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	<title>Comments on: Can Romantic Comedies Ruin Your Love Life?</title>
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		<title>By: Cameron Sharpe</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21093/comment-page-1#comment-139786</link>
		<dc:creator>Cameron Sharpe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 09:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>May those that love us, love us.
And those that don&#039;t love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn&#039;t turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles
So we will know them by their limping.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>May those that love us, love us.<br />
And those that don&#8217;t love us,<br />
May God turn their hearts.<br />
And if He doesn&#8217;t turn their hearts,<br />
May He turn their ankles<br />
So we will know them by their limping.</p>
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		<title>By: thejoy</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21093/comment-page-1#comment-115261</link>
		<dc:creator>thejoy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s a shame but too true that many people watch movies, porn included, and mix-up their perceptions of relationships because they try to bring fantasy to life.  Just think of the many marriages that have been destroyed by porn.  Men think that their partners should be swinging from poles.  So what do women feel they have to do? Learn how to swing from the pole to fulfill the fantasy.  People today, I believe, search to make their fantasies real.  A sign of the times? I think so. It&#039;s kinda like the Matrix, huh? Porn and every pole dancing joint from here to never never land is proof of that.  
So ladies, let&#039;s go on enjoying our Romantic Comedies.  Men aren&#039;t about to give up their Porn.  So both sides have totally distorted and unrealistic views on relationships.  LONG LIVE &quot;YOU&#039;VE GOT MAIL&quot;!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a shame but too true that many people watch movies, porn included, and mix-up their perceptions of relationships because they try to bring fantasy to life.  Just think of the many marriages that have been destroyed by porn.  Men think that their partners should be swinging from poles.  So what do women feel they have to do? Learn how to swing from the pole to fulfill the fantasy.  People today, I believe, search to make their fantasies real.  A sign of the times? I think so. It&#8217;s kinda like the Matrix, huh? Porn and every pole dancing joint from here to never never land is proof of that.<br />
So ladies, let&#8217;s go on enjoying our Romantic Comedies.  Men aren&#8217;t about to give up their Porn.  So both sides have totally distorted and unrealistic views on relationships.  LONG LIVE &#8220;YOU&#8217;VE GOT MAIL&#8221;!</p>
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		<title>By: Rev Foley</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21093/comment-page-1#comment-114230</link>
		<dc:creator>Rev Foley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is why I always show my first dates Last House on the Left.</description>
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		<title>By: Sillstaw</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21093/comment-page-1#comment-114036</link>
		<dc:creator>Sillstaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like romantic comedies, but I&#039;m pretty dang sure that basing my life on them is a stupid idea. I mean, can you imagine if people tried to base their sex lives on porn?

Perhaps the only good romantic comedy to base your life on is &quot;Amelie,&quot; for two reasons: First, you can try to make other people&#039;s lives better; and second (SPOILER WARNING), the point of it seems to be to go for love instead of being indirect about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like romantic comedies, but I&#8217;m pretty dang sure that basing my life on them is a stupid idea. I mean, can you imagine if people tried to base their sex lives on porn?</p>
<p>Perhaps the only good romantic comedy to base your life on is &#8220;Amelie,&#8221; for two reasons: First, you can try to make other people&#8217;s lives better; and second (SPOILER WARNING), the point of it seems to be to go for love instead of being indirect about it.</p>
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		<title>By: mri</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21093/comment-page-1#comment-114016</link>
		<dc:creator>mri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>THANK YOU ZACH!!!  sweet lord in heaven if i get one more pitying look from friend&#039;s parents over being the last single girl of the bunch i&#039;m going to scream!  i have a house, a dog, a career, and a fulfilled life.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THANK YOU ZACH!!!  sweet lord in heaven if i get one more pitying look from friend&#8217;s parents over being the last single girl of the bunch i&#8217;m going to scream!  i have a house, a dog, a career, and a fulfilled life.</p>
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		<title>By: Zach</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21093/comment-page-1#comment-113977</link>
		<dc:creator>Zach</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another thing romantic comedies leave out:  You can have a happy, fulfilling life being single.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another thing romantic comedies leave out:  You can have a happy, fulfilling life being single.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21093/comment-page-1#comment-113971</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m glad somebody mentioned Klosterman. He hit the nail on the head. Women who love that movie want their man to be Lloyd Dobbler. The problem is, that while Lloyd Dobbler might exist, he will almost never look like John Cusack. Conversely, (some) guys think they need to act like Lloyd Dobbler. The problem with this (among other things) is that acting like Lloyd Dobbler is very ‘un-Dobbler-like”. Lloyd Dobbler would never act like anyone else because he IS Lloyd Dobbler. 

Dobbler, Dobbler, Dobbler.

