The fine line between obsession and romance
Monday, February 5, 2007
Scenario: You meet a guy for the first time. He constantly stares at you and obviously can't get enough of what he's staring at. All of a sudden, he pops up wherever you are. He starts asking you out and a "no" won't suffice. Freaky? Well ordinarily, yes that would seem a tad bit scary but mask it up in a movie with a really cute guy playing the lead and it's turned into every girl's fantasy.I'm sure most of you have watched The Notebook. (yes, yes...we all now want our own Ryan Gosling but we can't have him because Rachel McAdams is a bitch and makes out with him whenever convenient) And I am 100% sure that most girls would kill to have Noah run after us, but if you really think about it, Noah was a stalker. In fact, a really creepy one. I mean, think about it. It seemed pretty romantic when Noah climbed the ferris wheel to score a date but picture it in real life. We'd be suing the guy for sexual harassment or something like that! And yet, here we are, wishing that our admirers would do such a thing for us claiming it's "romantic".
So let me ask you this: how thin is the line between obsession and romance? We girls considered The Notebook to be the ultimate romantic movie and yet all it really was was stalking/obsession with a little sex here and there. So should we really complain about stalkers and boys only wanting one thing? Because it seems to me that most girls want exactly that especially after hearing them gush about the movie.
Am I wrong?
