I quite enjoy watching those cheesy romantic movies. You know the ones, mostly prevalent around Christmas time. Where a big town woman/man goes home for Christmas and discovers their true love. Yeah, those ones.
I had a really challenging week last week, resulting in a complete shutdown, and I spent the weekend, and a lot of the week, binge watching romance movies.
One of the main reasons I like them is they are predictable. They follow a formula, and I don’t have to think too much. If I am having a time where my brain isn’t functioning as I want it to, I can still lose myself in one of these movies… plus they have gorgeous scenery that makes for a wonderful escape.
Over the weekend I realised something.
There are actually quite a few life lessons that you can learn from these romantic movies, and they’re not what you may think. It’s not always about meeting ‘the one’, there are others in there too. They may not become apparent if you only watch the occasional movie, or just watch the ads, but when you binge watch them over a few days, you start to recognise them (or maybe it’s my autistic pattern recognition).
I got the idea that this would make a great series for blog post & potentially a book…
Keep an eye on this blog for future posts as I try to sort out the lessons and put them in some semblance of order. Also, if you think this would make a great blog series or book, please let me know. If nothing else, it will be a bit of fun.
Do you like watching those cheesy romantic movies too? What are some of your favouriters, or even favourite settings or tropes?
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