Titanic - FTLTT: Categorised Obsession Signs -Remembering Titanic, Talking And Thinking About Titanic

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Talking And Thinking About Titanic
You think about the movie for more than an hour a day (Emmitt)
Your friends to come over to your house, sit in a circle, listen to the Titanic c.d. and have a crying party (Cara)
You can somehow connect everything in your life to the movie. (Abbas)
Your WHOLE FAMILY is sick-and-tired of hearing about Titanic from you. (Abbas)
At least three times a day people say to you, "You're obsessed with that movie, aren't you?" (Abbas)
You tell every person you meet what a fantastic movie it is and how it is SOOO true to the facts (except the love story) (Mary)
All you can talk about is the Titanic (Amy E)
You spoil your wife's impression of Titanic by talking about it too much, so she refuses to go see it with you and decides to wait for it to come out on video. (Daniel)
As a Priest you give a sermon on the meaning of 'true love', telling the people at mass to go and see 'Titanic'.(Fr. Pat.)
You stay up all night thinking about the Titanic. (Roy)
You ask anyone who has not seen it if they are on drugs.(Erin and Christie)
You consider doing all your school papers on the Titanic!!(Meena)
Anytime Titanic comes up in a conversation or on TV, everyone turns to look at you. or anytime anyone you know hears something or talks about Titanic they think of you and your endless speeches, quotes, and singing-humming Titanic.(shawna)
You enter every contest imaginable having to do with Titanic (Shawna)
When someone who claims they know more about Titanic then you you get into a duel for an eternity, you win (Shawna)
Your history teacher finally finds the one thing you are interested in and finally agrees to give you extra credit for a Titanic project, you end up doing a award winning presentation that takes 4 hours, and turning in a 35 page typed report (Shawna)
You don't talk to anyone who hasn't seen Titanic or you at least can't relate (Shawna)
You send hate mail to all the online critics who said anything remotely negative about the film (Shawna)
Every time you talk about TITANIC, you squeeze your partner's arms till the circulation stops.(Ayu)
You love the movie so much, you need a moment of silence before you continue your conversation on TITANIC (Ayu)
You prevent your father's secretary from doing her job because she is the only person in the office who has seen the movie, and you need to talk about it with someone. (Stephen)
You refuse to give a lift to anyone who hasn't seen the movie.(Stephen)
You interrupt total strangers in conversation if you hear them mention the word "Titanic".(Stephen)
All your friends stop speaking to you because you're driving them nuts with your constant rambling about the film.(John)
You learn something new about the movie everyday (Sarah)
Every one of your conversations start with "Have you seen Titanic?"(Destiny)
You cannot imagine how people who have not seen 'Titanic' yet can live with themselves (Jill C)
You've talked about 'Titanic' so much and seen it so many times that you've convinced your parents -- who haven't been to a movie theatre since 1990 -- to go see it. (Melissa)
You have been obsessed with the Titanic since you were in grade school and you are now 33.(Kay)
You accidentally cut your finger instead of your customers hair cause you are to busy turned around talking to the stylist next to you about how good the movie was.(Fantasia)
You feel you have a higher level of emotion/intelligence than your friends, because they only think the movie is 'OK'. (jrd)
You feel sorry for your friends for not being able to experience the movie on the same level.(jrd)
You don't understand how you could have known nothing about the Titanic before.(jrd)
You find yourself writing a 30 page report on Titanic at 2:00 in the morning for fun!!!! (Jjlaw)
You were thinking about taking a cruise for your honeymoon until you saw Titanic (Julie)
Your sister yells at you for making her kid a total Titanic maniac too.(Fantasia)
You start group discussions on staying on the ship vs. getting in a lifeboat.(Kim)
You find that your relationship with your best friend has gotten stronger simply because you've seen Titanic together so many times that it's all you can talk about and only he/she understands.(Kim)
You start categorising people you see on the street by what class you think they should travel on the Titanic. (Donn)
You start referencing dates in your life/history as B.T. Before Titanic or A.T. After Titanic. (The Reference date being December 19 1997)(Donn)
You talk for 5 hours or more on the phone with your best friend and realise you've talked about nothing but "Titanic".
