It takes balls to make a movie about rejection, failed relationships, and well.. reality. I went to watch (500) Days of Summer last night and I walked out of that theater feeling sadness, anger, and hope all in the same moment. After the opening credits, there is a disclaimer that this movie is purely fiction and that someone named Jenny Beckman is a bitch. Purely coincidentally, the whole time I was watching the movie, I felt like I was watching a movie about my
"I don't want to get over her, I want to get her back"
The feelings of love propels us to do crazy things, say crazy things. Hollywood, greeting cards, sappy songs all make us believe that we are suppose to be destined to have our soul mate out there. This vision of a "perfect love story" blurs us from seeing the obvious. Sometimes the obvious is that it won't work no matter how hard we try. We are gripping on to the good times we've had, but only remembering the good times in our relationship can not hold us together. Things happen, people come and go. Life happens. I wish I could have my fairy tale story, but before I can meet Mr. Prince Charming, I need to start acting like a princess. You are my knight and shinning armor, you've treated me like a princess giving me anything a girl could ever want and I thank you for that. But I acted nothing like a princess. As much as I would like for our love story to have a happy ending, life isn't like that. (500) Days of Summer is a story that believes in love, but it shows that relationships are far from magic, they are messy and complicated.
Day (530) thank you for the endless love you extended out to me. Your patience and respect. Thank you for teaching me to feel more. to be more.
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