You see yourself in them as the obstacles come and reduce them to tears.
You want them to triumph, to experience neverending bliss.
Then you imagine yourself on screen, kissing your love interest as the leaves dance around your feet.
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However, good rom-coms dont always have realistic characters.
Take these seven couples, for example.
They dont stand a chance theyre too toxic but they still got together in the end.
Andie & Ben inHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
These two genuinely hated each other.
They even sang about it, loudly, in public.
And yet, they were so hot that they couldnt escape each others pull.
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They kissed, etc.
But at what cost?
They manipulated each other for almost their entire relationship.
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And were supposed to believe that their physical perfection trounced all the emotional pain that they caused each other?
Will this couple still feel the heat when the games stop and domestic bliss casts its mighty pall?
What is Juliet going to do?
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She just ran out into the street to kiss her husbands best friend Mark because what?
he glued an image of her rotting corpse to poster paper?
And now shes going to enjoy married life as if nothing happened?
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Something juicys about to go down with Juliet, Mark, and her husband Peter.
Well, not the having a son part presumably a lifelong condition but the being married thing.
I know this trilogy draws inspiration fromPride and Prejudice, but havent men learned anything in 230 years?
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This woman needs a man with sense and 21st-century sensibilities.
Jamie & Aurelia inLove Actually
Are you surprised thatLove Actuallyis on here twice?
Yeah, Ill say it: Jamie and Aurelia are doomed.
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These are important conversations.
Its about cliques and classism and confessions standard coming-of-age rom-com fare.
Hes going to grow up to become a used car salesman.
Carrie & Charles inFour Weddings & a Funeral
Is it still raining?
I hadnt noticed is one of the most iconically bad line readings in movie history.
Additionally, Carrie who utters the line is one of the most toxic, noncommittal heroines in rom-com history.
She only becomes interested in Charles after he gets engaged.
Charles, for his part, is just as bad!
These two are going to cheat on each other before Sunday.
