If you have watched one of my favourite romcoms then you’ll know the opening scene I’m referring to.
From a young age, the minute we’re able to express our feelings, the minute we understand the words leaving an adults mouth. That point where it isn’t all a noise blur we’re unfortunately set up by them.
From the second that we mention that a boy in our class stole our hair clip or how the little girl wouldn’t let us on the climbing frame we’re doomed. We open the floor for them to lie to us. To pass down their ideologies that pain or emotional unavailability equates to passion.
They literally raise us to accept horse crap because there’s potentially something good on the other side. All because your great grandma told your grandma who told your mum and now the ragged advice lands in your lap.
I guess it would be okay if it just stopped there, If we didn’t have to grow up submerged in television and social media. God forbid you were a teenager from 1995-2010 it’d be romantic suicide. Why would you not think that they have a crush on you when Cher thought her gay best friend was into her ? Or how after being a bridesmaid 27 times and her boss falling for her younger sister Jane finally got his attention. Let’s not forget Mark Ruffalo’s Jeff still marrying Jenifer Aninston even though whilst she was engaged she had an affair with a man who slept with both her mother and grandmother.
Don’t get it twisted I am a sucker for the romance genre and I could name 40 romantic comedies on the spot but even I can acknowledge it’s effects.
Children are brainwashed into believing that we should take little insults, being pushed and shoved because they might be your future soulmate. Accepting that if they cheated just the once it’s okay because it showed them how much more they love you. I’ll give it to you that this take might sound a little out there but Im sure you understand. Even Disney taught us that our princess or Prince Charming either chases after us or you have a enemies turned lovers situation.
What I’m trying to say is that it’s okay to accept that a mean person is just mean. That your obsessive person might just be crazy and not fuelled by overflowing love. That even if you’re in touch with your emotions you’ll feel it when someone truly cares for you, when someone is truly into you. At the end of the day sometimes he’s just not that into you.
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