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44. I watched it twice in a row, it affected me so.

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 06:32 AM

Oct 2014

Marisa Tomei's character did whatever it took to follow her dream. But I had no dream. I hated my job with a passion, and was totally depressed that this slavery was all there was to life, all there ever would be. In the midst of my sobbing and despair, I heard a very clear calm voice in my head that said, "Start your own business." It came out of nowhere! I'd never considered such a thing, but it made total sense. The very next day I started planning. Three months later I quit the horrible job and have been my own boss ever since

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your favorite romantic comedies [View all] orleans Oct 2014 OP

Father Goose, Bringing up Baby, anything Cary Grant! NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #1

Bringing Up Baby was the first thing I thought of too LoveMyCali Oct 2014 #6

Arsenic and Old Lace or His Girl Friday rurallib Oct 2014 #11

50 First Dates discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2014 #2

You pre-empted me with 'As Good As It Gets' pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #3

"Woman of the Year," maybe? malthaussen Oct 2014 #4

Being a cynical old bat I'm not fond of romantic comedies. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #5

The Shop Around The Corner betsuni Oct 2014 #7

Four Weddings and a Funeral shenmue Oct 2014 #8

Good one! Love Actually and Something Gotta Give. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2014 #24

I have watched both... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #9

Excellent choices Va Lefty Oct 2014 #22

I love "As Good As It Gets!" Especially now that I have a Brussels Griffon, LOL Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #10

i love the pic of jack orleans Oct 2014 #12

You're right. There are some pretty intense scenes Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #14

Breakin' All the Rules w/ Jamie Foxx JonLP24 Oct 2014 #13

One of my favorites...The Apartment. Lars39 Oct 2014 #15

The Apartment is so good betsuni Oct 2014 #19

Time to watch them again! Lars39 Oct 2014 #25

When Harry Met Sally grasswire Oct 2014 #16

Second that! Fridays Child Oct 2014 #39

Sweet Home Alabama, Bridget Jones' applegrove Oct 2014 #17

I avoid them. Nothing funny about them at all. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #18

Not my favorite genre, but I really liked "Only You" with Marisa Tomei & Robert Downey Jr. Glorfindel Oct 2014 #20

"Only You" changed my life. Ino Oct 2014 #35

Sounds like a good story. Fridays Child Oct 2014 #40

I watched it twice in a row, it affected me so. Ino Oct 2014 #44

What a wonderful story! Glorfindel Oct 2014 #46

Out of Sight with George Clooney & Jennifer Lopez lovemydog Oct 2014 #21

Only The Lonely Va Lefty Oct 2014 #23

i forgot about that movie. i had it on vhs but haven't seen it for years. i really liked it. n/t orleans Oct 2014 #27

Loved that one! Fridays Child Oct 2014 #41

Moonstruck and Notting Hill. Boomerproud Oct 2014 #26

Ball of Fire and The Lady Eve- best romantic screwball comedies after It Happened One Night bettyellen Oct 2014 #28

Danny Deckchair! frogmarch Oct 2014 #29

Crazy Stupid Love was hilarious. Raffi Ella Oct 2014 #30

Clerks 2 azurnoir Oct 2014 #31

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind kwassa Oct 2014 #32

The Philadelphia Story (in black and white, of course)... mak3cats Oct 2014 #33

The Lady Eve and It Happened One Night. nt sarge43 Oct 2014 #34

The Lady Eve is my pick too. cemaphonic Oct 2014 #37

Smokin' is where she started. That scene where she has Fonda on the floor, talkin' trash sarge43 Oct 2014 #43

Harold and Maude U4ikLefty Oct 2014 #36

In a class by itself. Fridays Child Oct 2014 #42

Meeting Venus betsuni Oct 2014 #38

Here is my list: avebury Oct 2014 #45

Animal House, Blues Brothers, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back! GOLGO 13 Oct 2014 #47