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Everyone Has A Helen From "Bridesmaids"

Everyone loves them. Well, except for you.

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Everyone Has A Helen From "Bridesmaids"

"Bridesmaids," a critically acclaimed comedy, is one of an average girl's favorite movies for more reasons than one. Obviously, every girl can get down with a film about six crazy, hilarious women making fools out of themselves on screen. However, hidden underneath the surface enjoyment of Kristen Wiig's perfectly delivered lines and Melissa's McCarthy's brassy and humorous personality, "Bridesmaids" proves to represent many relatable concepts that today's women are drawn to. The fear of being alone, the fear of losing one's best friend, the fear of commitment, the pain of losing a dream - these are all very important topics that are addressed in "Bridesmaids." Even so, the most relatable concept expressed involves the relationship between Annie and Helen.

This relationship is particularly relatable because we have likely all experienced it. Allow me to demonstrate.

Enter Helen: an obviously perfect woman - in every way, shape, and form.

She's absolutely stunning.

She's well-to-do.

She's friends with/loved by everyone (this includes all of your close friends).

She's stylish.

And she's generally viewed as nice.

But, despite all of this evidence, you aren't convinced. Yes, everyone else absolutely adores her, but you absolutely cannot stand her.

You can't put your finger on it - maybe you think her niceness is fake, maybe you hate how she's constantly vain - but whatever the reason, you're convinced she has some hidden agenda and isn't worth all of the praise she gets.

Why is this such a prevalent phenomenon?

Perhaps it comes from our own insecurities and selfish tendencies.

Perhaps it comes from our propensity to distrust people.

Perhaps it is the generation in which we live.

Perhaps it's our innate desire for our friends to like us the most.

Nevertheless, being unable to explain why you can't stand the person that everyone else seems to love is a something that nearly every average girl experiences. You hate yourself for feeling this way, but you really can't help it. You try your best to let it go, but all you want is for that perfect person to make a mistake and make the people around them stop worshiping them.

So, if you're a girl and you've experienced this irrational dislike of a seemingly perfect individual, you aren't alone. Many other girls experience the same thing - hence why we feel a personal connection to movies like "Bridesmaids," so we don't feel so bad about our actions. Disliking someone isn't that bad - it's relatable! Right?

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