 Romance/Love: July 01, 2009 Issue [#3144] |
  Romance/Love
This week: Edited by: Vivian  
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Hi, I'm your handy, dandy guest editor for this issue. I might be considered a semi-professional, semi-amateur expert on love and romance after nearly forty-eight years of experience. However, are love and romance the same? What do they have in common, and what differences might we find. What does love mean?
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Love and Romance Compared
I found the following quote on a message board, without any information about the writer: "There are two sides to love: devotion and romance.Devotion without romance can be boring; romance without devotion can be heartbreaking because it takes the two to have a heaven-on-earth relationship." That quote gives a glimpse into what romantic love is.
We experience several types of love throughout our lives: love for parents, siblings, friends. However, romantic love is different because it includes a sexual attraction, a feeling of commitment, putting the loved ones above ourselves. It is a complex mixture that envelopes our emotions.
Please remember, love and romance are not always the same. Those who love romantically, will often practice a few romantic ideas, but the lack of "romantic" actions does not always mean the lack of love. Also romantic behavior doesn't always mean love. Romance can exist without love. However, can love exist without some romance? That depends on a person's definition of romance.
My husband isn't a "romantic," as such, yet he shows in many ways how much he loves me. He brings me roses for no reason except he loves me, this man who doesn't believe in giving flowers. He awakens to rub my leg when a cat jumps on the bed and lands on my already-aching calf. He forces himself to go with me somewhere even though he doesn't want to go. He, who doesn't like the idea of giving Christmas gifts, makes arrangements for me to receive a lovely winter cape for Christmas (even if it didn't arrive in time). Knowing that using a broom or a mob causes the arthritis in my back and neck to hurt so severely it triggers a migraine that puts me to bed in agony, he sweeps and mops half the kitchen floor from his power chair.
So what is love? It's putting the loved one's needs and desires above ourselves. Love is something as mundane as taking the baby's two o'clock feeding so that one's spouse can sleep. It's bringing a bouquet to someone even if we believe flowers are a waste of money. Showing love takes many forms.
So how do a couple of other W.Com members define love? Let's see --
To Nikola~Thankful Library Lady  , love is a fuzzy pony. Love has many facets. Instead of going with romantic love between two people, I'll use animals. Pets show unconditional love. They don't care what you look like in the morning or whether you've had a bad hair day. You can yell at them for something they've torn up or piddling in the floor and in 5 seconds, they've forgiven and bounce right back.
Pets are also sensitive to their humans and know when extra attention and love is needed.
It's a pity more humans aren't like pets.
And I still say love is a fuzzy pony.
Tigger thinks of Prancer  stated: Love is... seeing faults and wanting to be with that person, even if those are always there.
Love is... feeling that person's touch and realizing that things will be okay.
Love is... a reason to get up in the morning.
Love is... seeing my faults and feeling comfortable enough to share them.
Love is... powerful. It can overshadow anything and everything else, at times.
Love and/or romance means different things to different people, but the real meaning comes down to showing another that he or she is more important than we are. |
 Works about Love or Romance from W.Com
Many poems are written about love, perhaps because poetry lends itself to love and romance so well.
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But some people have stories, even folders of material, but beware, items in one folder are a higher rating than I read:
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If you're interested, I also have a folder of romance items:
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Since I'm a guest editor, I haven't any feedback or comments from a previous editorial to share with you. I do hope, though, that you will use what rambling thoughts I wrote to help you write more clearly about love and romance.
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