The Rom-Com Girl

So I’m just that. A simple silly girl. Quite the regular sorts, you know. The one, who grows up dreaming of her Prince Charming, cries like a fool while watching those romantic comedies and dreams of those insanely beautiful things happening to her. I cannot remember the number of times I would have seen SRK create the magic, fill my nerves with the sensation of love which oozes out of my eyes as I lay in bed, hoping for someone to say that perfect line to me. Yeah, that’s quite a confession on a public forum.

The internet is filled with articles which says how watching romantic comedies excessively can negatively affect your love life. Here’s one for your reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7784366.stm

Well, maybe it does. But then again, would that stop me from watching Hitch endlessly and hear him say Never lie, steal, cheat or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

But there is a twist in this tale. While I may have grown up dreaming of Mr Perfect, along the way, I realized with my friends that this Mr Perfect doesn’t really exist. Coz perfection somewhere is boring again. But this isn’t the right time to talk about that, about my commitment phobia. Maybe some other day.

Coming back to the discussion of the day, all those people who cringe on the idea of how could someone watch these romantic comedies endlessly, fail to understand the idea behind watching it. For me, it isn’t about watching those stories. I know how it would end: the cliché of boy-girl ending up together, heading for a life together. I want to learn about the journey. The way it began, how they meet, what’s their story and how they end up together. Finally. Coz, to me, it is the journey that matters, the magic that is created; the first times: the first bunch of flowers given, the first dinner, the first surprise, the first kiss. It might all seem corny, mushy and unlike something most men would like to do. But, to that simple, silly girl, it would mean the world. These are the moments that would weave memories for a lifetime. Isn’t life worth it then?

I know it is over-rated. That thing called love, romance, etc etc… I know it is a farce, a business strategy to boost sales of those gift shop chains and the moviemakers to have housefull shows and box office hits. But the fact that these movies are made, is witness to the idea that someone at least had the audacity to think of something so sensitive. And it worked. Coz when you feel it, you just do it. Don’t you? It is like the opening scene of Love Actually at Heathrow Airport when the voiceover says… If you see closely, love is, in fact, all around.

Would I want to have that adrenaline rush, that smile that never stops, makes my jaws ache terribly? You bet, I would!

PS. So what did the Princess do after she was rescued by the Prince?