Hopeless Romantics?

[Lote-Tree]

Are you are hopeless Romantic? or do you think Romance is so stupidest thing in the world and the lonely and the losers go for this kind of things :D

1. Yes. I am a hopeless Romantic!
2. I used to be a hopeless Romantic. But I am sane now :D
3. I am currently giving up being a Hopeless Romantic because it sucks! :D
4. I have never been Romantic.
5. Romantic? Are crazy? It's for Adolescent teenies.
6. Romance? Erm whats that? We don't do that here!
7. Yes. Romance is good. But I now understand the "Transient" nature of it all.
8. Yes I know Romance is Transient but I am still a Hopeless Romantic :D

[Nossa]

Nope. I'm not a romantic. Not yet at least..lol

[crazefest456]

I'm split between 7 and 8...only because they might be the same.
Romance isn't bad or good; it just is. I mean, being mushy gushy and buying roses is as romantic as someone quietly dying for another's love without proclaiming it.

[B-Mental]

What about the "Romantic and not hopeless option"? Why do you consider it hopeless to be romantic....why does anyone consider it hopeless to be romantic. Its too bad we can't all look at the world as though seeing it for the first time.

[SleepyWitch]

could you please define "romantic", Lote?

I voted 3, assuming that romantic means
quietly dying for another's love without proclaiming it.

3. I am currently giving up being a Hopeless Romantic because it sucks!


but if it means what B said, then I don't wanna give it up

Its too bad we can't all look at the world as though seeing it for the first time.

[Sweets America]

I am a hopeless romantic.

[amanda_isabel]

i am a hopeless romantic, but i guess it's a phase we all go through as teens and this thread happens to find me right smack in it. romantic, yeah, and my daydreams know no end. hey. at least i know they're only daydreams.

[LadyW]

I really am a hopeless romantic. Don't mistake me, I'm not so deluded as to think that I'm going to be serenaded whilst standing on a balcony but I believe in love more than anything else on this Earth. In the cynical world of today, romance is hard to achieve... I, however, am a very compassionate person and I cannot convey to you through a post in a thread how strongly I believe that there is good in every human being and therefore they are capable of love (and if they let themselves, romance.) Love is beautiful but it is harsh and cutting; many are repeatedly made aware of this throughout life and I suppose that can dampen the passion slightly over time.

[Taliesin]

We would go for the second opinion, but we are not sane now- our insanity just metamorphosed into different kind of madness.

[Pensive]

I have never been Romantic.

If by romance you refer to the kind of romance in Julia Robert's movies, I would never like to be one.

[Lote-Tree]

I have never been Romantic.

If by romance you refer to the kind of romance in Julia Robert's movies, I would never like to be one.

What about Layla and Majnun? Troilus and Cresida? Lote-Tree and... :D

[LadyW]

Lote-Tree and... :D

a.) Jessica Alba
b.) Himself (:D)
c.) His lance
d.) None of the above

[Koa]

I'd go for 6 but I'd also need Romantic to be defined.

I'm not romantic in the Julia Roberts sense, those things make me sick. I am cynical and believe in cynicism more than in love.

I am hopelessly romantic in the literary sense of the word. I love being dramatic, darkness, "sublime", amplified feelings and stuff like that.

[Nossa]

I think romance should basically mean understanding and care. I'd be hopelessly romantic with someone who knows me more than myself and acts accordingly. I hate it when people claim that love and romance is in roses and presents on valentine's day, this is a 'show off' and not the real thing. As for Julia Roberts, well this kinda romance, doesn't really make me sick, but rather makes me laugh.

[Pensive]

What about Layla and Majnun? Troilus and Cresida? Lote-Tree and... :D

I have forgotten the exact content of the first two tales. The last one I don't even know what it is about. I think I shall reserve my comments until I am knowledgeable about them all. :p

[Taliesin]

I'm not romantic in the Julia Roberts sense, those things make me sick. I am cynical and believe in cynicism more than in love.


ditto

[Lote-Tree]

I have forgotten the exact content of the first two tales. The last one I don't even know what it is about. I think I shall reserve my comments until I am knowledgeable about them all. :p

Pensy I am dissapointed. Layla and Majnun - classic of Islamic Literature and staple diet of Bollywood and Lolywood cinemas - and you forgotten about the content :D

To remind you: Manjun goes mad over his love for Layla. Layla being the beautiful daughter of a rival clan. Layla Majnun is precursor to Romeo and Juliet and Troilus and Cresida...

[Pensive]

Pensy I am dissapointed. Layla and Majnun - classic of Islamic Literature and staple diet of Bollywood and Lolywood cinemas - and you forgotten about the content :D

To remind you: Manjun goes mad over his love for Layla. Layla being the beautiful daughter of a rival clan. Layla Majnun is precursor to Romeo and Juliet and Troilus and Cresida...

Umm then nothing wrong with Layla and Majnun's romance. But yeah I have never been there I would say.

[Lote-Tree]

Umm then nothing wrong with Layla and Majnun's romance. But yeah I have never been there I would say.

Pensy - you never been in love or been loved?

[AuntShecky]

aw, Lote, there are so many definitions and connotations of the word "romantic" (1) the contemporary view of the relationship between lovers (2) the type of British poetry and literature found in the early 19th c. (3) the kind of world view in which one discerns the world and all of its people primarily according to one's feelings,(4) the quest for and depiction of "adventure" as in types of novels, plays, and movies -- "Scaramouche," "Pirates of the Caribbean" and (5) unabashed, girly-girly sentimentality.

Your ol' cynical auntie doesn't want any part of any of these

[NickAdams]

I am sane! Now. I define romantic as an effort to impress, but romance is different. Those involved in romance are never aware of the romantic qualities, beecause the are to happy at the moment to define it. Romantics are aware before, during and after. True romance is effortless.

[Logos]

You forgot the poll option "Yes I'm a Hopeless Romantic and Recovering Cynic" :p

[B-Mental]

True romance is effortless.

Perfectly stated Nick. I agree with Logos...the poll kind of tells us that someone had their heartbroken.