Teachers who have a question about the movie scout you out because they know you have seen the movie 6 times!!(Amanda)
You're walking to school on a cold morning and say to your friends. "Could you imagine what it would be like to be in the ocean right now?"(Amanda)
You relate every factual item you find out about the movie, and tell it with such a passion that people actually insist that you calm down for awhile.(Amanda)
You constantly are saying.. "Well...what if...Jack got on the driftwood...they hit the iceberg straight on ,than would they have sunk?.. Maybe they would have just stuck there for awhile until help came...what if they weren't going so fast.. What if this or what if that....."(Amanda)
You think about the movie for hours after you see it.(Kaley)
You wake up in the morning and all you can think about is Titanic (Jessica and Katie)
You get jealous when you hear anyone else talking about Titanic. It belongs to 'you'.(Meghan)
You ask everyone you know if they have seen Titanic and threaten to haunt them in their sleep if they don't. (Lisa)
Every time you go outside and it is very cold, you can only think about and imagine what it must have been like for Jack and Rose (plus all the other people)to be in the ocean that night. (Jennifer)
You sit in Chemistry class and when Titanium is mentioned you perk up and think of the movie for the hundredth time that day. (Angel Rose)
You refuse to speak with someone about the movie if they thought any part was stupid. (Anel Rose)
On the rare occasion you talk about anything other than Titanic, all your friends and family look at you oddly and ask, "What happened to Titanic?"(Karen)
Your friends make fun so much fun of you for loving the movie so much, that they sent a picture of the movie from the internet to your house, signed by a fake Leonardo Dicaprio just to tease you! (Jillian)
Your friends are starting to get a little bit worried about you. And they tell you so every chance they get.(Sarah B)
You know you need the Titanic Anonymous 12 step programme.(Lianne)
The word "TITANIC" is forbidden in your home.(Heather)
You play word cross with your kids letter magnets on the fridge.. And you use all words to do with Titanic (Fantasia)
You write a letter to James Cameron asking if he's going to re-release Titanic with the changes as in the script.(Liz)
You suffered from insomnia a week before the movie came out because you were so excited.(Liz)
Your birthday is coming up and the movie Titanic is your theme. Complete with pictures and posters. (Sam)
All you think about is TITANIC!! Nothing else penetrates your brain! (SAM)
When people tell you this was fiction, you reply "We don't know all the stories of Titanic. And Rose didn't even tell her story for 84 years!! It *could* have happened!! We don't know!!" (Mysti)
After being traumatised by having been in another theatre you feel guilty as sin, go home, shut yourself in the bathroom, turn off the lights, light 14 candles (1 for each Oscar nomination), and repent by listening to the soundtrack while taking a purity bath praying you will be cleansed of your horrid sin and that the cast and crew and your "Titanic" partner will forgive you. (Byron)
Your friends, family and husband really think you need a new hobby.(Jillian)
You dream you are on the Titanic and wake up sea sick! (Cyndi)
You think about Titanic during important meetings where you will have serious decisions to make (Jean)
You have forbidden yourself from seeing Titanic this weekend (Jean)
Your friends give you dirty looks every time you mention the movie (Celeste)
You spend 2 hours plus in a Titanic Trivia chat room trying to prove to everybody that you know absolutely EVERYTHING about Titanic-the movie AND the historical ship.(Carrie P)
You suddenly see scenes from the movie play before your eyes when walking down the street.(April)
When confronted by your family, find yourself saying, "I don't have a problem. I can stop anytime I want." (nicole)
You keep hoping they will make a sequel (Swim145)
Every time you hear the word "Titanic" you stop whatever you're doing until you find out EXACTLY what they're talking about (Swim145)
In order to keep yourself amused during an extremely boring class, you make up different scenarios that would have let both Rose and Jack live.
