My Boys - In Support of the "Harry Met Sally" rules

I ahve finally finished watching the "first" season of my boys. Officially its the first half of the first season, but each chunk was separated by a year, so i consider it two entirely different seasons. I can now reflect accurately on what what main message of the all-too-short series were.

Here's what I got from the MY BOYS:

As a girl, you cannot be "just friends" with a guy, or group of them. Billy Crystal's voice is echoing in my head, so say it with me now, "Men and women cannot be friends. Sex always gets in the way." See my comments about When Harry Met Sally for more on this theory.

WAZZUP - PJ and Brando
PJ may not be a girly girl. She's a sports writer, she hosts nearly every poker night/sports viewing event. But she still has feelings. In a classic example of the WHMS rule, she makes a huge point of telling the guys how in college, Brandon kissed her and "wazzup"ed her the next day. For those of you that are unsure if you've been "wazzup"ed after a potential romantic moment, you probably have been. In PJ's case, Brandon walked by her in the libray the day after making out with her, simply saying "wazzup" and quickly walking away. He then for years denied the event and following wazzup, pretending he had been skiing that day. So yes, if you're totally blown off after a potentially romantic situation, you've been "wazzup"ed for sure. If you are indeed involved with a Brandon, he may suddenly admit to said wazzup, kiss you, ask you out on a potentially awkward date, then pack his bags and move out of your guest room. As an earlier and important plot note, Brandon basically called off his wedding after PJ pointed out his on-again/off-again girlfriend Wendy was not letting him take part in his own wedding, and would probably not let him live his life. Wendy also wouldn't let PJ be the best man. Not cool.


Stephanie and Kenny
From the first episode, or maybe second, we can clearly see that PJ's sassy and more sophisticated friend Stephanie (sorry no videos available to demonstrate my point here) has intense disdain for Kenny. But by the time everyone comes back from Bobby's not wedding to Elsa the nanny, we find out they've been secretly dating.Kenny is the 100% opposite guy from Stephanie's usual types- bankers, Gregg from business affairs, etc.. but their secret relationship got the best of them. Suddenly they're a couple and all the years of snide comments and tension goes away.

And in a whole different level, we have PJ and Bobby. Another post on this to follow.