rewatched this at christmas. this story makes me feel so many things so very deeply. now i am older i understand why jo turns laurie down- at 19 i couldn’t for the life of me understand why she wouldn’t want to be with him. the chemistry? the dancing outside the party? the joining of their little english men’s club in the attic???? laurie was the only outsider we see allowed to permeate the family nucleus. he seems perfect. but he wasn’t, because that’s not what jo wanted. and that’s okay. and i understand her now that i am 23.
was still painful tho