Finally, my bestfriend and I were able to firm up our movie date. I asked her to see A Love Story with me since the movie was supposed to be about a man's relationship with his wife and his mistress, and she's one of the very few who knows about my secret life. I thought it might be a movie I could relate to.
We decided to see the last full show and just meet at the mall, since we were coming from opposite directions. She will be coming from Manila with her family (husband, daughter, and nanny) while I will be brought to the mall by my dad. Yeah, I know I live a weird double life. Even my bestfriend's husband commented on it - that I probably tried all the sex tricks possible but my dad still treats me like a 16 year old virgin.
Well anyway, we were all able to see the 9pm show and it fell short of my expectations. In the first place, I'm not really a big fan of local movies, but I guess it got too hyped in my imagination. (A movie about me!) It's good enough as local movies go, but the story certainly didn't pull at my heartstrings. Oh, there were a few lines that felt similar ("sobra, kahit alam ko nang mali") and some scenes were really a mistress' living nightmare (seeing your boyfriend happily malling with his wife). I even remember doing some of the actions myself (saying goodbye and boxing up clothes) but I couldn't really relate as I thought I would. It just comforted me that there are some people who would understand why a woman with means and status would decide to be a mistress. It somehow challenged the stereotype of a mistress who uses sex for money.
So there it was. The movie date over, we repaired to Starbucks for my goddaughter's cheesecake fix and caught up with each others' lives. Even if it wasn't the movie that I expected, the good time I had with my friends certainly was. =)
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