A Woman’s Life in Romantic Comedies

Romantic Comedies - we’ve established that they don’t mirror reality, we know they’re formulaic and unrealistic, but it really takes a sarcastic rundown of a woman’s life as seen through romantic comedies to realise: Watch romantic comedies, laugh and cry at them all you like, but – pretty please – do NOT base your plans, ambitions and dreams as a woman on romantic comedies or your life will be a bad romantic comedy joke!

See for yourself what a woman’s life in romantic comedies would look like….

4 Totally Unrealistic Romantic Phantasies from Totally Unrealistic Romantic Comedies

Maybe you’ve read about the study that “proves” romantic comedies harm real romances, because they encourage unrealistic expectations. On the one hand, that’s true. On the other hand, we didn’t need a study to tell us that romantic comedies are pretty unrealistic. But admittedly, some romantic comedies do prompt unrealistic romantic phantasies. For instance?

- Wouldn’t it be totally romantic to have accident-induced amnesia, so your boyfriend has to make you fall in love with him again every day, like in 50 First Dates?

- Wouldn’t it be totally romantic to fall in love with the auditor checking your bookkeeping due to tax evasion, like in Stranger than Fiction? Read more