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Edison 2022-04-19 09:02:43

Not very new, set in the UK, lighthearted romantic comedy.
The heroine, Jacks, is a small assistant for the fashion magazine vogue. She lives fairly happily. She has three close friends with charm - a gay man who has always dreamed of becoming a playwright, a poor poetess with a wealthy family and a messed up life, and another There is an artist who does some weird performance art.
After Jacks broke up with his ex-boyfriend, he still maintained a sexual relationship with him. She said he was tasteful, handsome, rich, was nice to her, and had a lot of face to take out, but she just couldn't love him. (This financier man is also very cautious. Could it be that we all do finance like this...) She just felt that she owed him, so she was always connected. She didn't have the courage to say to the financier man, I want to end.
Well, it's like this. In big cities, what people fear most is loneliness. So sometimes I feel that it is better to have someone around than no one. And feelings sometimes become a fixed pattern. Even if you feel that it is not right or not, you have no courage to break the already accustomed pattern. (By the way, I personally think that financial men are not handsome, and they are a bit wretched.)
Jacks' Argentine handsome husband
is actually handsome, but he is talented~~ And Jacks also said that being with him is very safe. A sense of security sounds like an illusory word, but men, this feeling does exist. Some men, you know that you can rest assured when you are with him. It is also safe to close your eyes and follow him on the busy street. Even if you gain 20 pounds with a few more wrinkles on your face, he will think you are the cutest. Some men make women feel insecure.
The story of
a gay man One day, a gay man met an artist-like man in a hotel. He fell in love with him at first sight. Finally, let him find it, but the man is very superficial and has no common language with him. Poor Xiaoshou, the chrysanthemums are yellow, and the ground is fragrant... At this time, he realized that the man he confessed to was the one who really understood him. So he bravely issued an invitation to the man and achieved a good relationship.
Does appearance matter in love? The answer is of course yes. But a superficial and empty soul and a wrong character are the enemy of love. Like me, I can't stand a man who is too outgoing and feels too good about himself... ah, the female writer type of me.
The story of the crappy poetess
is lucky to have a rich mother. So she could write crappy poetry and walk around in a mink coat. She fell in love with a black man, just a black body. Who else can maintain an erection 24 hours a day, she said? Black buddies want to take her out for a ride, and she refuses because she doesn't get in a car that's worth less than her wallet. The black dude broke up with her angrily, she cried so hard, she said she really loved him.
In short, atypically confused woman. But then I got along with the financial guy, maybe they are the same class. Middle class, needs love and care, but doesn't care who that person is. Their souls are buried deep beneath the material. -- In fact, when it comes to this, I am suddenly a little worried, whether you and I will finally go down the fork, and gradually tiptoe back and disappear. No matter how hard I try to keep us in step, can't I escape the turbulent vortex of fate in the end?

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  • Alexys 2022-04-23 07:03:57

    Fresh and humorous. Love its interpretations and metaphors for "real" and "artifical" (or life and film, reality and daydream). In London fashion, life is surrounded by the media (a girl who identifies herself as the protagonist of "Breakfast at Tiffany's"). I love this unconventional plot. Unfortunately, there are too many points and the structure is a bit cumbersome. The male and female protagonists are very match! Glad it didn't give you what you expected, but it did give you the expected relaxing pleasure.

  • Dylan 2022-01-16 08:02:44

    Forgive me for remembering that Daisy who hanged herself. / The girl is still pretty blonde

Love and Other Disasters quotes

  • Emily 'Jacks' Jackson: So stop living your life like you're in some kind of a movie.

    Peter Simon: Excuse me?

    Emily 'Jacks' Jackson: Stop trying to cast your true love instead of just meeting him.

    Peter Simon: When I meet him, I'll know.

    Emily 'Jacks' Jackson: I'm not so sure. Love isn't always a lightning bolt, you know? Maybe sometimes it's just a choice.

    Peter Simon: Well, that's easy for you to say! You're flying to Argentina to meet the love of your life!

    Emily 'Jacks' Jackson: That's just it. I don't know that Paolo's the love of my life, but I've decided to give him the chance to be. Maybe true love is a decision. You know, a decision to take a chance with somebody, to give to somebody without worrying whether they'll give anything back, or if they're gonna hurt you, or if they really are the one. Maybe love isn't something that happens to you. Maybe it's something you have to choose.

    Peter Simon: So what do I do?

    Emily 'Jacks' Jackson: Well, you could start by putting all of those fantasies of true love where they belong, into your work of fiction.

  • Emily 'Jacks' Jackson: ...We can't have you all alone in London on a Friday night.

    Paolo Sarmiento: You make me sound like an exchange student.