What is real romance as compared to faked romance?

What does it mean to be "romantic?"

Could "romantic" be defined being dramatic and in love at the same time?

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I wish i knew

Romantic is different from person to person...personally, I'm self-concious about certain aspects of my lifestyle and/or appearance, happy with it, but none-the-less I know how most view it. The ability to look past such flaws says a lot about a person's character, I think.

Now after reading your post...a question came to mind:

"What is REAL mayonnaise compared to generic mayonnaise?

Is it really Hellmann's?

What does it mean to be REAL?

Could REAL be defined being smooth and thick at the same time?""

Romantic is like, the way someone acts because of being in love. Someone can love you and show all the emotions, but not being romantic.

Romantic is like someone who loves you and acts and does and says certain things from being in love.

For example, I could be planning a romantic evening for you if I would love you, or walk on the beach and talk to you.

Going to the movies is not romantic (in my opinion) neither going to the pub.

Going to a nice restaurant with a candle on the table is, so is having a dinner together and talking to you.

It's kinda hard to explain, but you'll know it when you're having one "romantic time".

Just knowing he is actually listening is very romantic....

romance to me is the small things you want to do for each other..........

To be romantic, yeah...you can fake it. You can do all the things that romantics do. Make a woman a special dinner. Give her flowers on those days that don't require you to send them to her. Act silly in front of her when your friends are around. Yeah. You can fake that.

But a true romantic will do something extra. When he finds a woman that he can all these things for. When he feels completely fine being silly in front of her. When he doesn't care what his buddies think about him wanting to spend more time with her. He will simply stop looking for another woman to be romantic with. Cause he found her.

Ugh! Ok, this is sappy. I'm out.

Ok so what is a "hopeless romantic" then?

Is it like a person who is just dreaming about being romantic if ever getting a girlfriend?

Or someone who is being romantic but doesn't get any return of love?

It's how we tell, show, express to one another our love for them. It doesn't have to be dramatic, but it can be at times.

Are you talking about WHAT romance is, or are you asking how to tell if someone is faking? Two very different questions.

"Romance" is just a word, and like all words, it's meaning is evolving and changing with the whims of the users. Literally, it means "Like Romans", as in 'this is the way the Romans would have done it.' Past that, in usage, it seems to mean "pleasing to me, but in an indirect way." Thus, fixing your car for you isn't an act of romance, even if it's done because they care about you. Giving you flowers because it's expected isn't romantic, but giving them in a surprising way and time, is.

How do you tell if someone is faking it? That depends on how good they are at it, I suppose. I've seen a huge quantity of very OBVIOUS fake romantic gestures, plenty of them "worked" for the person doing them, as in the "victim" accepted the gesture as genuine.
I've witnessed many people being very contradictory about Romance, too. Many people well into a relationship call for Romantic gestures such as they felt they got from their S.O. before they moved in together. As soon as they ask for them, it guarantees that the gesture will be fake, no matter how much the other person wants to please them. But people do this every day, and some are actually satisfied with the results.

When someone is faking romance, usually to get into your pants, or to get into your wallet AND your pants, it can be very hard to tell the difference, especially because the nervousness of someone who is anxious to please you is identical to the nervousness of someone anxious to fool you.

I guess the last thing to mention, would be the totally uninvolved observational consideration one might have. If the OP is asking for how a "court" could come to a judgment about whether or not a given gesture, however honestly intended, measures up to some common notion of what romance is. I personally think this would be the height of absurdity and hyper controlling nonsense, but I know some people are into it.

It's a small thing, but it's a key difference: 'romance' involves whipped cream ... REAL 'romance' also involves summer sausage ...

I think I agree with you! To me, romance is not a "put on" that courts a woman for the purpose of seduction. Then, after the seduction, the guy couldn't care less about it... he got what he wanted. That is fake romance... it is not real.

To me, romance is when you do something that is compelled by a feeling of love for the other person. It could be a simple hug at the right time.

How about strawberries dipped in chocolate with whipping cream?

Maybe we should ask Lady GaGa

Well, I'm pretty HOPELESS to that I'll ROMANCE!

Real romance...he has to get up and get a towel afterwards.

Real romance is when he makes sure you get to orgasm first.

Romance is the effort of one to spend quality time with another that is done out of the desire to want to be alone and close with this person.