9 June 2000

Submitted by eve on Fri, 06/09/2000 - 11:58pm. Tragic

"At first it was going to be a small ceremony, and we were just inviting family and best friends..."
"Right."
"But then she starts saying that she's concerned about our future, because I'm not romantic enough. That I never write poems for her, or sweep her off her feet. I say that I love her, and she loves me, and we're happy, right? She says fine, then she wants a fairy tale wedding to make up for the lack of romance in our marriage. We're not even married yet and she wants to rent a white horse to ride away on after our wedding, to compensate for the fact that we won't be living a romance novel!"
"Man, what are you going to do? Grow Fabio hair?"
"Well, no. Call me unromantic, but when I bought the ring, I saved the recipt..."
--Two twenty-something guys overheard in a cafe

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 03/07/2002 - 11:37pm.

Archived comment by K.W.:
If life isn't a romance novel.... ^(o,O)^;;; I'm in the wrong book.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 02/14/2002 - 12:44pm.

Archived comment by Arlene:
Ken, that is so sweet & your wife is so lucky.

I think it's the little touches that makes a romance. I still get misty over the Valentine's Day present that my boyfriend gave me 2 years ago. He surprised me with 2 books on drawing, one on Anatomy for Artists & the other on Drawing Dynamically, as a surprise. They were on top of my purse, waiting for me Valentine's Day morning. It wasn't the price, it was the time & attention. It's the fact that he paid attention to something that I really wanted & he got it for me, surprised me with it. I'm getting misty just thinking about it. This year it's another book on drawing, Dynamic Anatomy, & a personalized bar of milk chocolate from Hershey's ('Women want chocolate for Valentine's Day. The TV said so.'). He's the best (for me).

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 12/13/2001 - 2:21am.

Archived comment by Ken White:
It's interesting to hear that someone else is a guy who is expressly romantic married to a girl who is entirely unmoved by it at all times. I hate it. My wife is like... thanks. When I went to all the trouble. For velantines day, I had the kid out, cleaned the house, made dinner, set the table and left a trail of rose petals leading to the bathroom with milk and honey and perfumes in the tub, the WHOLE NINE. I arranged lillies and lilacs around the bathroom... It sounds ridiculous but it was supposed to be sweet. And she was into it... but not like I wanted. I think it's hard for men like that to come to terms with the fact that they (basically the 1% of men that are this way) ended up with the 1% of women who don't really get into it.
que sera sera. I love her more than anything... and she wouldn't have it any other way.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 10/26/2001 - 2:10pm.

Archived comment by Pooh:
Keeping the receipt doesn't guarantee getting your money back. Just ask my ex-fiance.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 09/20/2001 - 11:22am.

Archived comment by Vanessa:
That is so wrong.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sat, 09/01/2001 - 9:47am.

Archived comment by LooLooBee:
My husband IS very romantic and I am not. He gets very upset that I don't cry and get all mushy when he gets me flowers or writes me poetry. I am just not very emotional-like that. Don't get me wrong, I love it that he does these things for me-it's part of the reason that I love him. I'm just not a mushy, shmushy person and not everyone is, especially MOST men!!

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 11/29/2000 - 6:46am.

Archived comment by baddestbrains:
My wife said it best, if I wanted to marry a chic she would go lesbian. She wants a man, not a guy who cries during chic-flicks. Too bad so many women are enamoured with the hollywood image of a good relationship.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 11/20/2000 - 3:03pm.

Archived comment by Billybob:
Romance is not dead and gone.
I really really love my couch

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sun, 11/19/2000 - 4:23pm.

Archived comment by boB:
Actually, Molly, there are two extremely good reasons to keep a receipt for an engagement ring, and I am keeping both of them in mind if I ever purchase one.

1. She says 'no.'
2. Insurance records.

A third reason is basically the one represented by the overheard men - if the engagement doesn't work out, the ring may be returned.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Tue, 10/31/2000 - 7:44am.

Archived comment by Molly:
I totally agree with love and devotion over trivial romance, but if this jack ass kept the receipt to an engagement ring, he obviously hasn't a clue how to appreciate someone. Sorry for the rant, but I almost married someone who treated me like the couch: you like it, you know it's there, but you wouldn't notice or appreciate it unless it got up and left.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 10/30/2000 - 12:24pm.

Archived comment by Tygrkatt:
That chick needs to get her head out of the clouds. Life is *not* a romance novel, and never will be. Get a grip girl and be glad that you have found and man who (I presume) loves you and can be a friend and partner to you. *That* is what marrige is about. Not poetry and roses every day.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 10/20/2000 - 12:55pm.

Archived comment by The Laughing God:
I can't say I blame him. It seems anymore that simple things like love and loyalty aren't good enough. Tragic so many people seem to be looking for something that they'll probably never find.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 10/11/2000 - 2:55am.

Archived comment by Ashe Parker:
When you look up "ouch" in the dictionary... This is the definition.

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