Lessons I've learned from Princess Jasmine

I was just a little girl when Aladdin was released.  I remember walking into the theater with my best friend's mom, armed with a kid's snack pack and my purple Princess Jasmine purse.  I also remember falling asleep part way through.  I've never been good at staying awake during movies. 

In high school, I would always ask my date which Disney Princess he liked the best.  (I never had a boyfriend in high school . . . I wonder why?)  If the guy answered "Princess Jasmine," (which was approximately 87% of the time) I knew that he wasn't the one for me.

Boys seem to favor Jasmine.  Maybe because she is a major hottie.  Or maybe it's because she knows it.  However, Jasmine has never been my favorite princess.  Sure, as a little girl I thought she was pretty and I admired that she had a tiger and cute birds . . . but she never really seemed to do anything.  She wasn't smart.  She wasn't funny.  She didn't work for anything she had.  She was just a princess.

I have learned some things from Jasmine over the years, though.  I'm not sure if they're good or bad, but they are important:

• If you don't marry for love, you will probably end up with a mind controlling psycho path.

Or, in other words, "You would be better off marrying a homeless bum than who your dad tells you to marry."

• Stealing is wrong, even if you're trying to help someone.  And even if you're pretty.

•  Don't leave your house.  Not even for a second.  Someone will try to chop off your hand, and your boyfriend will get arrested.

• If your dad is short and dumpy, it doesn't mean you will be too.

•  If you don't like a guy, just sick your tiger on him.

 So . . . who is your favorite Disney Princess?

Sorry if it's Jasmine . . .