This week on the Love Project we are going to explore Romance.Assignment 10: What does romance mean to you? This week spend some time making a list of what you find romantic. Then pick one of those ideas and experience some romance either on your own or with someone else. Write a comment or a blog post and I'll feature you on Website Wednesday and on my Love Links page.
Background: A couple of days ago I wrote about the "romantic" relationship I had with an old man I'd met by volunteering in a nursing home. We tend to think "romantic relationships" must be "sexual relationships" but they don't have to be. Romance can be experienced with friends, family, or even on our own. Of course, most of us associate romance with "romantic love." If we're at a beautiful, romantic place, we want to be sharing that with a romantic partner and it can be kind of depressing to be on our own while we see all the other love-birds around us, being all inappropriately smoochy. Instead of enjoying the romance and beauty, we can sit there pouting about how we are "all alone." To that I say "Bbrerrrsr" <- This is the sound that goes with pursing your lips and blowing... kind of like sticking your tongue out, but with sound. (I'm going to have to research the word for this action and the correct way to spell the corresponding sound, but basically it means, "Stop feeling sorry for yourself and enjoy the romance!")
We spend so much time in this life wanting to be validated by others. We feel in order for romance to be real, someone else has to tell us we're beautiful. We need to get flowers or attention. We need to be holding hands or kissing. Sure... those things are wonderful and we all want them. And if you have a romantic partner in your life, then take full advantage of that. Lavish your partner with the kind of romance they most enjoy.
But, if you don't have it... if you're single... it doesn't mean you have to give up on romance. Romance others, romance yourself... Gaze at the moon, the mountains, the ocean and feel the love in the world and know that you are part of it. Let a breeze embrace you, giving you tingles. Let snowflakes fall on your face. Let the smiles from strangers fill you with a sense of peace. Know that you're loved, with or without a romantic partner.
And last, but not least, tell those annoying love-birds to get a room...
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believe it or not - my eyes bugged on this assignment - i am not quite a romantic person. i LOVE romantic comedies, i adore the fun thoughtfulness of expressing love - whether it's romantic or not, hmmm? i will enjoy this week's love project learning and exploring!
I kind of love this post. I like to think that I am a very romantic person. But reading your post made me doubt that a little. Mostly because, I depend on others for romance. I have never romanced myself. And I don't know why, but this kind of makes me a little sad. I know that it is important to be alone sometimes and to do things for yourself, but for whatever reasons, I am not very good at doing that. I guess that this assignment should be turned into an introspective one for me. I don't seem to have much trouble romancing others.
Nice Love and Dating Tips added by you.Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.
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