Reel And Real Life

Someone told me that what happens in reel life happens in real life. Maybe MOST, not ALL of what took place in the movies do happen in reality.

If not for the fact that it was announced that "All In" was based on a true story, I'd have dismissed the story to the realm of make-believe. In fact, what happened in real life was even more dramatic than reel life. Mr Cha Min-su went to Las Vegas with only 18 bucks and became a millionaire. Incredible.

Many shows, especially Korean shows, tell of lovers being forced to love someone they don't love because their true love came too late. Later than the one that's available for them at the moment (who happens to be someone who can't create the sparks in their heart). Then they are forced to agree to marry the ones they don't love because they can't let down/owe the ones they don't love. Between finding true love and finally being with their true love is the agony of staying on with the ones they don't love for the sake of staying on. It's silly. As the Korean shows would say "要承受多大的煎熬".

Mrs Tay said that when she and her first boyfriend were dating and they knew that they were not compatible in thoughts neither party wanted to break up even though they knew they should. So they carried on the relationship for another half a year or so-painfully. Ster finds it incredulous and said: "Since it's a full stop, why drag the full stop and make the full stop so ugly?" Essentially, Ster feels that a full stop is a full stop. 长痛不如短痛. There's no point in insistence on the impossible. The result will only be excruciating exhaustion on both ends.

Anyway, the thing is, reel life can happen in real life and vice-versa. I wonder why people adamantly hang on to hopeless relationships/situations with conclusions long foregone. To attain happiness, one needs to make a clean break from the mess that's dragging him or her down. Perhaps it's easier said than done.