11. Admitting Undying Love For Your Best Mate's Wife Is Romantic
Fancying your friend's girl is fine, as long as you keep it on the low-down and never act on it it's sort of expected that similar guys would like the same type of girl after all. What definitely isn't cool is waiting for them to get married, then turning up unannounced in the middle of the night and telling her you love her in a manner that would have Bob Dylan's lawyers reaching for their phones. Andrew Lincoln's crime is unforgivable, even if he does vow to give up his eternal love, and it tells an unrealistic tale to anyone harbouring unrequited feelings of lust. (Incidentally, what would have happened if he had opened the door? Would Lincoln have had to insist he had always secretly loved his mate?) Also, she's a woman, therefore there's a remarkably good chance that she won't be able to keep that particularly dirty secret to herself. She might try of course, but that grade of secret is pretty much ready-weaponised for any situation where emotional devastation is required, like in the heat of an argument... You never do the dishes, and your best friend said I'm perfect and lovely, and I bet HE would do the dishes once in a while.
10. International Political Agendas Shouldn't Be Based On Sexy Rivalries
When President Billy Bob Thornton tries to dry hump Martine McCutcheon on a stately visit to Downing Street, Hugh Grant gets all jealous and macho and rewrites the entire dynamic of the Special Relationship, because his wannabe girlfriend got BB's blood running. That is not how any politics should be negotiated, especially since standing up to that one lecherous guy means souring the relationship with the most important political ally anyone in world politics could have.
9. The Most Appropriate Time To Reveal Your Awareness Of Spousal Adultery Is The Most Potentially Devastating
When Emma Thompson gets a CD for Christmas from her rich husband, and realises he bought an office skank the pretty necklace she thought was hers, she chooses to reveal her awareness right ahead of a massive event that could make or break her children's lives. She can't wait and confront her husband later when the children are asleep. No, she does so just as the kids are about to put on a suspiciously popular Christmas play, basically ignoring the potential for massive familial implosion, and the kind of mental scars that make 30 year old men wet the bed.