Does love truly conquer all, or are those your rose-colored rationalizations speaking?
Here are six toxic popular rom-coms that may have been entertaining, but romanticize red flags in relationships.
Here are the top six rom-coms that in hindsight should have been given more of the side-eye.
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Ben does not wear a condom, and Alison ends up pregnant.
Talk about not being ready for a committed relationship, a family, or a baby.
Both their respective exes are also invited to the wedding, which makes for an impossibly uncomfortable situation.
Their friends and family also conspire to get them together.
The girls a disaster.
Shes a nothing.Excuse moi?
Bridget’s two love prospects are quite toxic in their own ways.
Whats with the rom-com male leads speaking so degradingly about the women theyre attracted to?
Despite being noncommittal at first, of course Emma realizes Adam is the love of her life.
If we had to choose, Mia and Harry stand out as one of the more heartwrenchingly toxic relationships.
A woman endures a surprise pregnancy with a one-night-stand.
The Holiday
The Holidayis another romcom that could benefit from a reevaluation.
They experience break-ups around the same time and decide they need to get away for the holidays.
Hostility makes for entertainment on screen, but not so much in real life.
Friends-with-benefits situationships are glamorized in unrealistic ways in No Strings Attached.
Love actually is toxic.
A man who doesn’t call women back after sleeping with them is unlikely to change for the “right woman.”
