Main Entry: romance
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ro·manced; ro·manc·ing
Date: 1671
intransitive senses
1 : to try to influence or curry favor with especially by lavishing personal attention, gifts, or flattery
2 : to carry on a love affair with
Saw something really romantic on TV tonight that got me pondering - what, really, is romance? Sure, flowers and candy are romantic, but they're caricatures of the reality of romance. They're empty symbols if there's no real romantic intent behind them. Something is romantic if it shows another person how you feel about him, the standard in which you regard her.
The everyday romantic things I see my friends who are in love do for each other probably don't even register on other people, or outside of the twosome for whom those gestures are important (unless you have the eyes to see the gestures). The everyday romantic things are any ritual between the two of you that reaffirms your love for each other - kissing/hugging hello or goodbye, holding hands, giving each other a look across a room. But those aren't really where the romance is at when you've been in it for the long haul - ***this is where blogger/blogspot ate the rest of my post, and also where I get the hint that it's time to figure out a new blog host***
Posted by cshell at July 31, 2003 10:57 PM