film irks

There are certain things that happen in films/shows that drive me bonkers.

1. Blanket tuck in.
Character A will walk in to see Character B asleep either on a couch, chair, or somewhere they don't normally sleep. Character A will then cover Character B with a blanket. Somehow this is always supposed to convey how much Character A cares about Character B. Often the characters will have been at odds or one might be questioning the other's love.

2. Bad-ass hospital patient.
The doctor tells his patient that she has internal bleeding, punctured lungs and a cracked spleen and will need lots of time lying in bed to heal. The patient then immediately tries to rip out her iv, get out of bed and go home to clean her kitchen.

3. Promise statements.
Adults, parents, detectives, doctors, people in uniform are most guilty of this. In the most critical moment they say "I promise" to..... bring them back, find the lost person, save their life through surgery. Usually they break their promise because it was outside of their power.

4. Love story misunderstandings.
Sam falls in love with Carol and their love story is unfolding and going so well. Then Sam buys Carol yellow roses because he loves her. Carol know that yellow roses mean friendship not love, so she cries a lot. Carol feels betrayed because she thought they were headed towards marriage. Sam can't figure out why Carol won't answer his calls. The next hour is spent watching their misunderstanding spiral out of control.

Take away lessons:

1. If you want someone to know you care about them, wait until they fall asleep with no covers on and then gently place a blanket over them. To show you really love them, tuck the blanket right up under their chin. If you prefer a more unique, less common way to show them, buy them a chocolate bar, give them a neck nuzzle or wash their car.

2. If a doctor tells you not to get out of bed and to focus on getting better, you have two choices. First you could pretend to be Wonder Woman, throw back your covers and go clean your house. Or secondly, you could just lie back and request the nurse to get you a cherry icey. It is good to remember that you are human and sometimes will feel weak.

3. It is good to know your limits before you make a promise. That way you avoid hurting others or placing unrealistic expectations on yourself.

4. When falling in love, expect misunderstandings. When you first notice one, stop, drop everything and fix that little misunderstanding before it spirals out of control huge and ruins things. Also a lot of people (girls) know the meanings behind certain flowers.

Lessons put into a slogan:

1. If you love them, tuck them in!
2. Be human!
3. Promise not to promise!
4. If at first she misunderstands, try try again!

Baffled.

Three things that baffled me as a child:

• that a man could marry a woman that was taller than him
• that banana was really spelled like that
• how coupons worked

At a wedding I went to, the man was a good 7 inches shorter than his wife and I was mesmerized by them. My real life and Barbie/Ken examples had only modeled the "guy taller than the woman" option.

I remember being exasperated about all the words I didn't know how to spell and I was begrudgingly filling out a crossword puzzle from Highlights, when the answer for 5 across was banana. My mom said to spell it out as best I could, so I was saying "B - a" and started to get frustrated and said  "n - a - n - a" knowing full well that no word had that many repetitive letters. My mom said I was right and it became my new favorite word.

When I was five I cut out pictures of a set of Christmas dishes from a Penny's catalog. I thought I could just take in my coupons to the store, show them the pictures and get the whole dish set for my Mom for Christmas.