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If You Grew Up In The 90s, You Probably Rented These 10 Romance Movies While Breathing In That Unmistakable Blockbuster Smell | GalTime Writers

If You Grew Up In The 90s, You Probably Rented These 10 Romance Movies While Breathing In That Unmistakable Blockbuster Smell | GalTime Writers

It’s a Friday night in 1997: you’re walking aimlessly through a room full of rows and rows of VHS tapes illuminated by unflattering light and a very particular carpet-and-plastic scent in the air. After three or four circuits around ye olde Blockbuster block, you and your buds would inevitably meet at the romance section and pick out some faves before heading to the check-out with your plastic card. Don’t forget the Junior Mints and microwave bucket popcorn; it’s gonna be a long evening in front of the tube. Ahhhhh, life was simpler back then. Although streaming is more convenient today, you lose out on the post-Blockbuster anticipation of getting home, gathering snacks and blankets, and hoping that the previous renter was kind enough to rewind before popping that bad boy straight into your VHS, and drifting off into movie heaven on your La-Z-Boy. If you grew up in the 90s, you probably rented these 10 romance movies while breathing in that unmistakable Blockbuster smell:  1. An Affair to Remember (1957) Sure, a lot of it …