I watch too many romantic movies!

I thought if anyone could understand this, it would some some of the ladies on this board!  Last night, The Holiday was on TV and I watched it for about the 100th time eventhough it slightly depresses me everytime. 

I have just come back from a week in England with my boyfriend and during the entire last morning that we spent together, I kept thinking of what the couple would do in one of those cheesy romantic movies: When we were cuddling on the couch just five minutes before we had to leave for the airport, the movie version of me would have wiped the tears from her eyes, gotten up, walked her suitcase back upstairs and unpacked it refusing to leave.  When we were driving to the airport, the movie him would have turned around just before getting on the M25 to Heathrow and just drove home without saying a word.  When I had just turned my back on him to go through the security line, the movie him would have yelled "wait!" and I would have run back to him. When I was sitting on the plane looking out the window, the movie me would have jumped up from her seat and ran out of the plane pushing everyone out of her way to find him still there waiting for me.

Of course none of those things happened, the real me cried for the 5 minutes before we were supposed to leave, he kept driving, I went through security uninterupted and I cried some more when the plane took off to take me back home.

Why was I talking about this??... oh yeah, The Holiday.  Cameron Diaz got to do exactly what I wanted to do TWICE in one movie.  She went to Heathrow the first time and gave up so she could go back to meet Jude Law in the pub.  Then she stopped the driver ("turn around, turn around!") and ran back in the house ("why would I leave before New Years Eve?") into the arms of crybaby Jude. (sigh) Hmph. I hate that movie.

I could have just outted myself as slightly insane, or maybe I'm not the only one who wishes just once she could have her own romantic movie moment...

O my...this post is fantastic! I felt exactly the same way when I left last time! hahahaa I had a vision that I ran off the plane grab a taxi..... would pull up outside of our house and he would be looking out the window and run to meet me at the door... and I would run to him crying saying I just couldn't leave.  Unfortuantely those are movies.  Wouldn't it be nice to jet halfway accross the world everytime I had a bad day? Jeez now I am kind of depressed too  stupid movie

LOL I knew you would understand Jamie!

Oh NO Mirrajay I feel a romantic video bottle o wine and pizza kind of night coming on  hahahahha

I completely agree with this thread...I just watched The Holiday the other day and at the end when she runs back to him and stays...I got a little bitter towards her...because there are so many times I wanted to stay...and how can she just decide to stay without going thru the visa process like the rest of us hehee....and then I cried like a baby at the end because it is soooo romantic and I secretly wished I was her...everytime I leave my fiance at the airport heheh

I knew I couldnt be the only one who thinks like this. Welcome to our little club, Jep   One day, after I have moved to England, I'm going to get all the movies that have moments like this in them and watch them all and finally not be so bitter b/c I dont have to leave anymore! 

mirrajay the day you get all those movies Jamieem and I will come over and we will all watch together and not be so bitter together    it will be a wonderful day hehe

Hooray! I am looking forward to that!

   this post made me smile....

I always thought of things like that when we had our "airport moments." We would always say things like "turn the car around" yet neither of us could ever give in to it.  Real life says "I only have this many days holiday from work" or "If I change my flight it will cost a fortune."  We even looked into changing his flight once and he would call and say his flight was cancelled, blah blah, but I think it was about $1000 extra to do that, so we had to stick with what we had.  Of course, we had already changed the connecting flight, and then had to change it back to the original flight, so our whimsy ended up costing us £157.  *sigh* They always have money for these things in the movies, don't they??  It always ended the same way, me sitting in the car crying as he walked into the airport alone, then him turning back and running to the car for one last hug, then me sitting and crying in the car, I think I spent more time crying my eyes out at DFW airport than anywhere else in the world.  So glad those times are over now!   

After reading this post, I am sooooo glad I never watched that movie back then! 

Yay Julia! The more I hear happy ending stories like yours (and Jamie's soon!), the less I hate Cameron Diaz    Glad you and you beau are finally together!

I LOVE your quote - all you need is love...and a visa.  That is perfect!

The best would've been if you were on the plane crying, then the Wedding Singer thing would happen... he would start singing to you from First Class, and come back to coach and you would cry with happiness.... because you get to go to First Class..... LOL!!!   
I kept thinking something would go wrong, couldn't believe my fairy tale could come true, but it did, and it will happen for you, too!!   

hahaha I forgot about the Wedding Singer that is fantastic hahha Julia Gulia  classic...gosh those flights are so long first class what an idea

OK, so many things to comment on in this thread! 

1- Wedding Singer!! Love it! Julia Gulia is the best movie name ever!! LOL

2- HOLIDAY- Holy freaking cow. I love this movie. I even get over my Cameron Diaz hatred (she's so annoying!!) to watch this movie. Jude Law- *sigh* I love every moment in this film. I watch it often! Hopefully one day soon, it will be me staying over in England... 

3- Congrats to all of you who've made the fairytale come true! It gives the rest of folks hope!

Yay!  Gottagettolondon joins the club too!  Is your guy in London proper?  Where are you in the immigration process?

Julia, Give us the your romantic movie story... How did you meet? How long were you together before you moved to England? How long have you been there?

Sigh....

I've thought this so many times.

The last time I was leaving N.Ireland (beginning of August), I cried for the entire drive from Co. Down to Dublin. And off and on for three days before actually leaving.  We get to the airport and I am BARELY holding it together. I get to the Aer Lingus desk and go to check in and she says "your gate closes in two minutes." and I gave her this look like "...what does that mean?!" and she says to me "there's no guarantee you'll make your flight. The gate's a 15 minute walk".

I then had to say a very rushed/half-assed/heartbreaking goodbye to my boyfriend. It was like I was being ripped away. I had to hurry myself through security and sprint to my gate in order to make my flight.

Halfway to the gate it was seeming like there was no way I'd miss the flight, and thoughts started to go through my head like "in the movies the girl would just turn around and go back and never leave. this is pointless. i'm going to miss the flight anyway. go back." And I just couldn't. It wasn't practical. And I robably would have been arrested for trying to go back through security.

If only...

It never helps when the airlines insist on playing chick flicks on the flight home.  Talk about salt in the wound...