Life Lessons learned from romantic movies
Lauren Staten
Issue date: 4/8/09 Section: The Edge
It is all one story, but there are several ways to spin it. There's the romantic comedy, the classic sob-fest romantic film, the chick flick romance movie and any combination of the aforementioned. All are loosely hinged on the same familiar plotlines, but what can actually be learned from all this? Have no fear, dear reader, I've got you covered.
Ladies, first of all, snap out of it. He's not going to be waiting at the airport with roses, outside your window with a boom box or figuring out how to fulfill every wish on your bucket list.
It is just not plausible to meet, fall in love, experience problems and make it all better again every time within an hour and a half. As a general rule of thumb, there are a few situations to avoid and a couple romantic movie tips to take into consideration.
• If he's in a coma, forget it.
• If he's dead and writing you letters, that's creepy. Don't do it.
• Make sure your mom is not hiding a year's worth of love letters.
• If there is any sort of bet involved, it will end badly.
• If you are pretending to be something you're not, he will find out.
• If you know you have cancer, don't make him get you a temporary butterfly tattoo anyway. (That's just selfish)
• Make sure he's not leaving to find his janitor father in America, only to be swept up in a never-ending amount of Beatles songs.
• Any sort of publication having to do with the budding relationship will only cause problems. However, this leaves the door wide open for public apologies.
• Only follow the man you love to law school if you know the rules of hair care.
Guys, if you meet a girl that you happen to fancy, please find out the following necessary little tidbits of information before you proceed.
• Is she a hooker you plan to transform into a lady?
• Does she have any sort of terminal illness, and/or a reverend for a father?
• Did you meet her on the Internet or have you never seen her in person? (Possibly after being hypnotized)
• Is she secretly a porn star, and not just your smokin' hot neighbor? Or for that matter, does she have any secret identity?
• Have you ever caught her staring at your best friend? (Especially if there is a war involved)
• Does she plan on moving away after a long, passionate summer fling?
Finding out the answer to these may give you a hint as to whether it's going to work out or not. Where it goes from there is up to you.
Even if it's just a simple boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back and they live happily ever after flick, always remember there are life lessons hidden in every genre of movie.
Ladies, first of all, snap out of it. He's not going to be waiting at the airport with roses, outside your window with a boom box or figuring out how to fulfill every wish on your bucket list.
It is just not plausible to meet, fall in love, experience problems and make it all better again every time within an hour and a half. As a general rule of thumb, there are a few situations to avoid and a couple romantic movie tips to take into consideration.
• If he's in a coma, forget it.
• If he's dead and writing you letters, that's creepy. Don't do it.
• Make sure your mom is not hiding a year's worth of love letters.
• If there is any sort of bet involved, it will end badly.
• If you are pretending to be something you're not, he will find out.
• If you know you have cancer, don't make him get you a temporary butterfly tattoo anyway. (That's just selfish)
• Make sure he's not leaving to find his janitor father in America, only to be swept up in a never-ending amount of Beatles songs.
• Any sort of publication having to do with the budding relationship will only cause problems. However, this leaves the door wide open for public apologies.
• Only follow the man you love to law school if you know the rules of hair care.
Guys, if you meet a girl that you happen to fancy, please find out the following necessary little tidbits of information before you proceed.
• Is she a hooker you plan to transform into a lady?
• Does she have any sort of terminal illness, and/or a reverend for a father?
• Did you meet her on the Internet or have you never seen her in person? (Possibly after being hypnotized)
• Is she secretly a porn star, and not just your smokin' hot neighbor? Or for that matter, does she have any secret identity?
• Have you ever caught her staring at your best friend? (Especially if there is a war involved)
• Does she plan on moving away after a long, passionate summer fling?
Finding out the answer to these may give you a hint as to whether it's going to work out or not. Where it goes from there is up to you.
Even if it's just a simple boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back and they live happily ever after flick, always remember there are life lessons hidden in every genre of movie.
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