Dizzy yet?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad somebody mentioned Klosterman. He hit the nail on the head. Women who love that movie want their man to be Lloyd Dobbler. The problem is, that while Lloyd Dobbler might exist, he will almost never look like John Cusack. Conversely, (some) guys think they need to act like Lloyd Dobbler. The problem with this (among other things) is that acting like Lloyd Dobbler is very ‘un-Dobbler-like”. Lloyd Dobbler would never act like anyone else because he IS Lloyd Dobbler. </p>
<p>Dobbler, Dobbler, Dobbler.</p>
<p>Dizzy yet?</p>
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		<title>By: gibson8or</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21093/comment-page-1#comment-113955</link>
		<dc:creator>gibson8or</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>re: Austen

I don&#039;t know, &#039;Pride and Prejudice&#039; is entirely about how important communication is and not falling in love with someone at first sight. The two main characters do nothing but disagree and think badly of each other through half the book, all because they assume that they know what the other is thinking. 
The good looking jerk (Wickham) gets found out and ends up in a marriage doomed to misery.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>re: Austen</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know, &#8216;Pride and Prejudice&#8217; is entirely about how important communication is and not falling in love with someone at first sight. The two main characters do nothing but disagree and think badly of each other through half the book, all because they assume that they know what the other is thinking.<br />
The good looking jerk (Wickham) gets found out and ends up in a marriage doomed to misery.</p>
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		<title>By: WatchesToo Many Movies</title>
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		<dc:creator>WatchesToo Many Movies</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is my attempt to explain all the &quot;misconceptions&quot; the study lists:

- Sex isn&#039;t always perfect, it is the intimacy that is perfect, which translates to the sex BEING PERFECTED as the relationship grows (from all those movies that have a wise older couple that have been together forever, talking to one of the troubled partners).
- Love at first sight isn&#039;t the ideal, but rather a possibility that one should be open to experiencing (from movies where the lead has given up all hope in finding a love).
- Love is predestined - in terms of karma, as in I am a good person who does kind acts out of the goodness of my heart, so I will be rewarded with my heart&#039;s desire, someone who will love me for who I am (from all those movies where the lead is a good human being and just hasn&#039;t had any luck in love).
- If they are my true partner then they should know what I want/am thinking, without me having to tell them, comes from years of knowing each other, as when the poor friend on the side becomes the love interest because the lead and friend have gone through so much and are able to compliment each other so well (from all those movies where the best friends becoming true lovers of the leads (of course after the best friend grows a pair/summons up enough courage, to express his true feelings to the the romantic lead)).

The last I will try to explain is answered by two favorite romantic comedies &quot;Romancing the Stone&quot; and it&#039;s sequel &quot;Jewel of the Nile.&quot;
- Awesome relationships don&#039;t require any work. In the first movie the romantic leads form a love based on having developed an intimate connection based on adventures shared and seeing/accepting the partner for who they are in all their glory and flaws. The sequel shows that after their &quot;happily ever after ending&quot; from the first film, their relationship isn&#039;t perfect, but in remembering why they fell in love and why they do love each other they fix/deal with their problems together. &quot;As long as the foundation (as in foundation of love) is good then everything else can be fixed.&quot; - &quot;The Money Pit&quot;

This is just my two cents open to be critiqued/criticized/laughed at/enjoyed/or just thought about. To quote Joan Wilder from &quot;Romancing the Stone&quot; - &quot;I&#039;m a HOPEFUL romantic.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is my attempt to explain all the &#8220;misconceptions&#8221; the study lists:</p>
<p>- Sex isn&#8217;t always perfect, it is the intimacy that is perfect, which translates to the sex BEING PERFECTED as the relationship grows (from all those movies that have a wise older couple that have been together forever, talking to one of the troubled partners).<br />
- Love at first sight isn&#8217;t the ideal, but rather a possibility that one should be open to experiencing (from movies where the lead has given up all hope in finding a love).<br />
- Love is predestined &#8211; in terms of karma, as in I am a good person who does kind acts out of the goodness of my heart, so I will be rewarded with my heart&#8217;s desire, someone who will love me for who I am (from all those movies where the lead is a good human being and just hasn&#8217;t had any luck in love).<br />
- If they are my true partner then they should know what I want/am thinking, without me having to tell them, comes from years of knowing each other, as when the poor friend on the side becomes the love interest because the lead and friend have gone through so much and are able to compliment each other so well (from all those movies where the best friends becoming true lovers of the leads (of course after the best friend grows a pair/summons up enough courage, to express his true feelings to the the romantic lead)).</p>
<p>The last I will try to explain is answered by two favorite romantic comedies &#8220;Romancing the Stone&#8221; and it&#8217;s sequel &#8220;Jewel of the Nile.&#8221;<br />
- Awesome relationships don&#8217;t require any work. In the first movie the romantic leads form a love based on having developed an intimate connection based on adventures shared and seeing/accepting the partner for who they are in all their glory and flaws. The sequel shows that after their &#8220;happily ever after ending&#8221; from the first film, their relationship isn&#8217;t perfect, but in remembering why they fell in love and why they do love each other they fix/deal with their problems together. &#8220;As long as the foundation (as in foundation of love) is good then everything else can be fixed.&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;The Money Pit&#8221;</p>
<p>This is just my two cents open to be critiqued/criticized/laughed at/enjoyed/or just thought about. To quote Joan Wilder from &#8220;Romancing the Stone&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;m a HOPEFUL romantic.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Eduardo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eduardo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got monumentally sidetracked in high school when a girl I was in love with decided that she&#039;d cherry pick themes from When Harry Met Sally and use them to avoid intimacy with me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got monumentally sidetracked in high school when a girl I was in love with decided that she&#8217;d cherry pick themes from When Harry Met Sally and use them to avoid intimacy with me.</p>
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