Sunday, December 18, 2011

Guilty pleasures.

Have you ever had the incessant need to just read, or watch, or listen to something really horrible even though it just makes you feel so guilty Inside? Of course you have. They're called guilty pleasures.

The most important thing to know is that everybody has them. That's right, when your boss locks himself up in his office, he's probably listening to Korean boy bands on his computer. But hey, don't laugh, you probably have the cravings too. Hell, you two could probably get together and argue about which band is better, or bond over a shared love of SHINee or something. Hey! You could go out for drinks!

But the thing about guilty pleasures is that you almost always feel better when you come clean about them to someone. So, that's what I'm doing with one of mine.

Rom-coms.
That's right. I'm a sucker for crappy romantic comedies. Midnight in Paris, Valentine's Day, Paradise Island, I've seen them all. And what's worse? I cried during every single one. I'm in deep, but Sometimes you need a break from reality, you need a break from the fact that these things probably will never happen. To stop thinking about the won't and start pondering the maybe. John Green once said, "That true love will always triumph in the end may or may not be true, but if it's a lie, it's the most beautiful lie we have."
That is why I watch rom-coms.
Because, yes, none of these things are likely to happen. No one is likely to travel across countries to track down their true love. Nobody is waiting 20 years for someone to realise that they were the one all along. But sometimes, in those crazy cases that happen once in a hundred years, it does happen. People wait. People turn around, they look back, and magic happens. And sure, these things are rare, and might never happen to you, bit even if it's a one on a million chance, it's still possible.

Best wishes!

1 comment:

  1. Ha, I have so many guilty pleasures. Not rom-coms though. Sorry.

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