Some Things Never Change

So as I was saying Marianne is not into Edward as a romantic hero.

Here is a list of Edward’s shortcomings according to Marianne

• He’s not handsome enough
• Doesn’t have the right airs or manners.
• He is tame with no fire (i.e. too much of a nice guy)
• No taste in music
• Doesn’t know anything about art
• He’s not exciting

Now who does Marianne sound like? An average teenage girl.

Yep, this book came out around 200 years ago, yet it is as relevant as today. Does that surprise you?

Let’s take a closer look at what she wants in a guy. First of all she doesn’t like Edward because he isn’t handsome enough. Now there are teenage girls who prefer substance over looks, I have to admit I was one as I liked guys who weren’t the hottest ones in school, but most young girls it’s what they see on the outside. I mean think about the guy in your high school that everyone wanted to date? Were they a nice person? Most of you will answer that as no. Nope, they tended to be all about themself.

Now I’m not saying you won’t be able to find a hot nice guy, I’m just saying that sadly most girls don’t realize until after they have had their heart broken that looks are not as important as what is on the inside of a person.

Yep, the heart or soul of a person is the most important thing.

Marianne is also not into Edward because instead of showing fire and spirit, his eyes only show intelligence and virtue. You see Marianne doesn’t want a smart, nice boy. Nope, she wants that bad boy.

Now having that bad boy can be exciting and all, but when push comes to shove they won’t care about what’s best for you but what’s best for them. Their crazy adventures will end up causing trouble for you, the “exciting” impulsive life will eventually become a bore, and their free spirit will become commitment phobia. Sadly, most young girls fall for this kind of “love” 9really attraction) instead of going with someone who is stable, reliable, and an all around guy good for you.

And those are the guys that are the best.

Marianne is also upset at his supposed disinterest in books and music.

“I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in ever point coincide with my own. He must enter into all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both.”

Now I’ll be the first to say that I love movies, books, and music.

But is that really what you want to base your relationship solely on?

Now I’m not saying it isn’t important. I mean I love reading, it is such a part of me:

And we all know my stance on film:

And music…well

But that isn’t what I base a whole relationship on. The person has to read, but what they read isn’t as important as the fact that they are doing it. Loving film and having the ability to marathon is definitely needed as I like to do that as well. Having some similar tastes in music, mostly in they have to be willing to listen to my oldies and classics. But all this is superficial. What is more important is how they treat you.

Do they see you as equal or belittle you? Do they value your opinions or not care what you think about? Are they willing to value you and your time together or do they not care as they could get “any old girl”? Do they share the same values?

Hmm

True back in Regency era, they didn’t really care about that. It was more about bloodlines, dowries, etc. But this should be the way it is. As a person of any age looking for the perfect guy, you need to make sure that you push through the superficial, outer layer and look instead at what is underneath. See what truly makes up that person. Or else you will learn the hard way and get your heart incredibly crushed (or worse) in the process.

Remember:

So how does this turn out for Marianne?

You’ll just have to wait and see.

For more on Marianne Dashwood, go to Sisterly Roles

For more on Sense and Sensibility, go to To Edward or Not to Edward?

For more on being old fashioned, go to Treat Her Right

For more quotes, go to Adventure Time

That Darn Cat

Day 16) A Disney Movie that Makes You Laugh

That Darn Cat (1965)

This film is hilarious!!! It is one of my all-time favorite films!

So the film is about two sisters, Ingrid (Dorothy Provine) and Patricia “Patti” Randall (Hayley Mills), and their siamese cat, D.C or otherwise known as  Darn Cat (Disney using darn in place of d****). Their parents are touring Europe this summer, leaving Ingrid in charge of the house and her teenage sister, Patti. The two leave simple lives, Ingrid works in an office and is to interested in a fellow co-worker, Gregory Benson (Roddy McDowell) who gives her free rides to work. Patti is disatisfied with her relationship with her unromntic boyfriend, Canoe Henderson. 

Their life changes when on their cat’s nightly rounds he discovers a new hangout. D.C. follows a man who turns out to be one of the members of a two-person bank robber team. They have kidnapped a bank teller, and holding her for ransom.

The banker teller, Margret Miller, is forced to cook for the boys, and gets an idea about a possible chance of escape. She takes her watch and starts to scratch H-E-L-P on it, planning to put it around D.C.’s neck. She is only able to do H-E-L before she is interrupted by the robbers, and sends the cat out.

Patti finds the watch and believes it belongs to the missing teller. Her sister says she has an overactive imagination, but  Patti is convinced that she found a link.

Patti then  goes to the FBI, meeting with the very handsome, Agent Zeke Kelso (Dean Jones)

Now this is when the real hilarity begins. So Agent Kelso has to treat D.C. like he would any informent, trying to get “fingerprints”,

describing hair, eyes, etc.; plus he and other agents have to tail D.C, imagine that tailing a cat!!! LOL. Can you imagine that.

The hilarity continues as following a cat does not turn out well, at all. Plus their next door neighbor, Mrs. MacDougall , is a nosey-busybody that is watching the house and tries to call the cops on Agent Kelso. Benson, gets jealous of Agent Kelso and breaks up with Ingrid as he thinks she is sleeping around. As Patti and Ingrid are supposed to be keeping the whole FBI under wraps,  Canoe thinks she is cheating on him as she keeps shutting him out and doesn’t have time for him. 

As Kelso follows D.C., Patti follows him, Canoe and Benson follow them, and  Mrs. MacDougall tries to follow them all. I won’t tell you how it ends, but it is AWESOME!!!!

Go here to watch it

For more on Disney, go to Diamond in the Rough

For more on Cats, go to The Cat’s Meow

For more on Roddy McDowell, go to A Twist on Wrecking Ball