Romance

[Rasputin]

Definitions of romance:

love affair: a relationship between two lovers
woo: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
romanticism: an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
have a love affair with
the group of languages derived from Latin
love story: a story dealing with love
chat up: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life


Romance is a 1930 film which tells the story of a bishop sharing a cautionary tale with a young man, who is going against the wishes of his family, of the dangers of falling in love with "fallen women," by using a story of naievte from his past. It stars Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Gavin Gordon and Elliott Nugent.



...And you... are you a romantic guy?

[jjbb]

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[Parinaz_M]

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[Rasputin]

lol @ jjbb
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Ajaba !

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[Parinaz_M]

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[trance[]control]

So far only girls have indicated themselves as romantic. I would assume if any of us guys picks that choice, we would be considered liars, according to you girls.

[Rasputin]

So far only girls have indicated themselves as romantic. I would assume if any of us guys picks that choice, we would be considered liars, according to you girls.

LoL . You Are 100% Right !

[Rasputin]

The term romantic friendship refers to a very close but non-sexual relationship between friends (usually, but not always, same-sex), often involving a degree of physical closeness beyond that common in modern Western society, for example holding hands, cuddling and kissing, sleeping together, as well as open expressions of love for one another.

Romantic friendship was considered common and unremarkable in the West up until the second half of the 19th century, but after that time its open expression generally became much rarer as physical intimacy between non-sexual partners came to be regarded with anxiety, and the very phrase "romantic friendship" was almost forgotten. Only in very recent times has the concept and expression of romantic friendship begun to re-establish itself in the English-speaking world.

Perfectly respectable Victorian women wrote to each other in terms such as these: ‘I hope for you so much, and feel so eager for you… that the expectation once more to see your face again, makes me feel hot and feverish.’ They recorded the ‘furnace blast’ of their ‘passionate attachments’ to each other... They carved their initials into trees, set flowers in front of one another’s portraits, danced together, kissed, held hands, and endured intense jealousies over rivals or small slights... Today if a woman died and her son or husband found such diaries or letters in her effects, he would probably destroy them in rage or humiliation. In the nineteenth century, these sentiments were so respectable that surviving relatives often published them in elegies....
[In the 1920’s] people’s interpretation of physical contact became extraordinarily ‘privatized and sexualized,’ so that all types of touching, kissing, and holding were seen as sexual foreplay rather than accepted as ordinary means of communication that carried different meanings in different contexts... It is not that homosexuality was acceptable before; but now a wider range of behavior opened a person up to being branded as a homosexual... The romantic friendships that had existed among many unmarried men in the nineteenth century were no longer compatible with heterosexual identity.

[Rasputin]

In one of our weekly questions we asked, "What's your favorite romantic thing to do?" We've compiled the responses and made a list of romantic things to do!

Cuddle in front of a fire and watch your favorite movies.


Walk on the beach and stargaze.


Make love in the kitchen.


Sit on the beach, watch the sunset and talk.


Make love all day.


Hold hands.


Share a quiet moment together.


Cook dinner together.


Dance by candlelight.


Give a massage.


Take a bubble bath together.


Cuddle on the sofa and watch TV.


Cuddle


Spend time alone with each other.


Look into each other's eyes.


Make love in the rain.


Hold hands while taking a walk.


Make love in front of the fire.


Kiss your love.


Have a romantic dinner followed by a walk on the beach.


Sip champagne in a romantic bath together.


Go on a weekend getaway at the beach filled with candlelit dinners.


Make love on the beach.


Lay together in front of the fireplace and just talk.


Go out to a romantic dinner then go to a play or go dancing afterwards.


Dance together in a candlelit room.


Have a candlelit indoor picnic.

