PlayingCool

WhenIwaswatchingapartofthefifthseasonofAllyMcbeal,Ifeltliketakingdownsomeofmythoughts.It’sabitlonelyspendingthewholeSaturdayeveningathome,accompaniedonlybybooksandDVDs.ButI’llfeelbadifIgooutandmeetsomeonewithanervousandabsentstateofmind(correctmeifit’swrongingrammar).Ally,asuccessful,beautiful31-year-oldlawyer,wasattractedtoanewcomertoherlawfirm,anabsolutelyhandsomeyoungguynamedShawn.Butsheknewtheywerenotpossibletohaveafuturebecausehewasjustagoodlookingboy,notamansheneeded.Addedtothat,hehadanex-girlfriend,Jenny,whohappenedtobeAlly’snewfriend.Itcouldbereallyhardtorepressone’sfeelings.IwishedshecouldbebraveenoughtoadmitherdesirestoShawn.Finallyshedid.ObviouslyShawnwasattractedtoher,too.Butwhentheirrelationshipwasabouttotakeastepforward,tomydisappointment,shesaidNotohisardor.PoorShawn.CoolAlly.Shewasjustafraidoffallinginlovewithhimandtakingtherelationshipserious.Theycouldbepassionateloversforawhile.Couldhesatisfyherasagoodhusbandandfather?Ofcoursenot.Butwhythinksomuchandspoilthefun?Whynotletithappen,Ally?Itmightbemucheasiertoenjoythepleasures.There’snothingwrongwithlovingayoungerguy,anyway.(Jenny’s50-year-oldmomevenwonthesuitagainstherbosswhofiredherforherengagementwitha22-year-oldhandsomeboy.Aslongasloversareclearaboutwhattheyreallywantfromeachother,theycanjustifytheirrelationship.)Theirstorywentupanddown.ShawnendedupbackwithJenny,alessgood-lookingyounglawyer.(Ihavenoideawhyabeautifulguyalwaysendsupwithalessbeautifullady:p)ThankstohergivingupthechancewithShawn，ShawnandJennystillkepttheir“loyalty”toeachother.Intheend,IunderstoodwhyAllyheldbackherfeelings.Ihadtoagreeshedidtherightthing.Shewasnothingbutcool.Playingcoolistough.