so there is this very interesting book/movie.
as i watched and read this movie/book, so many scenes or situations hit pretty close to home. more closely that i think most people realize.
for example:
“I had this guy leave me a voice mail at work, so I called him at home, and then he emailed me to my BlackBerry, and so I texted to his cell, and now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. It’s exhausting.”
HOW TRUE! back in the day it was exciting to either run to the mail box or to see if the red light flashed on the answering machine. but now, we get online to check email, check facebook, check every aspect of facebook, or if there have been any texts.. etc, etc. HOW TRUE!
here is another quote:
"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, Every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs."
are we the exception or the RULE? so often, i believe that i feel that i am the exception. that it'll be different with me. that i am the exception. but in reality.. i am just the rule!
but then i think.. is it worth it? always being the rule... and waddaya know.. here your answer.. through quote 3:
"I may dissect each little thing and put myself out there so much but at least that means that I still care. Oh! You've think you won because women are expendable to you. You may not get hurt or make an ass of yourself that way but you don't fall in love that way either. You have not won. You're alone. I may do a lot of stupid crap but I'm still a lot closer to love than you are. "
i guess it all comes down to : you reap what you sow. am i willing to allow myself to become the exception. should i be the exception? is it possible?
it seems so complicated at times. but i just hope that when it comes down to it.. that it'll work out. and that my life will end up being a good typical romance movie. oh wait, lets be honest, it'll probably be a romance COMEDY. but its possible right?
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So interesting, because I just got done having a conversation with a guy for over an hour about dating and "the game". The thing is...we complicate things so much. For example, in quote number 1. How many things do we have nowadays, that totally complicate the situation. And a part of the game, "ok, he called me last, but he waited 3 days after our date to call me...so that means I can text him tomorrow and see what he's up to". And then like you said, I think so many times, we think we're the exception, but we're not. And we as girls, we feel the need so badly to get married because it's ingrained in our brains as we grow up in Young Womens. "You need to go to college and get married. But remember...not all of you will get married". So, as soon as a guy shows us attention, some of us jump all over that because, "whoo! Here's my opportunity!". And then as soon as that one doesn't work out, as soon as we're not the "exception", we automatically think something is wrong with us. The game is just way too complicated, and I think it frustrates both sexes. Basically after our hour and a half conversation about dating, the last thing he and I said was, "it's complicated. It's very complicated".
ReplyDeleteits complicated??? 1. that may be the dumbest status of facebook and 2. where does that leave me? it's complicated.
ReplyDeletei do agree it is all a game! it kills me! i mean where do i find the game plan for this game. i guess it could be the book 'he's just not that into you'. as much as i love these quotes and see such relevancy to them, for some reason i don't thik that it is the game plan.
i had a friend who hated this book, cause he felt that it was so untrue. but i'm not going to lie to you, a lot of it, i feel that it is pretty right on.
well, i guess i can only think about this rule/exception deal, and really hope that someday it won't be so complicated!