Last night I watched the family movie on TV (I watched on my own but that's a different story).
Enchanted is essentially the story of Cinderella and all the other boy meets girl fairy tales, but with the added thrills of time travel and Patrick Dempsey.
Now I'm a bit of a sucker for these kinds of movies - I loved Ever After, Ella Enchanted and the Princess Diaries too. Somehow their sweetness is not too sickly, and because they are so far removed from reality (unlike Harry/Sally, Bridget Jones, He's Just not that Into You and so on) they are just fun in a box, without all the real life angst of the modern girl - although I like all of those too...
When I got married, I never for a minute believed it wouldn't last until death us it did part. Whenever I have fallen in love (not often for me), I've believed it might be forever - even when I knew in my head it wouldn't, and probably shouldn't.
I want to believe that love can conquer all. I know it's idealistic and naive. I know that for 3 out of 5 relationships that's never going to happen. But I also know plenty of couples who are living examples of still being as in love now as they were 10, 20 , 30 years ago when they met. And some of those people have faced huge adversity and got each other through it.
And the incurable romantic in me also wants to believe its possible for a girl to be swept off her feet. For a man to come riding in on a white horse and rescue her - although I still think the modern girl should probably have her own horse, and rescue him back too.
There's something pretty cool about growing old with someone don't you think? Holding hands to cross the road at 80. Being danced off your feet, arthritis and all.
So here's the question to ponder for today: Do you believe in fairy tales? Do you believe in Happy Ever After?
Love can't really conquer all. Sometimes, you have everything going for you with someone, but outside forces break it apart. I've been through just that. Rom-coms are kind of like candy. They taste sweet in small doses, but investing too much in them is bound to give you terrible stomachaches.
ReplyDeleteNone of this means that you, or I, or anyone should give up on meeting someone to be with for the rest of our lives. But it's probably going to look and feel different than any stories we've been fed. Especially those of the fairy tale persuasion.