at the moment i know of 10 engaged couples- that is a lot. i just finished reading a great book, and the best character , Holly, falls in love with Tom, her upstairs neighbour, but thinks it'll never happen cos he has a girlfriend, and gets engaged. she suspects he likes her too but nothing ever properly happens btwn them, then she runs out of his engagement party and doesnt see him for like, 5 weeks. in the end he breaks off his engagement and has known he has loved her, almost since they met. so the girl gets the guy. Stella, the oldest sister falls in love too, but with a divorced guy who;s kids hate her. in the end she bonds with them, becomes pregnant, and they live happily ever after. the girl gets the guy. The other sister Tara has been 6 months married to Finn, and discovers he has an alcohol addiction. she cant cope with their failing marriage and sleeps with a guy from work; Finn leaves her and finally, he comes home, they forgive each other, and the girl gets the guy.
in books the girl always gets the guy. thats why people love to read novels- nice things happen, bad things happen, and then everything works out. because life isnt like that. people have to resort to fantasy and fiction to satisfy themselves and their own wishes. characters in books always forgive each other and they rarely portray more realistic occassions where someone is devastated forever, and even tho they appear happy, deep down they're always insecure or hurt or destroyed. its scary how much things we do and say can impact other people. like how saying yes or no to something can change everything forever. Sliding Doors shows both outcomes of the main character catching a train or not. if only we could do that and fast fwd real life, then rewind so that no-one else knew or would get hurt. then we could choose wisely, altho maybe we'd still choose a way that hurt someone less than it satisifed yourself. im not usually a 'what-if ' kinda person, but sometimes i wonder...
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