2 Hour Love

I’m a big movie fanatic especially when it comes to romantic so-called “chick flixs” where guy meets girl, guy falls in love with girl, and then they live happily ever after! You know those fantasy fairy tales that are conveyed through the movie screen to illustrate to us, the viewers, that love is so easily attainable. I mean don’t get me wrong, there are some obstacles, conflicts, and problems that couples in these movies face. There is also the big climax of the movie where something so big happens to the couple and for a slight second the viewers believe that the relationship is over, but miraculously they overcome that stumbling block and then they live happily ever after.

One of my favorite movies is “How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days”. It is about a young writer who takes up a new assignment on how to lose a guy. She does everything that a woman could do to drive a man to leave her in ten days. However, in between all of the tricks and conniving plots to get rid of the guy, the girl ends up falling in love with the man. But get this -all of this happens in just ten days! Cute huh? Yeah right. This is just one of many movies that exemplify this “2 Hour Love” that the media is constantly portraying to young naïve viewers such as me (I must admit).
Love – the strongest four letter word that could be uttered to describe or explain a feeling. But what is LOVE really all about? This, to me, is the hardest feeling to actually comprehend or describe in words. However, this is not what is portrayed in media through movies. This is why I can not blame the young girls who walk around, proclaiming to be ‘in love” at the age of seventeen because her “man” made her picture his icon on AIM and dedicated his away message to her. Better yet, because her man put her on his top four on Myspace. Television love is easy and quick to attain because a movie is only allotted a two hour slot to get the point across. So of course we, the viewers, do not get to see the struggles, fights, arguments, compromises, sacrifices, dedication and commitments that are necessary to build a strong relationship that will eventually lead to “real love”. I believe this is why young girls are willing to settle and deal with the nonsense that must guys are feeding them because they want to believe it is “love”.

You see the hardest thing to do, I believe, is to decipher LOVE from LUST. Do not get me wrong, I am not calling myself an expert in this area because I still define “real love” as a man who will give me $800 monthly allowance, pay my car note, car insurance, rent, phone bill, and let me spend money just because! All I am saying is that young ladies should not “believe the hype” but rather to take the time to find “real love”.

Charlie