I feel the same way you do about second chance romances. It's maybe a bias I have though, as someone who generally can forgive but can never forget. I have a hard time even reconnecting with friends I haven't stayed in touch and grown with; it feels like going backwards and unnecessarily reopening doors. I think it's rare for 2 people who've been apart to grow and change in ways that make them compatible again years later without bringing the baggage of their old selves and their old perceptions of each other into it; so I find the buy in much harder for that kind of story (which is why 7 Days was such a pleasant surprise for me because it really worked in ways I didn't think it could).
Yes, agreed! I'm more forgiving of like "fell out of touch, never actually dated or ALMOST but never actually dated" "second chance" stories than "we tried once and failed" ones. 7 Days is definitely one of the former kinds for sure.
I feel the same way you do about second chance romances. It's maybe a bias I have though, as someone who generally can forgive but can never forget. I have a hard time even reconnecting with friends I haven't stayed in touch and grown with; it feels like going backwards and unnecessarily reopening doors. I think it's rare for 2 people who've been apart to grow and change in ways that make them compatible again years later without bringing the baggage of their old selves and their old perceptions of each other into it; so I find the buy in much harder for that kind of story (which is why 7 Days was such a pleasant surprise for me because it really worked in ways I didn't think it could).
Yes, agreed! I'm more forgiving of like "fell out of touch, never actually dated or ALMOST but never actually dated" "second chance" stories than "we tried once and failed" ones. 7 Days is definitely one of the former kinds for sure.