You wish Jack got Cal's place in the lifeboat. (J.Mako)
You refuse to speak to your parents because they refer to TITANIC as "just another movie"(Miami99AHM)
When a friend nonchalantly points out some historical inaccuracies in the movie, you get frantic and ask, "But that doesn't make it any less perfect, right? RIGHT?" until she gets scared and agrees. (Kathryn)
You and your friends have hand signals for every scene in Titanic that you do across the room to each other in class.(Jen)
You want to have your wedding in the ocean above the wreck.(Stephen)
You give you fiancee headaches because you talk about the Titanic so much.(Steph)
Your boyfriend starts talking about Titanic all the time just so you will pay attention to him(Heather)
You enjoy taking those 30 minute movie surveys over the phone just so you can say you’ve seen it 6 times and discuss it with the nice lady over the phone (Gemini2399)
A girl in your school claims to have been an extra in Titanic and you quiz her daily for every detail (Kate)
Your friends can tell when you want to talk about Titanic, because you get that 'look' in your eyes. (Amy)
You've disowned any family members who didn't like the movie (Amy)
You draw stick-figure re-enactments of scenes from Titanic on various pages of your text book complete with dialogue. You show and explain them to the strangers sitting next to you. (jen1)
You are mortified when your close friend says, "That movie just doesn't do anything for me." (jen1)
You wanted to hunt down James Cameron when you heard it wasn't coming out during the summer and you had to wait until Dec. 19th.(Frogger782)
You have read the Titanic Addicts Anonymous list and realise that you will never be able to get over your obsession. (Jennifer)
You are proud to call yourself a Titaniac.(Jennifer)
When you hear the words :Satanic, Gigantic, Romantic and all of the other --antic words, you misunderstand and then begin talking for an hour on Titanic. (Lance)
You challenge other people at work/school to Titanic face-offs (Lance)
You begin naming foods things from the movie. i.g. Ice-berg Salad; Cal's Creamy Soup; Rose's watercress sandwich’s (Lance)
You write a letter to Jeopardy demanding they do a special Titanic trivia show. (Liz)
Your dad, who hasn't seen the movie, can now recite every line from Titanic (Brianne)
Someone could be talking about something totally not having to do with the Titanic, but you somehow work to subject into the conversation(Mj011980)
You and your boyfriend fight over the movie because you like it and he thinks it's corny. (Eduardo)
You tell all your friends everything you know about the movie just so they will think you're the best fan in the world.(Mallory)
Your husband thinks you are loony because you are way too obsessed, and after three months he thinks that you should forget it...(Fantasia)
You have talked about Titanic so much you have gotten your mother obsessed. (Karen and Cynthia)
Your boyfriend tells you to shut up about the Titanic so you two can have a sensible conversation, you tell him "Y'all are having a sensible conversation". (Karen and Cynthia)
There’s a kid at your bus stop who hasn't seen it because his parents will not let him and you are considering going to them and convincing them to let him see it just so you can have another person to talk to you about it.(Lena)
A friend said he wasn't going to see Titanic because "he knows how it ends" and you were so mad that you had to turn away and excuse yourself.(Jillian)
Another friend was insulting Titanic and Leo (how rude!) and you again had to excuse yourself!(Jillian)
You've become best friends with your cousin who's 13 (you're 17) just because you both love the movie.(Brandi)
Your husband is preaching at church and when he makes a reference to Titanic, everyone in the congregation turns to look at you. (jen1)
You start writing your own Titanic love story.(RoseDwson)
People in school refer to you as, "The Titanic Freak". (Kym)
You have your ears finely tuned so that if the word "TITANIC", Leo, or Jack is said across the cafeteria you find yourself suddenly eating with the person who said that.(mags)
You have dreamt about the movie every night since you first saw it in December.(Mags)
