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Is romance dead?
“It’s just a flesh wound!”
I’m maybe not the best person to ask about this, my concept of romance still being in the “fling sand in her eye and pull her hair” vein, but I think it’s definitely in trouble. We’re in an age where a slurred pickup line is a primary method for initiating a relationship, and at the same time everyone is paranoid about STDs, getting rolled or accused of rape. This does not make for an atmosphere conducive to romance and courtship. It is definitely the case that the “art of romance” and romance as a social convention is out of favour at the moment. When was the last time anyone heard of a guy writing a girl a poem or a song, or even standing outside her window with a boombox. Winning the girl’s heart has turned into something ancillary to hooking up at the end of a drunken night on the town, which is a real problem given most of my nights are spent neither drunk nor out on the town.
Maybe it’s a cyclic thing and the romance will return. Maybe it’s just a fact of the modern era that people want to cut through the bullshit and get to the point, but either way it’s a shame.
