Don’t be mean. You don’t have to find a romance realistic in order to enjoy it. I hate Love Actually, but I know what goes on between these two characters is not stalking. To call it such devalues actual stalking.

I think people would be surprised by how often this happens — the language barrier thing. We communicate in a lot of ways that have nothing to do with words. Obviously if they want it to work out they have to put a little effort into learning each other’s language in the long term, but that doesn't mean there is…

My entire point is that it’s not stalking. If you would like to critique my opinions, it would probably help if you’d read them first. Just a suggestion.

I don’t think it’s some great cinematic masterpiece, but I do think a few of the stories get twisted into things that they aren’t. And I think people are often unfairly critical of it because it’s a chick flick, and we’re naturally inclined to be dismissive of films for female audiences.

Can you find anywhere in that statement that I said “I believe in this” or “this is definitely what real love looks like” or “based on a true story” or even “this could possibly happen to someone”?

He did though. And she learned his. Kind of an important detail.

Because the person recounting the story to you doesn’t actually remember it correctly. He meets her when he’s on vacation and she’s working as his housekeeper. She leaves when he comes to the end of his vacation. And he immediately starts to learn Portuguese in order to speak to her. A year later, after not having…