Romance is a state of being. It’s about taking action on your feelings. It’s a recognition that love in the abstract has no real meaning at all! Romance is best defined as “love-in-action.” Love is the feeling—romance is the action. Got it??
Romance often starts as a “state of mind,” but it must move beyond mere thoughts and intentions, and be communicated to your lover through words, gifts, presents, gestures, touches, looks --> through action.
Romance is about the little things. It’s much more about the small gestures, the little ways of making daily life with your lover a bit more special, than it is about extravagant, expensive gestures.
There are two kinds of romance: 1) Obligatory, and 2) Optional.
Obligatory romance is required by law. Look, if you forget to send roses on Valentine’s Day, you’d simply better not show up at home! But optional romance is really more romantic.It’s more genuine. It’s making the romantic gesture when you’re not required to. It’s arriving home on a Tuesday after work with flowers—just because! It’s massages and messages. It’s cards and candles and songs and…
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