A note on romance.

Yesterday for my dear friend Sarah's birthday, we went out to see Leap Year (a typical chick-flic, girly movie, romantic comedy, however you chose to describe the genre). It was adorable, romantic, funny, predictable, everything I expected and enjoyed. After the movie, Sarah and I were talking about how these movies have come to raise our expectations for real life. They've set the bar for romance, they've made us believe that what we see on screen is true love, and anything less is nothing.

Later, someone brought to my attention that that kind of romance is not realistic. I felt a little bummed, because I knew they were right. But after I thought about it for a while, I changed my mind. Why does romance have to be unrealistic? Of course it's every girls dream to have a Disney romance, find your one true love, who helps you out, blah blah blah, and everyone lives happily ever after. But who said it couldn't happen? I could do without the singing birds, and the villan perhaps.

Why not?

Why can't people do selfless acts, just to show they care?

Who said we can't kiss in the rain?

What the hell happened to chivalry?

Are we not allowed to leave sweet notes to each other?

Why can't there be candles at dinner tonight?

Is it hard to say "you're beautiful" every once in a while?

Why is romance so unrealistic??

Maybe I just need attention.

Regardless, I'm going to make it a personal goal to live my idealistic romantic life. I'm gonna do it. Just watch me. Watch me be unrealistic.