Which TV series & movies do you watch to deal with the pain of love?

[gayesblog]

Which series or movies help you to deal with the pain of love?

[AmandaYVR]

"Married at First Sight" is the most realistic non-scripted series, which has been going on for almost a decade, since 2014, and films the beginnings of real-life marriages between complete strangers. They can say no at the altar, if they want (they never do say no), but it is the first time they are meeting each other, and they know nothing about each other, not even a name.

The people are chosen, and professional matched after filling out extensive questionnaires about what they are seeking in a partner, and what type of person they are themselves. Then a Professor of Anthropology (basically a practicing psychologist), a Pastor, and a relationship/sex therapist. The experts appear at key intervals, providing couples' therapy and guiding them, but the couples always have free will, after the initial marriage at the altar part.

Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up in America to be matched and married. This illustrates just how fed up many daters are with the dating scene. All of them want to be married, committed, and like the idea that others are cutting through all the interview process, and finding some compatible (theoretically) and ready for the commitment. Many people in the dating pool are just testing the waters, and after spending years on apps, many are exhausted.

At the end of 3 months, all the couples are interviewed one final time, and asked if they wish to stay married or get a divorce. It works out to roughly a 50/50 split, similar to regular marriages. But in the following months, many split up. This is a bit less than regular marriages.

It's very interesting. A camera crew films the couples about 10 hrs per day, and there are permanent security cameras installed that catch every conversation when the crew has gone home for the night. Audiences watch a relationship from the very beginning, to, often, the end. It's really the only scenario where you hear individual accounts of an argument or disagreement, but also have the actual footage, so that you can see all the distortions and misinterpretations that happen between people. That is the key to reality TV. There is no hiding behind interpretation, or flawed memory. Everything is recorded.

It's entertainment for viewers, but it also offers something much more important - reality. It shows the reality of relationships, not some scripted easier-than-real life, everything-works-out-in-the-end, idealized fiction. Not everyone is going to have this series available to watch, but everyone who wants to be married should watch it. It depicts the difficulty, the slog, the compromising, the conflict of relationships. These people are legally married. Often, they say that they signed up to do it because they know that they are a runner, and when things get tough, they bolt. They put themselves in this situation to force themselves to push through the conflicts, and try to find a way to stay. And that is the real pain of love. Your partner hurts you, challenges you, pisses you off, but you find a way to not give up on them, to not walk away. As they say, truth is better than fiction.

[Yuna0423]

paradise lost
"The last time I was recovering from a heartbreak, I binge-watched a bunch of true crime documentaries. I can't remember all of them, but the one that really stuck with me (and I've watched it again since) was Lost Paradise, a long-running trilogy about a West Memphis trio in the mid-90s. A lot of the stuff I watch deals with wrongful incarceration and racial and social issues, and I find it healthy to be outraged at our justice system just to get your attention Focus on issues that are more important than breaking up."

[abc3643]

Wow, this is a very good question!

I am sure that I will have other answers and I am not sure "deal with" are the right words, but I will simply list these movies:
1. "The Adjustment Bureau"
2. "The Time-Traveler's Wife"
3. "Somewhere In Time"
4. "One Day"
5. "About Last Night..." (the original with Demi Moore and Rob Lowe)

For a TV show, I SHOULD go with "Mad About You", but I didn't closely follow it because I was watching something else at that time slot. However, I will go with the sitcom "Who's the Boss?" because during the entire series, there was always this unwritten but obvious mutual attraction and eventual love between Tony, the housekeeper, and Angela, the "boss".

[SnowedIn]

One (or all of 5 shows):

• The West Wing
• Downton Abbey
• The Newsroom
• Knight Rider
• Air Wolf

[DeeDeeDeVour]

I don't recall having to deal with the "pain of love" such breakups or bitter quarrels.

If I had to, I moved on quite swiftly and painlessly.

And, TV series or movies were unnecessary.

I do enjoy movies and several TV series.

[Guy13]

No TV since 18 BUT I do see a TLC show after dinner and Mom visit on Sunday. I still haven’t forgotten about that hot little Russian Gnome. She’ll make some guys forget…
Probably right size for height whiners on here…

[NathanDavis]

never been in pain because of love... but if it were the case then I would just go with comedy, same as I do with all other kinds of pain or painful situations life can bring your way...

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I don’t know the pain of love, I avoid melodramas totally. I used to love them. Not anymore. Now I try to watch comedies and the less love there is the better.

[DizzyDesii]

A Different World, Charmed and Whos the Boss

[Akam93]

Greys anatomy or something funny so I can feel laughter instead of pain. Like fresh prince of bel air.

[boobliker]

I don't I just Drive till the pain has gone the longest was near 1550 miles stopped 8 times for fuel/gas and food

[Anonymous]

None, because I'm an adult. Life is not scripted. Romantic comedies are nonsense and should be outlawed because they give people unrealistic beliefs about love.

[alcorriher]

never had experienced pain bc of love but with rejection, I've watched friends & golden girls

[Andres77]

Lord of the Rings or Grimm or Reacher or Mr Inbetween.

all action. That distracts me.

[OddBeMe]

Gilmore girls was good. Hope Netflix does another run.


But Frasier or West Wing eps always gets me…

[Shy_Steve]

I usually watch Action shows or Cop shows, I use to watch Romantic Shows and Movies, But they seem so unrealistic these days.

[TJ1892]

Not necessarily to deal with the "pain of love" but Glee or criminal Minds 😇

[Figurine89]

Buffy. While I'm a guy, it's still really relateable. Wanting a person, you know you shouldn't

[Xavierwood]

Eternal Sunshine

Closer

I, Origins

[elizamichale1]

Spartacus is always the best one

[panamared1]

I need to watch it again

[elizamichale1]

@panamared1 u should

[Avicenna]

More than I could list

[Anonymous]

The purge series s1 and 2

[cheetocandle]

reruns of the love boat usually get me off

[LiamJHayden]

I have never experienced the pain of love.