[Rasputin]

[Rasputin]

Take advantage of an often overlooked romantic spot! The following items can easily be slipped, without notice, under your love's pillow!

love coupons

a love letter

invitation to a romantic encounter

"love" cuffs

favorite magazine

a love card

plastic quote or inspirational card

tickets to an event/place

a pressed flower

a love poem

small pocket book of love quotes, love letters, etc.

love journal

thin wrapped chocolates

hints to a treasure hunt

20 reasons why you love them

very sexy underwear

a picture of both of you

an engagement ring

Hershey's Kisses

tape or CD with love songs that you both love

a small bottle of sensual massage oil or lotion

a sexy new piece of lingerie

a photo of yourself, so they can have sweet dreams!

a small bottle of their favorite fragrance

a little teddy bear

a key (to your heart!!)

hints to a treasure hunt.

a postcard of a place you are going to take them

a picture of a puppy you bought them

a picture of yourself in sexy attire

a piece of paper with a lipstick kiss on it

a silver locket

a new, favorite CD they want

[Rasputin]

Web isn't always the best place to find romance

Dear Amy: I am entering my senior year in high school. One of my friends, "Marina," is doing something that has me and other friends worried.

Marina met someone on an Internet game, and now she and this guy are "dating."

He lives in Canada. He is over 30 years old. He's got children from a previous marriage who are not that much younger than we are.

Marina is convinced that she is "in love" with this guy. When we were on our band trip this past year, she would be out on our balcony talking to him for hours.

They have one of those Internet cameras to talk to each other. She can see him, but he can't see her. I know how easy it is for someone to pretend to be someone they're not over the Internet. I've heard the horror stories of girls running off with someone they've met on the Internet.

My friends and I are extremely worried that she will do something stupid. I'm afraid that she will graduate from high school and run off to Canada to be with him. Or worse, she'll turn 18, not graduate from high school and run off to be with him.

Amy, we're only 17 years old! We have our whole lives ahead of us! What if she does something to get herself hurt, stranded or worse? Would you please help me try to communicate to her to let her know that what she is doing could potentially ruin her life?

-- A Concerned Friend

Dear Concerned: You are a good friend to be so worried about "Marina," but talking sense into her is too big a job for you -- and me.

You need to bring someone better qualified into this scenario. You should tell the most trusted adult in your life about this so that he or she can reach out to Marina's parents and let them know what's going on. If you don't think your parents are the people for the job, then reach out to your school counselor, band director or favorite teacher.

I agree that this is something to worry about. The Internet is a wonderful tool, and this tool is in our lives to stay, but unfortunately the same Internet that lets you Google the president's dog also brings people together in potentially frightening ways.

Dear Amy: A friend and I had a falling out a year ago because, when her mother died, my husband and I attended the wake but not the funeral.

We had her family over for dinner, sent a card, called her friends and went to the wake, which was 45 minutes from our home. She sent me a nasty e-mail about two weeks later saying that she was looking for me at the funeral, that I said I'd be there and I wasn't.

I felt that I had been a good friend. Her husband walked us to our car at the wake and told us that we didn't need to come back the next day because the funeral was going to be mostly family. My friend was so upset that she stopped speaking to me.

I wish she'd pick up the phone and talk to me! Is this a friendship worth saving?

-- Concerned in Chicago

Dear Chicago: Unfortunately, I left my friendship crystal ball in my other briefcase, so I can't tell you whether this friendship is worth saving.

I do know, however, that you care enough about this relationship to stew over it for a year and consider giving it one more try. So go ahead.

Give your friend a call. There is no need to bring up the wake or the funeral, but make sure to ask her how she's doing. If she brings up the events surrounding her mother's funeral, then you can explain what happened, and then it's up to her to accept or reject your overture.

Dear Amy: The letter in your column signed "Former Father-in-Law" struck a nerve with me. I find it curious that people need to label non-relatives in possessive terms when making an introduction, i.e. "my" girlfriend.

It sounds immature and insecure to me when someone attaches a possessive label to a friend or lover. It seems to put an invisible fence around the person being introduced.

What about just saying, "John Smith, I'd like you to meet Jane Jones?" Introducing someone as "my" niece or "my" neighbor is OK with me, but when it comes to introductions of people in a personal relationship, it makes "my" girlfriend sound as though she is "my" property.

-- Curious

Dear Curious: People making introductions are most often trying to inject some clarity in the proceedings -- not declare dominion over another person. I appreciate your effort to remain neutral when introducing your girlfriend, but I wonder if this bothers her as much as it bothers you.

[Rasputin]

being romantic is sooooooooooo sexyyyyyyyyyyyy ...

[DokhtarIrooni]

i wish my bf was just a little romantic ! but i am romantic