides. When they first meet, Buffy has the mind and body of a sixteen-year-old, while Angel has the body of at least a twenty-four-year-old and the mind of a two-hundred-year-old, which means their affair is totally illegal. (Not to mention the fact that Angel first saw Buffy when she was fifteen.) On Buffy's end, there's the fact that Angel is dead (and, like any good corpse, cold and pale), and her mission to kill every one of his kind. Of course, this all made for wonderful drama and epic romance, but if a teenage girl were dating a seventy-year-old in real life? The officers have some questions they'd like you to answer, Mr. Angel.

8. Dexter and Rita, Dexter She, a divorcee and survivor of domestic abuse; he, a serial killer guided by a strict code of only killing people he was taught to dislike. Maybe if they can make it work, they will both help each other grow as people. Or maybe Rita will make a spectacular lampshade; who can say? The show is good at getting us to root for these two, but when you take a step back it's a bit uncomfortable. The baseline for a successful relationship should be just a bit higher than "did not kill significant other today."

7. Will Schuester and Emma Pillsbury, Glee As part of the musical-cartoon fantasy world of Glee, these two characters are as cute as a sack of puppies when they're together, whether that means cleaning the science wing after hours, doing well-choreographed dances to hip-hop from the '90s, or convincing the kids in glee club that their futures hold more than and endless river of purple slushies thrown in their faces. The one small hitch with their relationship is, of course, Will's wife and Emma's fiance. Now, the former has often come off as maddeningly self-involved and crazy (she's faking a pregnancy), leading to often-intense dislike among the show's audience. But we still wish they would dump the chumps and have adorable, wide-eyed, musically talented babies together.

6. Benjamin Braddock and Mrs. Robinson, The Graduate The cougar before there were cougars, the MILF before MILFs, Anne Bancroft's portrayal of the mature and sexy Mrs. Robinson is legendary. And for good reason: they may not have ended up together at the end, but the chemistry between Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman, as the aimless young man she seduces, was palpable throughout the film. Given the ambiguous ending of the film, you have to admit: there's a part of you that wanted young Benjamin to forget the daughter and devote himself completely to the mom. Nothing like the combination of a cad and an adulteress to really get the blood flowing, right?