Happy Spooky Szn my loves!!!! Now, I’m going to be completely honest with you in saying, I love me some Spooky Szn with the dressing up, candy, and fun, but I can’t watch scary movies!! I’m a big scaredy cat and literally have to mentally, physically, and emotionally prepare myself to watch them. That being said, I have picked one of the movies that didn’t give me intense nightmares, while also still being totally spooky and totally relevant to this blog! 🙂 The movie for this week that you should NOT watch if in a relationship or if thinking of getting into one, which is also dedicated to Halloween approaching, is Truth or Dare.

For those of you who haven’t watched it, I’m a little angry at you. The reason is, I now have to explain to you the idea of the movie and, in doing that, I’m raising my blood pressure because its bringing up unnecessary fear. Given then fact that I love y’all, I’ve powered through this fear and have provided the story below:

A group of friends decided to be dumbasses and play this Truth or Dare game in an abandoned building in Mexico with some stranger they just met. Once they get back to the states, they realize some messed up shit starts happening where people’s faces get weird and they are provided an ultimatum of sorts: Complete the dare or tell the truth and you wont DIE. The majority of the movie is filled with watching the friends go through this game, seeing drama unfold, and witnessing people die in the craziest of ways.

Now, from a relationship standpoint of view, this movie is a complete no-go because of the love triangle found throughout the movie. There are these two best friends, Olivia and Markie, who are in love with this guy named Lucas. Crazy part is, Markie is dating Lucas but Lucas loves Markie while still liking Olivia, Olivia loves Lucas while being Markie’s best friend, and Markie is just a weird individual. (say that really fast so it can confuse you 🙂 )

This movie provides you with misconceptions and, me being as awesome as I am, I’m here to tell you the misconceptions you should throw away now! Even in life or death situations and particularly within relationships, one must remember that:

1. Loyalty is something that should never be broken
2. Secrets are something that should never be kept undisclosed

Warning: Some explicit content is coming up to show you the exact moment where both Olivia and Lucas realized they fucked up and should have just took the L and died a particularly easy death.

SOOOOOOOOOO. Since Olivia was being a fake friend who was pining after her best friend’s man for as long as can be, the game made her sleep with Lucas as a dare. Now, as a best friend, you should have loyalty to you friend and their relationship, just as much as those in the relationship should have for one another.

People are always thinking that loyalty in relationships should only be between the two people whom are with one another, however that is not the case at all. When you’re in a relationship, you are should also expect those closest to you to have loyalty to you and the relationship you’re in. It is so common for us to get mad at the person in the relationship, in this case Lucas, and say he was wrong and blah blah blah, but we very rarely consider the other person’s loyalty in the same degree.

Yes, there is a problem with Lucas accepting this dare to happen, but it takes two to tango, right? Remember how we talked about fake friends??? Well you need to drop those with no loyalty as well.. You also need to drop trash ass partners who feel like cheating, in any circumstance, is okay. Sure, I know you guys are thinking, “if they don’t do it they will die!!” While that is true, did I forget to mention that the game will just keep going and going until all the players are dead anyways?!?!?!?!(Ignore the last part of the movie, because honestly, these bitches Olivia and Markie just screwed a whole world over) In this case, I’m not concerned with the logistics of the game, i.e, there death, but more in the idea that, the game would never had asked Lucas and Olivia to have sex with each other if they both didn’t have feelings for one another and were both loyal to Markie.

Let’s continue:

Secrets….pesky little things..

At the end of the day, Markie is also an individual who doesn’t provide loyalty in her relationship, but also, she keeps a lot of secrets too. When in a relationship, you’re not suppose to keep secrets like this, that are clearly those than can change the course of a relationship. Also, you shouldn’t burden your best friend with having to keep them as well. This movie likes to show you that Olivia is a bad friend because of the things she does to Markie, however, throughout the actual film, you see how much Olivia does and sacrifices for Markie. This is not to say that loyalty to your friend isn’t important when needing to keep their personal life private, however, if Markie never cheated on Lucas all the time, there would be no secret like this to keep hidden.

The moral of this point is, secrets are not good, especially in relationships and, at one point or another, they will be revealed. It is better to be honest and truthful when in a relationship than to lie and pretend that things are not going on. It also shouldn’t take you a serous situation, like dying or living, to bring those secrets to life. When you’re in a relationship, you sign up for being honest with your partner, no matter the circumstances. Don’t be an liar.

SIDE NOTE: Lucas and Markie’s relationship is clearly unhealthy if you didn’t grasp that before. Lucas has feelings for another girl and has sex with her while Markie stays cheating on him but lies to him about it…… For you cheaters out there, just end the relationship instead of being assholes to one another and staying in the relationship because of dumb reason. No one deserves what either of them gave each other and the same goes for your relationships as well. Don’t be the person to hurt another person, however, don’t be a person who sits around and gets hurt. Realize you deserve better or that you need to do better and get it done.

In conclusion, you should understand that this movie is scary, emphasis on scary lol, and filled with misconceptions. You need to expect loyalty from those in relationships, however, you also need to expect it from those who are closest to your relationship as well. Finally, when it comes to keeping secrets, you shouldn’t do it because they affect the relationship greatly and shows that you don’t have loyalty to your partner like you should have. I hope you have a great Spooky Szn and that you enjoyed this post because there will be no more horror/scary movies in this blogs future.