6 Love Lessons From ‘Meet Cute’ With Pete Davidson And Kaley Cuoco

Meet Cute, which is streaming on Peacock, is a romantic comedy about a woman who time travels to go on the same first date with a man over and over again to relive ‘the perfect day.’ Here are some beautiful love lessons you should take away from the film:

You have to keep moving forward, even if the present is comfortable.

You can’t remain in one place forever. You need to keep moving forward, even if you’re taking baby steps. Yes, the future is scary, but that doesn’t mean you should be living in the past. Even though you might feel like it’s safer to remain in place, you’re only doing yourself a disservice. You’re holding yourself back. In order to experience true happiness, you need to embrace the unknown. Embrace the discomfort.

Never settle for one-sided relationships.

Sheila keeps reliving the same date over and over again and building up Gary in her mind. She ends up thinking that he’s the perfect person and places him on a pedestal – when he is only starting to get to know her. In her mind, they’ve been dating for months and in his mind, they’ve only just met, which creates an imbalance – and that’s never healthy in a relationship. You don’t want feelings to be one-sided. You don’t want to be putting in all the work and caring way more than your partner cares. The relationship should feel balanced if you want it to last. You should be on the same page.

You can’t change your partner.

Sheila traveled to the past in order to make Gary even more perfect, but it backfired on her. This is because you should never date someone with the intention of changing their personality, looks, or any other aspects about them. You should only be with them if you currently like the way they are. You can’t expect them to change. You can’t encourage them to turn into someone they’re not. You should love the real, authentic them.

Don’t make your relationship your everything.

You can’t rely on someone else to make you happy. For months, Sheila’s entire world revolved around Gary and it was incredibly unhealthy for the both of them. Even though relationships are important, you need to have other stuff in your world. You need friends and hobbies and passions. You need more than just romance or you’re going to put an unfair amount of pressure on your partner.  

You can’t take someone’s pain away.

Even though you might love someone and want to do what’s best for them, you have to accept that you aren’t their savior. And you shouldn’t expect someone else to save you, either. In the end, Sheila accepted that changing Gary’s past was the wrong thing to do. She accepted that it wasn’t her responsibility to rescue him.

You can’t stay in the puppy love phase forever.

No matter how happy you are in the beginning of the relationship, that feeling isn’t going to last. You can’t freeze time and that’s okay. A relationship changing can be a good thing. It can bring you even closer together. But you can’t stay in the same position forever. You need to move forward in order to grow.