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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
The Real Ending: Over dinner, you realize he has bad breath, a wife, and absolutely nothing whatsoever in common with you.
The As Good As It Gets Trap: You’ve found a guy who has that certain something–as well as a bad attitude, a fear of commitment, or just a nonspecific nasty streak.
Other than that, though, what a catch. Minor personality flaws won’t stand in the way of your fate. You decide that your love can change him, because that’s what true love does.
See also: Jerry Maguire, Reality Bites.
The Real Ending: You go to great lengths to show him that you’re worth loving before ultimately deciding that he’s never going to change–and that he’s the last thing you’d want to complete you, anyway.
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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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