I thought it would be fun to rent a chick flick, I am without a husband ya know! I put the kids to bed and giggled as I grabbed a bottle of Chardonney, a glass, a bag of chocolate truffles, the movie and my cell phone. I was ready for a no thinking, just watching movie that I could get lost in and have no worries of the world around me.
So there I was, sipping my glass of wine, savoring chocolate, all the while my yorkie was laying in my lap - are you kidding me? What is going on?
The hilarity of sitting there as a female with all the cliches was almost depressing yet relaxing all at the same time. How many chick flicks will I be able to watch over the next year without having to beg John into watching them with me? Actually how many times has he ever complained about snuggling up with me to watch a romance movie or at least a romantic comedy? NEVER!
It hit me in the last 20 minutes of the movie that I would not be with John for a year - a year! It flooded over me so powerfully that I lost my breath and my vision blurred. What am I going to do? I am going to stand up straight, put on a smile and deal with every hand that is dealt. I have friends that surround me and family that stands behind me so that the road before me should be smooth with very few bumps.
The cliche of a chick flick is evident - the dream of perfection in life and romance - why do we, as females, crave this so much? Especially when the majority of the time - it is within our grasps and we don't even know it. The good thing, for me, I know it, I am the luckiest woman - I have a man that is caring, strong, loving, nuturing and funny - all the qualities you find in the leading man of every chick flick.
Here is to a girl night out!
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