Saturday, 04 October 2008

  • Is Your BF/GF Too Good for You?

    My_best_friends_girlMr. Giraffe

    Last Wednesday, I saw My Best Friend's Girl. I expected almost nothing from it and was pleasantly surprised. Kate Hudson and Dane Cook had an effortless chemistry and the jokes were laugh out loud. Of course, God, I mean, Alec Baldwin, was also in it and he is a rock star.

    The film actually made some good points about being in a successful relationship. Alec Baldwin's character, Prof. Turner, tells his son (played by Cook) to ask himself two questions:

    1. Is she the best it is going to get for me?
    2. Am I the best it is going to get for her?

    If you say yes to both, Baldwin's character says, then you are in a good, healthy relationship. If either of those answers is no, then some work needs to be done. Considering MBFG is a rather vulgar comedy, I was not expecting such a smart look at love.

    The problem in these questions, however, is often we put our partners up on a pedestal. "I don't deserve him." "She's too good for me." So, I want your opinion. Can we ever be good enough for our lovers?

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Comments (28)

  • emptyspiral@xanga

    whelp, i thought mah intarweb gf wuz too good for me, n' she liek dumped me later on, weepweepweep
  • shillyshara@xanga

    I know I don't deserve to be dating the awesome man God has given me, but I do thank Him daily for allowing us to learn from each other and to love each other. It's such a privilege to be a part of his life, and I think he feels the same way about me. :)
  • BroadwayBound93@xanga

    Well, I don't have much insight into this, but it seems like most of the guys I go after are "out of my league".

    I mean, really, the last guy I liked was amazingly smart, trilingual, had similar views as me, and he wasn't terrible to look at, either.

    So, naturally, he only dates the pretty populars.
    So, I have a question:
    Do they need to lower their standards
    or
    do I?

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