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Admit it, we do tend to get blinded by our own mistakes in bed--either because we think they're no big deal, or maybe our partners just fail to point this out. In such cases, we might need some other people to make us see sense--so we'll start with instances that well-known characters from television and movies have gotten themselves into. Which of these mistakes are you guilty of repeating over and over?

Karen (Laura Linney) and Karl (Rodrigo Santoro) of Love, Actually

1. Forgetting to turn your mobile phone off
In Love, Actually, Sarah (Laura Linney) finally gets down to business with Karl (Rodrigo Santoro), an officemate she's been crushing on for two years, only to get cut off by phone calls from her mentally ill brother. It was enough to make us feel bad (and guilty).
 
2. Calling your partner by another name
We can't blame Rebecca (Rebecca Epstein) of Starter for Ten for leaving Brian (James McAvoy) after he called her Alice, the name of the girl who recently dumped him, just when they've started heating up. What an uncool--not to mention just plain infuriating--way to douse the fire, dude!  

3. Being selfish in bed
It was weird enough that Spanglish's Deborah (Tea Leoni) got her orgasm from reading news of her husband (Adam Sandler) being praised as one of America's top chefs. Seeing that she doesn't need him to get the high, he eventually loses his appetite.

 

Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor as Barbara Novak and Catcher Block

4. Assuming that men can differentiate so easily between love and sex
In the case of Barbara Novak (Renee Zellweger) in Down with Love, her theory that men can separate these two things easily worked well at first: Her book became such a hit that men found themselves sexually deprived after women started treating sex and love the same way. Unfortunately, she has to be a role model and resort to her own antidote, chocolate, until Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor) stages a scheme to discredit her.

5. Being unprotected
Juno (Ellen Page, Juno) and Allison (Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up) both get knocked up after just one night of unprotected sex, and we all know what happens next. Juno says it best: "'Cuz, you know, they say pregnancy often leads to, you know...infants."

6. Letting him do all the work
Miranda's refusal to get on top and unenthusiastic "just get it over with" remark thrown at hubby Steve in the Sex and the City movie definitely killed the mood and led to drastic results.

7. Making excuses for not wanting to have sex
Comedian Alvy Singer from Annie Hall was once in love with his first wife, Allison, but due to his inability to enjoy anything in life, he starts making up excuses--including his theory about John F. Kennedy's assassination--for not having sex with her. The vicious cycle goes on with another failed marriage after his divorce with Allison.

Depression-induced sex doesn't work all the time

8. Breaking down
Remember that weird Grey's Anatomy season when Meredith says yes to George even though she was doing it just to make herself feel better, then she ends up breaking down because she couldn't do it after all? The lesson: Depression-induced sex doesn't work all the time.

9. Assuming that you're going a long way
After snagging her boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) quickly fantasizes about ending up with him despite his obvious womanizing tendencies, only to get hurt in the end.

 

Serafin (Ernesto Alterio) and Ariadna (Leticia Dolera) of Semen, Una Historia de Amor

10. Concentrating too much on technicalities
When your passion is enough, there's not much reason for you to let your quirks get in the way (unless you're incurably obsessive-compulsive, maybe). It's a good thing Serafin (Ernesto Alterio) of the Spanish film Semen, Una Historia de Amor (Semen, A Love Story) was too cute to resist and Ariadna (Leticia Dolera) just thought his insistence for foreplay first was endearing.