It's A Love Thang.

Okay so everybody knows that I love love love black romance movies...but *Suprise! Suprise!* ... I have not seen Love Jones...I know it's kind of sad...and honestly, I have no idea why I haven't watched it yet...but I will change that ASAP.

Let’s just switch gears to on movie I have seen...and truly adore…Love and Basketball. The story of these best friends turned lovers took me on a romantic journey that I don't mind going on over and over again. The thought that your childhood romance could grow and mature over time…evolving into this fairytale like ending captivates me...and I don't see any wrong in this. I enjoy wishful thinking.

I think one of the main reasons why so many young black women enjoy movies like Love and Basketball is simply because everybody is on the search for that perfect someone. Then when you've found your someone...some tend to wonder if that is the right someone.

Movies like Love and Basketball relate to single people who may be living in this…fantasy world. You most likely will not grow up with a cutie pie that you play basketball with...sneak in each other's windows...experiment with...get jealous of each other's relationships...etc. etc. but it's a nice idea. And who knows...that just may be how you met your special someone...but the chances of that scenario actually panning out are not that high.

That is why I feel like a good number of people enjoy these types of movies. They relate with a common feeling that everyone shares. Everyone is looking for that special someone. People watch these movies and wish the process of finding love and making it last forever were that easy. People wish they could reunite with their childhood lover, get married and have children and live happily ever after.

It's great that these producers have found their niche. But how long can people continue to send themselves on an emotional rollercoaster...wishing that they could end up like the characters in the movies?

I don't think this epidemic will end anytime soon. And frankly...I don't mind it at all.

Be Blessed.

--Lauren