Unrealistic expectations are expectations, hopes, dreams, and ideas one has that are just plain not going to happen. Walking up to the most
beautiful model on
earth and having her instantly fall madly in
love with you is an unrealistic expectation. Thinking that your new super-cool, hip,
neato web-site idea is going to make you richer than
Bill Gates,
literally is an unrealistic expectation. Jumping out of a plane and assuming you can
fly, is an unrealistic expectation.
Unrealistic expectations can be very damaging when they are not fulfilled. They can result in an
ego shattering, and a general sense of
failure that is not
deserved.