She dumped you because you aren't a prince.
Personally, we blame Hollywood—and not just for making The Phantom Menace (although it's ample grounds for a class-action lawsuit).
No, we blame Hollywood for deluding women into thinking their "perfect" mate is out there. Somewhere. Waiting to solve all their mental, emotional and credit problems so their life can be the storybook fantasy they were taught to expect by Society. Society loves the fantasy that there is a perfect mate for everyone, because pain, angst and depression are big business (or so they told us). Despite anecdotal evidence to the contrary, millions of these masochists continue encouraging Hollywood to keep making delusional, this-could-really-happen drivel by shelling out ten bucks a pop for front-row Cineplex seats to wallow in their own loser-ness.
Romantic comedies, in particular, reinforce the belief that—if a woman looks long enough—she'll find a soulmate who lacks the disgusting habits and annoying traits most men demonstrate on a daily basis. Hollywood's lie machine creates the unrealistic expectation that there are men out there who don't act like men, yet still like women. But unless she can convince a gay man that's better to give than to receive, she won't find one. Neat, considerate, clean men only roll one way. Beauty's Punishment (Sleeping Beauty) Now THIS is a fairy tale we can get behind.So why does Hollywood perpetuate this obvious bullshit? Because it's dramatic. And drama draws the big money. Women in shitty relationships love to torture themselves going to see films where "average" women find love with sensitive, male celebrities who'd never give their fat asses the time of day in real life. It somehow gives a woman hope that she will one day find a guy better than the poor sucker who took her to the movie.Stay home instead and rent Hollywood hits and "mature" movies (wink, wink), all mailed discreetlyMaking your life seem dull and unexciting by comparison is what Hollywood does best. Yet surprisingly, their formula for romantic fiction is simple: Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy realizes the error of his ways and wins girl back. The key element here is the girl. She isn't just any girl. She's "The One." Because only one girl can be the "correct" choice for the perfect boy. Fiction just isn't dramatic if the hero could be equally as happy with Girl #2 as with Girl #1 (that would be boring, and too much like everyday life).Certainly, drama is fine for movies and books, but when women believe they should be "The One" for some guy in real life, they're in for a bigger letdown than Bible Code believers.There's simply no way a man can measure up to the ideal mate most women have in mind—a man she believes will one day materialize, fall madly in love with her personality and carry her off to his castle. This will happen on the same day that Miss November jumps out of the centerfold and begs you to fuck her—in other words, never. But holding onto this childhood dream could easily be the reason you got the Big Dump. Rest assured, she's in for a rude awakening when she's 30 and has to settle for the next guy who looks her way (with his good eye). Still, there might have been less crazy reasons for breaking your heart, too.
