Someday My Prince Will Come

Dear Baby Clark and Toot,

My best friend is crazy...Like for real...Usually not in a good way. I think she has watched too many movies, because it seams like sometimes she puts her love life in the plot of a typical romantic comedy except when the bad part hits there is usually not cute happy ending with a cover of everlasting love playing in the background. (Although, I'm glad she is a fan or romantic comedies rather than slasher films because that would really end badly.)

In truth, I'm pretty sure that if she realized that she could be independent, it would help with the whole dating thing. Since yelling CUT! isn't an option, how do I get her to realize that all the pieces falling into place and living "happily ever after" doesn't work as well in the real world, isn't practical, sort of naive, and pretty boring? I'm not saying give up or lower expectations but don't expect everything to just happen without a little work and less crazy.

Signed,
the not so drama queen

Dear Not So Drama Queen,

When I first read your question, I was going to suggest showing this friend movies in which the ending is not happy-not like the movie ends with death, but perhaps movies where happily ever after isn't established. Now, my plan was to have a list of such movies but the only one I can think of is....Cool Runnings.

Yup, that's the only movie I can come up with where the pieces don't fall into place at the end. Ok, I mean, even though the pieces of the bobsled fall, Team Jamaica does not win thus no happily ever after/not the ending we expect(unless of course you know the story behind the Jamaican bobsled team before viewing it).

I'm going on a tangent and even though I like math, I need to get back on track.

Ok, so does this friend like waiting for Prince Eric(I have never found Prince Charming to be the ideal mate thus I use Prince Eric)? Is it fun sulking? I've never found it to be that exciting or fruitful. The way I see it, she needs to work on making herself happy first because once Eric walks into the picture, there will always be Ursulas who will ruin the happiness. Now, Ursulas aren't always hot other women, they can be a change in job or living situation or even a change in what gender one is attracted to.

Oh, just as I was going to wrap this up, the Family Channel comes to the rescue. The end of Casper is on and guess what? It doesn't end happily. Christina Ricci gets to dance with hottie Devon Sowa for only 5 minutes and then he turns back into a ghost. BUT he's a ghost who is her best friend. SO, here comes the big conclusion: Have your friend find some guy friends(via work or craigslist..whatever). Every magazine always tells us that friends make the best lovers so why can't friends make the best Prince Erics?

This was long-winded and I apologize,
Baby to the Clark