Love?

Hollywood often depicts love as this amazing intense connection between two people that is not only life changing but affirming. Two movies I have been thinking about are 'Titanic and 'Becoming Jane'. The heroines have two different outlooks on life and love.

In 'Titanic', Rose was from a wealthy family and Jack was a penniless drifter. Rose gave up everything for Jack. She even leaps from the lifeboat back onto the sinking ship just to be with him. She didn't care that the had no money or ability to make ends meet. Its like they both know that love will be enough to survive on. Once returning to land, she took his name and completely left everything of her previous life behind.

In 'Becoming Jane', Jane was the headstrong outspoken daughter of a poor minister. A rebellious young man, who needs to please his uncle in order to get his allowance, comes to town for the summer. They argue, debate, and fall in love. Of course, neither family approves of the other but they don't care. Not to ruin the movies ending, but Jane is realistic and tells him that love alone will not buy food or ensure survival. Of course Tom disagrees - but cannot change her mind. They do not marry, she never married but he did. You could tell she loved him to the end.

I tend to be like Jane in that I think things through - too much. I agree with her decision but wish that he would have waited, saved money and gone back to her to show her how it would work. Then again a haven't met Someone that I shared the passion that Rose and Jack had. Pixie is very much like Rose and maybe I've seen her go down with the ship one too many times.

I do hope to meet that special One that I would leap from the life raft onto the sinking boat for... just for one more kiss.... one more embrace....