Don’t Take Relationship Advice From Hollywood: 15 Dumb Ideas About Love That Romantic Movies Promote
That you’re not judged by the company you keep
In movies, the sweet, well-meaning guy always pines after the woman that is busy pining after the jerk. In real life, the sweet, well-meaning guy would judge that girl for having such bad taste in guys! And would seek out a girl that had learned to like nice guys like himself. But, in films like Bridget Jones’s Diary, Colin Firth’s character somehow doesn’t care that the lovely Bridget Jones has very unlovely taste in Hugh Grant’s character. Off screen, you are judged by the company you keep and if you have a history of dating jerks, the nice guys will question your character, too.