Does anyone remember the film Shirley Valentine, and it's message?

It aired in 1989, and at the time was quite a cult hit. Every one had to see it. I was about 26 at the time, and didn’t fully understand it’s message.

It was about a female of 42, gosh she seemed so old to me then! Who left for a holiday in Greece. Leaving behind a bored husband, demanding family and the regular mundane life of a Liverpudlian housewife in the UK. Once there, she tossed off all her learned inhibitions, swam topless, flashed her cellulite, and fell in lust with a charming Greek fisherman. I say lust, as she knew the difference between sex and love.

She decided to never return home! For me the message was, it is never to late to start a new life, it is never too late to fall in lust, appreciate your body or yourself. Life is ever changing and new experiences can bring new rules. Plus we don’t have to return to the place we just left. Male or female the story rings true. Have you ever felt like or actually pulled a Shirley Valentine?