I’m continuing on with my little story project and I wanted to share this one with you guys.
Several years ago a friend and I decided to have a girls night with our then teenage daughters. Neither of us are very organized so the only movie we could find that we thought would work was Meet the Fockers (probably the most carefully pronounced movie name of all time). We couldn’t find it near where we lived so we had to drive to the first big theater we could find, which is a 24-plex. Well, knowing myself pretty well I told my friends that I needed a pit stop before I sat through a movie so I would meet them in the theater. Off we went, them to the movie me to the ladies. When I came out I looked up and saw the Meet the Fockers sign and quietly went into the theater. I couldn’t find them anywhere so I quietly sat down and started watching. It didn’t take me too long to figure out that it was the end of the movie. I was really puzzled because I couldn’t imagine there being more than ONE theater showing THAT movie, but I left anyway. Once I walked out I looked up and saw ANOTHER sign for Meet the Fockers so I went in that theater. Well, I couldn’t find my group in there either so I quietly sat down and started watching. This time the movie was about half way through and I got really confused. Right about this time my phone buzzed and my friend was on the line asking “Where are you?”. I told her I was in the theater and asked why the movie was half over. She told me that she was just watching the previews and that I was in the WRONG theater. I could hardly believe they were showing THAT movie in THREE theaters. Finally I had her tell me the NUMBER of the theater so I could find the right one, which I eventually did. We had a big laugh about that after we got over the embarrassment of taking our kids to see what should have been an R rated movie (seriously the kids spent the whole movie under their sweatshirts because they couldn’t watch). And to this day, none of my family or friends let me in multiplexes unattended.
Now I am off to make some little cardinals and get ready for the first blocks of Jingle!!!!!
Hehe :) Very funny. Yes, I had a similar experience taking my teen daughters to a movie that was horridly under-rated sexuality-wise. I was sure glad it was only us and not any of their friends, too - especially guys. As we walked out, Dev smirks and says "You really dropped the parent ball on THAT one, huh?"
And hey! Those multiplexes can be confusing!
Posted by: Lynette | 01/18/2013 at 09:22 AM
Very funny, and the exact reason I stand outside the mens room when I go to the movies with my Dad!!! I took him and his g.f. to a movie, she didn't want swearing, nudity, violence. The first 10 minutes there was a nude hottub scene, cursing like crazy. Who knew??
Posted by: Sharon | 01/18/2013 at 12:03 PM
This CRACKED ME UP! I would have never known that the movie was being shown 3 times either!!
Posted by: Pat Sloan | 01/18/2013 at 03:09 PM
Since we're sharing... I took my niece and nephew to see "High Anxiety" when they wee little ones. I have never cringed so much in my life! When they went home to my sister and started singing a song they made up about about p* envy, I thing I turned the color of the ripe beet!
Posted by: Kevin B. | 01/18/2013 at 04:11 PM
I am really looking forward to your new BOM. Love your work and your blog. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Posted by: jamie sawin | 01/19/2013 at 07:12 AM