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Step 1
Pay attention to the dialogue. After a little ways into the movie, you will no doubt figure out what will happen. The plot rarely changes in a romantic comedy. But plot is not the point. Film students learn that romantic comedies are never concerned with the plot, but rather with the dialogue.
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Step 2
Take notes. This isn't to say what happens in romantic comedies will happen to you, but something similar might. Then you will know what to say or do when it does.
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Step 3
Laugh. That is, after all, the point of the movie. Yes, romance is involved but the way the characters handle each situation they are placed in is what makes the movie interesting. At least, that is what the director hopes.
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Step 4
Relax and have fun. These types of movies aren't designed for you to figure anything out. They are made for pure entertainment purposes only and for you and your significant other.
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Step 5
Enjoy a romantic comedy DVD night. Forget your boyfriend who doesn't like romantic movies anyway and invite your girlfriends over for a grown-up slumber party. Require they bring two things - their jammies and their favorite romantic comedy DVDs. Give it a theme if you want to. High School Night could include "13 Going on 30," "Peggy Sue Got Married" and "Grease." Or go the quasi-cultured direction with films based on Jane Austen books - "Emma," "Sense & Sensibility" and "Clueless."
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Step 6
Hold a romantic comedy DVD bachelorette party. Instead of going out to a bar, stay in and watch wedding-themed comedies with the bridesmaids and other friends of the bride. Each ice cream and chocolate while you watch movies like "Father of the Bride," "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "Runaway Bride." Or go the British route with "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason" and "Love Actually." (The final three could also be a Hugh Grant themed party, as this hunky, funny Brit is in all three.)
