What do you think about romance?

Romance just isn't for me I been burnt too many times in the past so I have give it up now, thats just me

I like realism, honesty and minimal drama levels. So long as romance is compatible with those things, then I am happy to have it. A lack of romance isn't a big problem to me, but a lack of loving companionship and caring about each other is. Maybe those things are what romance is to me, though. Even so, the most romantic thing in the world is a mature conversation about the direction of your relationship (okay, that's a slight over-exaggeration, but it serves my point :P).

I don't think chocolate, hearts, flowers, expensive gifts and stuff like that is romantic. Personal things are romantic like inside humor, personalized gifts that a lot of thought is put into, the way two people snuggle, things that only two people in love share.

Total bullshit, a complete waste of time.

It is repulsive

There are too many definitions of romance
-It's kind of how there are too many definitions of "love"
I feel like everyone has their own "romance"
For example my definition of romance is the closeness of two people who both share similar feelings for one another. It's about two people who purely enjoy spending time with one another, and look to each other for advice.
Flowers, chocolates, and cheesy gifts aren't really romance but they sure to help "egg on" the romance. idk ;p

Idk how it is. If I like someone its either platonic or purely sexual. :/ Maybe someday.

Romance is my life. I sweep my gal off her feet every moment when I can. Literally at times. I just love holding her in my arms feeling her warmth against me. I go the extra mile just to see her smile. A gentle kiss upon her neck along with an embrace. A light whisper in her ear " I love you ".
Romance throughout the day keeps the relationship strong and secure. Not commercialized but sincerely genuine from the heart.

I don't do romance. I never have and I never will. All that lovey dovey soppy stuff just does not interest me. I'm only interested in sex after that I don't care or particularly want to see them again. Perhaps deep down I am scared of being emotionally hurt so I have walled off my hear to romance. xx

I still haven't had my 1st girlfriend yet at 30, I'm far FAR to intelligent to even date a woman that I'll never marry. I'll only marry a strong minded Christian girl and unlike you people, I'll marry my 1st girlfriend, not my 200th. All I have to do is hear a girl talk for 5 minutes or less about a subject we might bring up and I'll already know how she is. I have to admit though, I have been quite shy with girls and bad luck just makes it worse.

I usually have a 15 minute or less romance with a girl, then never see her again due to sheer bad luck. Every single solitary time.

I love the idea of romance. In reality though, it's always left me disappointed and broken. Romance hurts too much.

Romance is a real conundrum. For me though I would like to think of it as a poison that you crave. The more you get, the better it feels, and the more it kills you in the end. The more you love someone the more it hurts when it falls through. And not loving someone enough will make it fall through all the same. There is no winning. You get how much you put in, back out in suffering.

For some though, perhaps like myself, it's a gambit worth taking. And sometimes I feel like I have no choice but to crave loving someone.

Romance isn't a tangible thing though. nor is it a single idea that someone else can call "romantic". Romance is the feeling you get when you share a connection no one else understands. It's the human element in that moment that makes is special. Not the candles, or the flowers.

Unfortunately I was blessed with a very helpless, hopeless, miserable taste in romance. The kind that doesn't even exist. The kind that makes you dream and fantasize about things that can only happen in love stories that were fabricated from perfect fiction. So I have come to view romance as a beautiful burden in my life.

in the only relationship i've ever been in, i was cheated on. now i'm afraid to let any guy love me because i don't want to be hurt again.

I'm the most hopeless romantic you'll ever meet, but in real life I either don't have time for it, or I'm too afraid of it, or the people I'm interested in aren't compatible with / interested in me. I don't see myself getting into a relationship for a long while, not because I don't like the idea [I fantasize about romance way way WAY more often than I'm comfortable admitting] but because, as much as I love the idea, I know that relationships take a LOT of work. And I'm not ready for that. I have a life to live, you know? I have a career to start on and dreams to pursue. I don't have time for a partner to be taking up all my attention [or getting mad at me for not giving them enough attention].

Never been interested in romance...never had crushes...it's weird to me how important having a relationship is to people. But, being that romance is everywhere in fiction of course I've accepted it, even if it annoys me a bit when a romance subplot is included in nearly every (mainstream (at least))movie out there. But it's nothing major. It's an important part of life for most people so of course it's going to be a part of most (mainstream) works of fiction as well. I'm sorry I sound so annoying in this but this was the topic and I gave my point of view.

Definition of romance: Irrational love. SO you could basically be romantic with your siblings/parents/vagina/dog/stream/etc. Although it would be weird...

love is better without romance :PP

Not much really.. Knock the cunt up with a fist until she gets you 50 12-packs of beer.

Romantic.. Alabama style!