Love and Other Drugs is a movie about a young woman with Parkinson's and her boyfriend as their relationship progresses. It show the struggles of living with her illness and trying to have a real relationship with a future. The first time I saw it, I hated it. It made me cry and it hit way too close to home. I was watching it with my boyfriend at the time and I could see his face as it was hitting him and he was realizing how similar this girl's situation was to mine. I saw him thinking how this wasn't what he signed up for. He really didn't talk to me for the rest of the night. Needless to say our relationship didn't last.
I thought about the movie several times since then and I watched it again. This time though I wasn't feeling sorry for myself. That was a major difference. I was able to see other similarities besides having a long term illness. I have a lot to offer the right guy, just like she did. I will encourage him and build him up. I also realized that relationship is what I want. I don't want a knight in shining armor to save me. I just want the one who will stay around when things get hard. This is my favorite part of the movie. It completely sums up how I feel and what I'm waiting for.
