To help out the cause, we scoured Netflix, found the sappiest rom–com and created a liver–demolishing drinking game.
For your enjoyment, we selected One Day, an Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess disaster that spans the tumultuous relationship of two British lovers. (Ed note: Valentine’s Day is still no excuse to say ‘lovers’.) The pair, Emma and Dexter, meet in college, so snuggle up with your favorite drink and pray your collegiate "romance" is nothing like this.
Sulk responsibly.
Instructions:
- Sip every time Anne Hathaway falls out of her British accent and slips into an "exasperated American with a lisp" accent instead
- Drink when the film skips a year
- Take a shot every time Jim Sturgess takes a turn for the worse (drugs are bad, Dexter! You know better).
- Drink when a relationship fails
- Finish your drink when it looks like all hope is lost
- Take a shot when Anne Hathaway sobs. Put the film on mute while you drink; don't simultaneously subject yourself to the taste of vodka and the sound of faux–British weeping
- Chug and then throw your bottle at the wall when the movie ends with Anne Hathaway's Emma getting hit by a bus and (spoiler) dies. Don't get us wrong, you were always rooting for her to die, but death by bus always seems a little passé
