Lets face it.. in high school, most teenagers have no idea what they want in a significant other! I remember having crushes on the craziest guys in high school and I looked back and wondered how I even had feelings towards those "Immature boys". This post may relate more to girls than guys, but do any of you remember falling head over heels for a guy and they were nothing like you? They didn't dress like you, didn't hangout in the same group as you, but something pulled you in. The mystery of it.. who could this person be? Possibly the man of your dreams, or at least thats what your mind is imaging.
In a Walk to Remember, Mandy Moore is the sweetest and most modest Christian girl in school, and Shane West is the rebellious kid who seems to have no morals, yet they end up together. It takes people into a situation that will likely never happen. I am a Christian and I am more reserved than most people today with dating. If I saw a guy like Shane West try to win me over, I would be incredibly enthralled, yet also cautious. The reason I would be enthralled is because how often does this happen? The guy you thought was an absolute jerk off that ignored or made fun of you, turns out to be crazy in love with you? When I watch this movie I always think about Mandy and how she has to secretly love the attention and love that this guy is changing his whole life just for her. Shane ends up ditching his “cool friends” for Mandy and makes her his WHOLE world. I’m pretty sure this is every girl’s fantasy. Shane turns out to be the perfect man and treats Mandy like an angel until she passed away from leukemia.
For us women today, this dream of having a man do this to us is completely dead. I’m not sure it was ever alive in the first place? Deep in our hearts we desire to be swept off our feet by the mystery man who turns out to be prince charming. But until then, I’ll snuggle up with my girlfriends, grab some popcorn, and watch A Walk to Remember.
I totally agree with you! As a girl, we always want to be the one that the unexpected guys go for. We want to see if we can change them and make them a "better" guy. We want that fantasy. We want romantic comedy moments and the make-your-heart-melt movie scenes. I think it is because we are girls and let's face it - we long for those moments. We want that perfect relationship and that perfect boyfriend.
ReplyDeleteI agree as well. I'm the good christian girl too and can relate to so many girls in movies like Mandy in a Walk to Remember or Sandy from Greece. It's the fantasy of the good girl and the bad boy, the most unexpected couple. For the person them self, it's new and different and both of them are introduced to the other persons point of view. Just like when Sandy and Danny switch styles in the end of Greece in order to be even more appreciated by the other person.
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