80's and 90's rom-com's are iconic. They're sugar coated in ooey-gooey young love and follow a strict and successful formula: guy + girl + relationship uncertainty + wild mishaps + grand gesture of love + sunset. Except for My Best Friend's Wedding.

Spoiler Alert: the opposite happens, actually.

Instead, the movie ends with Julia Roberts alone, regretful and wishing she had spoken up when she had the chance. My Best Friend's Wedding isn't your typical rom-com at all, and here are nine real life lessons to take away from it.

1. Don't play yourself.

2. Get yourself a best friend that will listen but always keep it real.

Maybe it's brutally honest, but it's probably what you need to hear.

3. Don't ever let an important moment just slip by.

4. Always be honest because lying just makes messes.

(and leaves you smoking a cigarette outside your non-smoking hotel room reconsidering your life.)

5. There's Crème Brûlée and there's Jell-O, but you can't be both.

They're both delicious desserts, but that doesn't mean they're the same, and that's okay.

6. Be brave and fight for what you want

7. Tell people how you feel.

If you don't, how're they ever supposed to know?

8. Sometimes doing what's best for someone you love hurts you.

If you love someone, let them go, right?

9. And sometimes it really is too late.

But every sunset has a sunrise, the world will keep turning, and you'll dance again. :)