Have you ever gone to see a movie and sat there thinking the entire time, “Wow this is the story of my life?” Well, I never had until I saw Something Borrowed (Amazon) and sadly, it was like watching my love life flash before my eyes. (Minus the lawyer job, living in NYC and the age).
Movie plot: (Thanks to the back of my DVD case). Rachel is a generous and loyal pal to her engaged best friend Darcy. But after celebrating her 30 birthday, perpetual good girl Rachel unexpectedly ends up in the arms of Dex, the guys shes had a crush on since law school and who happens to be Darcy’s fiance. In the frantic weeks leading up to Darcy’s wedding, Rachel finds herself caught between her longtime friendship with Darcy and the prospect of losing the love of her life.
My love life: I met Aiden my sophomore year of high school. (I’m now a sophomore in college). We were best friends for a year and then started to date. Well we fell in love and then life got in the way, and we broke up. Senior year we became really close again and started talking, but we were both taken. Well this summer, the day before my birthday, we started talking and realized that we felt the same way about each other. Problem? I was engaged. Well we ended up acting on those feelings for three months. Then the day I went to tell him that I broke things off with fiance, I learned that he was now taken.
I’m not sure if I even have the right to be mad seeing as I was taken, but I was practically dating him at the same time. I feel terrible about what I did and my fiance and I are still very close friends. Aiden keeps acting like nothing has changed. He keeps telling me how much he misses me and then I see things on Facebook about how much fun he and his girlfriend are having.
What would you do if you were in my situation, Lovelies? Have you ever watched a movie that had a plot similar to your life?
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That sounds like a sticky situation you were in, I’m sorry
The movie that’s identical to my love life(s) is 500 Days of Summer, with me being Summer.
daisy / 599 posts
I was so intrigued by this movie because you don’t ever see movies portray this point of view. It’s always, “He’s engaged, so it can never be, move on.” and I have always thought, “Damn that’s not real life.” Real life is when you fall for a guy and you know he’s about to marry the wrong girl and you feel like a fool for letting it happen and not speaking up about your feelings. You know what is right in your heart but everyone else just sees you as a homewrecker. I’ve been there. This movie is very realistic.
daffodil / 1525 posts
*say your life story is something borrowed*
*not expect people to look down on you*
>>wat
cherry blossom / 46 posts
Definitely 500 Days of Summer. Me being Tom and Summer in different situations.
Also I probably shouldn’t admit this over the internet but the Disney version of Hercules too. I love Meg. UGH I KNOW I’M LAME OKAY BYE
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@woundedrhymes@xanga - woah, same.
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500 Days of Summer, however just not so long. But yeah. Every single time I watch it, I am hit by how similar it is to my situation. Fuck, I’ll probably watch it when I’m depressed tomorrow lol
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Mine is like a Hilary Duff movie, or even worse an ABC Family made for TV movie…
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not identical but i can be related to reese witherspoon’s movie ” how do you know”
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Aww man, I’m sorry. That sounds like a terrible situation to be in. Great movie though. Haha(?). The movie No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher is the story of my love life…except I didn’t get the guy in the end. It’s unfortunate. I still kick myself every day about it too.
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My life is 27 Dresses. I’m only on my 7th dress though. Twenty more to go… Lame.
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That’s tough. But honestly, if a guy is willing to cheat with you then how do you know that he won’t cheat on you?
I’d say, move on with your life. Take this as a lesson learned and start fresh with someone else. He’s taken and really, you shouldn’t have to convince someone to be with you. If the love is there, it’s there. It’s not a choice, it’s that person or no one. If he really wanted to be with you, then he would be.
Don’t become the ‘other woman’ in this scenario.
Good luck
sunflower / 437 posts
the movie that suits my love life most is… hang on a second, i don’t have a love life.
so not a movie, but megan fox’s career in 3 years.
magnolia / 1357 posts
What movie exemplifies my love life? I have no clue.
I have a perfect boyfriend. Perfect… but I get bored because he never wants to go out, he never wants to be with his friends, he never wants to be with my friends, it’s only me. We’ve talked about it and we do go out more often than before, but it’s been a year since that talk and it’s like the cycle is repeating itself. And I feel like I cannot leave him because of the pressure I get from my mother (who one year ago literally ordered me to not break up with him) and my family… “Oh, you’ll get married right after you graduate” “Do you have a date yet?” “When is he going to give you a ring?”
I don’t know…. I guess I am just afraid of being stuck in my home for the rest of life because he just doesn’t want to socialize… I am afraid of being alone at parties, while all my friends are with their SO’s… I am afraid of what my family would say if I were to leave him.
You know, I never actually said “yes” when he asked me to be his girlfriend. That should’ve been my first clue, huh?
But then again, he’s just so perfect. He’s smart (albeit, he’s not well read AT ALL), he has a good job (which he doesn’t love, but he’s comfortable in it and that worries me), he gets along pretty well with my family…..
magnolia / 1055 posts
every time I was a romantic movie, I always think about my relationship
hydrangea / 54 posts
Thanks ladies and I loved reading yalls stories
aiden and i are no longer working things out. I finally stood up for myself and told him to quit trying to string me along and make a choice and he chose to not answer and disappear from my life so i say aidos jerk! im better off anyways.
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so far, my love life is The Notebook status. I literally have a Noah and a Lon. Not good and hopefully i wont lose my memory.
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Hum my first ex would be He’s Just Not That Into You. For my recent ex, any cheating movie would do.
tulip / 7 posts
my love life movie is Before Sunset. the exact same thing happened to me, execpt i don’t live in paris.
magnolia / 1066 posts
I can’t think of a movie that follows my life, but if I were you I’d cut this guy off. Seriously, it sounds to me like you’re his “fall back” option and that’s not healthy.
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I want my love life to be like Away We Go
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In some ways, my husband’s and my story closely resembles The Notebook.
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I’d say me and boyfriend’s life is kinda like The Note book but only with some parts not all of it. Like neither of us got engaged to someone else or anything.
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The Holiday…well, the plot of the movie isn’t like my life but Kate Winslet’s character, Iris, is me. I was in love, for who knows how many years, with someone who would not love me back, even though we were kinda together. She gets along so well with old people, like I do, and she lives in an adorable country cottage with a dog, something I would love. She is me. LOL
orchid / 174 posts
Boy he sounds like a real winner. And as for movies and my life, I’m going to have to say my life qualifies as more of the “It’s Complicated” type, or the “P.S. I Love You” without my ex actually dying, just leaving… Or possibly “New Moon” from the Twilight series. Because lately, my love life doesn’t seem to happen like “The Notebook” or “One Day” (great movie) or anything fun like that.
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hehehe…. “youve got mail” sums up my life….
i so want my love life to be like water for elephants! *swoons*
peony / 1 posts
i was thinking the same thing when i watched this movie! basically the story of my highschool crush who i have like for four years now. he’ s much more popular than me and i always think to myself theres no way a guy like him would like me (just like rachel) but then sometimes its just obvious that we both have feelings for each other just neither of us ever want to say anything. we talk about school but i know theres something more i always catching him watching me with those eyes, i get those gitty feelings, even a friend of his told me a while back he liked me but i never thought anything of it because like i said why would he like me? im just so afraid if i never say anything im gonna regret it JUST LIKEE THIS MOVIE they both thought the other one didnt like them which ended up in them going their separate wayss! ahhh what should i do im just so afraid, but i know he’s the only guy i will ever be so in love with