Has romance died?

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Maybe it's just me but I think people are no longer serious about relationships. NT's mostly. Even at my age they'd rather flirt than find a partner.

I'm serious about mine.

I'm commited.

I don't think romance itself has died but rather peoples perceptions.

"Has romance died?"

It's connecting the two... I've no trouble about being serious in my relationships, but I'm not sure where romance comes in. Or what it is.

It's true. Now it's all about sex and fun.

I agree about the NT's. It's definitely a turn off when a guy flirts with a lot of girls, especially if he has a girlfriend, which is what a lot of NT guys like to do. They like to "keep their options open" instead of being serious. That's what it was always like with the guys I was interested in in high school. Now in college I don't even bother being interested in anyone. No one seems very romantic nowadays, except for maybe some aspies.

I've been committed more than once. </pun in atrocious taste, however accurate>

I think people are just growing up later in life now, in all honesty.

*Pokes Romance with stick* Looks dead to me.

Do you think this has anything to do with people having sex at a younger age?

interesting correlation.

i would think that you may be onto something.

i think it has to do with alot more than that. but, your early 'sexperiment' theory is probably a major factor.


We, need someone to clearly define romance, otherwise we cannot know what we are discussing. I think it is subjective. So if an individual thinks its dead then, clearly, it is. But that does not mean that it will always be the case,

As i have so bluntly put it in a different thread, i think romance, for men, is a physical act. that being stated, then speaking for men, no, romance is not dead.
It is just alot harder to find quality women, you know, like the ladies of my grandmothers generation.

Nice to see a man wanting romance. I'm speculating that some men think of women as either mothers or someone to get laid with, which doesn't leave much room for romance and long-term plans.

Yeah, I honestly don't want to think of a girl as merely a sex machine. That isn't morally justified.

I think it is heathier if both(or more) people in a relationship are less serious about anything they can manage. And reserve the seriousness for the things that really matter to them.

I think that all partnering should be reflected upon as a fun experiance, not a serious one.

You wonder why Paris Hilton is my most hated celeb.

We're increasingly rare nowadays You'd think there'd be a market, but nyet.

I've been saying for the last few years:

My generation has no values. We only have three cares, three goals, three morals. Those are?

Sex.

Drugs.

and Violence.

Luckilly, I haven't fallen pray to that twisted ideal, however, many of my friends have. This is a generation where, at my old middle school, there was a drug bust. 22 eigth and seventh graders selling pot, pills, ecstacy, cocaine... where? The middle school is in the middle of the suburbs. Where are they getting this? At the same middle school, people were passing around condoms and doing it in the bathrooms at lunch. Fights happened at least twice a week.

Sex drugs and violence. That's what my generation is viewed for, that's what people look at me and think that I am.

"Oh, he's 14? Must be on drugs or something. They all are. And I wonder if he's done it more than I have."

So yes, romance has died, along with every other ideal other than those 3 - for my generation at least.

Here's hoping that my generation doesn't blow up the world because most of us are a bunch of dumbf*ck morons.

"That, ladies and gentlemen, was the perfect rant."