You yell at your best friend for not seeing Titanic yet and she gets really mad and doesn't talk to you for the rest of the day.(Danielle)
Your friend says something bad about Titanic and you slap her across the face for it. (Robin)
Your professor for French Conversation tells you that you must talk about something other than Titanic in your conversation class.(Liz)
Even though you know it's impossible, each day your pray for a sequel.(Katie)
You start a campaign to help ban icebergs forever. (Even though you know you have no control over the icebergs.)(Katie)
You buy your 15 month old nephew a book about the Titanic because "he needs to know" (Meg)
You write a story on about the movie in your point of view. (Erin)
While you are driving with your mom you start talking about Titanic, she stops the car and tells you, " Get out! " (Nicky)
You try spending a whole day without pronouncing the word 'Titanic'. You only managed twice since December 19, 1997 (Jean-Philippe)
You screamed happily at the theatre when Rose spit on Cal.(Melissa)
Your dreams always seem to involve climbing up a grand staircase surrounded by people applauding you(Norman)
You walk around the mall wearing a T-shirt with "Let's Talk Titanic!" written on it in big, bright letters (Norman)
Instead of saying "big" or "large", you say "Titanic" (i.e., "Wow, I just had a Titanic lunch!" or "That is one Titanic limousine") (Norman)
Your next, next vacation spot is Southampton (Norman)
At your boss' farewell party, you amaze everyone with your knowledge of Titanic. Your co-workers refer to the party as Titanic 101, and call you with all their questions. And you can answer them all.
Your friends have told you to get a life since you talk about TITANIC 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (Cookies337)
On your college applications you put Titanic under hobbies/interests (Titanic935)
As an April-fool joke, you made your cousin believe that you managed to tape Titanic the Movie a few days ago on an encrypted satellite feed for which you own a decoder. So you will have dinner at his home on April 1st to bring him a VCR tape where a "April Fool, I got you" note is hidden inside the box (Jean-Philippe)
You talk to your friends every night for two or more hours about the movie. (Kelly)
You got detention for talking about Titanic too much during class (Anna)
You are glad you are alive at the same time as this movie has come out and affected all our lives, and you feel the movie is very life-affirming, and you love reading about how everyone around the world feels the same as you do (Dennis)
You work in a public library, and you and another Titanic-obsessed friend who also works there convince the library director to let you put up a Titanic display - for educational purposes, of course... (Kathy)
You get a thrill out of seeing the captain die for the nth time as you think, "You should have been more careful, you deserve it" (Lacey)
Every time you see an old fashioned car you think "oh how romantic"(Ariel)
You relate EVERYTHING to Titanic. "Look, a pair of jeans! I bet they were washed in cold water, just like Titanic! Ooo I love Titanic!!!" (Skyerose)
When a teacher mentions Titanic and all your classmates look at you and start laughing. (Danielle)
All your life since December 24, 1997 (the day you first saw "Titanic") has been a hazy reverie, filled with visions of Jack, Rose, and the grand ship herself. (Kathryn)
You're disappointed to see public interest in "Titanic" slowly declining, because your obsession is still in full throttle. (Kathryn)
You begin to blame the sinking of the Titanic on your dearest friends, when you get in a fight (Guilamette)
You dream that you were on the ship, and actually believe it. (Leila)
(You know your 51 year old mother is obsessed when) you find her secretly reading those Leonardo Biographies in the bookstore...next to about 5 other 50+ women!!! (Jori)
Your brother is now thinking about drowning you to stop you from talking about Titanic. (Laura)
You think they should teach Titanic at school (Megan)
You spend hours trying to convince your friends that your Titanic obsession is nothing like your New Kids on the Block obsession in 4th grade. (CMM)
Your mother threatens to ground you for life if you so much as mention the word "Titanic" after April 15 (Susan) Back to the top