Could Romantic Movies be Ruining Your Love Life?

Romance movies, or romantic comedies, tend to make us feel all mushy gushy inside. Think Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, Titanic and Jerry Maguire. These movies are sure to make a girl melt. Every girl's dream is for a guy to look her in the eyes and say, "You complete me." Are these movies unrealistic?

Picture this. It's Friday night and you're trying to select a movie both you and your honey can watch together. This could be a recipe for a disaster. Guys, you probably cringe every time a guy does something so (unrealistically) sweet for a girl in a movie it turns your stomach. You're probably just waiting for her to turn to you and say, "Why don't you ever do anything like that?"

And ladies, even if you don't ask your man why he's not romantic like the guy in the movie, you know you're thinking it. Not only are you thinking it, but you may even be feeling a little resentment because he's not! Maybe you're even subconsciously (or consciously) hoping it'll somehow make him want to do something romantic for you as well.

Be honest, ladies. You know you have - at least once - after watching a romantic movie asked, "Why can't I find a guy like that?" Well, here's your answer - a guy like that doesn't exist! He's too busy watching football and playing video games. He has no interest in running along the shoreline on the beach hand in hand with you or kissing you passionately in the pouring rain.

Additionally, romance movies have somehow trained us women to believe if we leave a man, he'll come running back to us by professing his love on radio, TV, a company gathering or in a classroom. It's just not going to happen.

And for the single ladies who like to watch romantic movies, why are you putting yourself through that torture? So you can wallow in self-pity dreaming about a guy who doesn't exist to come in to your life, sweep you off your feet?

If we watch too many romance movies, we may never find anyone who is able to fulfill our needs and meet our expectations when it comes to love. Most women (if not all) feel as if the man in their life isn't romantic enough. Toss in a few romance movies into the mix, it makes him look even worse. He'll just never be good enough.