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7 Lessons I Learned From Chick Flicks
Dangerous delusions about love—and the romantic comedies that feed them.
by J. Courtney Sullivan
My friend Michelle and her on-again-off-again were off. Again. She complained that he just wasn’t going to the right lengths to win her back.
“I need a big gesture,” she said. “I need roses. I need tears. I need Lloyd Dobler on the front lawn with a boom box raised over his head.”
Another friend, Laura, had not met anyone even halfway decent in months, and was starting to wonder if her best friend, Tiny Tony—a sweetheart who is unfortunately short, bald, and bulbous—might be the guy for her after all.
“I’ve never been attracted to him or anything,” she said. “But maybe it’s a When Harry Met Sally situation. Maybe we’re meant to be and I just haven’t noticed.”
After almost 15 years as a faithful fan of romantic comedies, I’ve come to a painful conclusion: The movies we watch to supplement our love lives are actually sabotaging them.
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1 Romance On A Budget // Oct 24, 2008 at 4:52 pm
[…] Hollywood is to be believed, dating is a grandiose practice replete with lavish meals, fine wines, and […]
2 Beauty Rituals: U.S. vs. France // Feb 27, 2008 at 11:58 am
[…] Henna adorns Indian women’s hands, rose oil is massaged into the skin of Moroccan ladies, and we American chicks swear by dousing our hair in vinegar to keep it shiny. As an American living in Paris for the past five years, I had grown acutely aware of my attachment to my own homespun beauty rituals, but I didn’t realize just how profoundly they influenced my worldview until recently, while watching a film. […]
3 Dawn // Dec 27, 2007 at 9:09 am
It’s Pretty in Pink not Pretty Woman
4 David // Mar 4, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Dude … try watching musicals, instead. Men should, too. They’re very instructive. They teach us men that we need to be gentlemen and teach us all that where romance is concerned, it never hurt anyone one bit to just let their heart SING!
5 Ximena // Aug 19, 2006 at 11:31 pm
Really great!!! Even though “Sleepless in Seattle” is my favourite movie and I really love every single movie named, it’s true they don’t help women in our search for our soulmate, but let us dream a little and keep seeing this nice movies, but knowing what you see is almost never real…
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