I'll try not to make this long or soap boxish because I don't like long or soap boxish.
So, I've tried it and I'm done. PG-13 movies that is.
As a teenager and all growing up I vigorously stuck to what my parents taught me, but I'm almost ashamed to admit that as an adult I just wanted to fit in. I wanted to be more accepted. But I'm done with that.
That's not to say they've all been really bad or that some PG movies don't leave me wishing I'd never been, but most were too much for me.
The violence gives me headaches, the images never leave my mind.
I don't allow my family or friends to use inappropriate language in front of me, so why should I allow that in a movie?
I honestly and firmly believe intimate things are sacred and should be shared between husband and wife (or maybe a therapist if you need help but definetly not with me) and not in a movie.
I realize this standard is different than the rest of world, but I can't do it anymore. It's never been anything but a burden to me. I'm OK to be different now. I like being different now.
What does bring me happiness is to remember the friends that did respect that standard of mine as a teenager. Friends that I was close to and friends that were really only acquaintances.
So, surely adults can accept it as well, right? Either way... I've decided, and there's no going back now.
