december 5th post.

well.

i just read a blog by my friend luke entitled "romance... a lost art?"

it was hit-the-nail-on-the-head true. just what i needed and was looking for. a girl who is fueled by pure romance and passion has nothing to live for in a fast food world. i'm lost.

i'll put a few of my favorite excerpts:

"women call their girlfriends when their man gets them a boquet of $7.99 flowers from the grocery store with no card, even if it's the flowers she has said she doesn't like. "Girl, my man is so sweet, you wont believe what he did for me today."

Women are starved for romance to the point that bar has been lowered to a level that would be insulting in one period of time.

However, while almost all women have adapted to society and the media, they cannot reprogram their brains into not wanting romance. Its engrained in their brains just like admiration/sex/power is engrained into a mans brain. "

"Are the days of every so often men putting his wife's towel in the dryer for her so its warm right out of the shower over?

Are the days of having her a bottle of wine and box of chocolate covered strawberries with a note on the counter that says "I took the kids for the night, you relax" over?

Are the days of mailing her a letter/card to your own house telling her some things she does that you find amazing over?

Are the days of random weekend trips to a cabin in the woods where are no distractions, over?

Are the days of washing her hair and brushing the tangles out over?

Are the days of buying her a dress and have it hanging in her closet with a dinner invitation attached over?

Are the days of taking her car to have it washed and the oil changed without her asking over?

Will we only have memories of those actions when we watch cheesy chick flicks? What will we teach our boys about romance and how to treat a woman?"

how great is that? it makes me have hope that there are guys like that out there. guys who still believe in romance. even watered-down romance. i'm a girl of the times. i can understand a little immediate self-gratification every once in a while. but when it comes to lasting love, for me it's a crock pot, not a microwave.

there's someone out there for everyone they say. how do you know when to stop looking for him and start settling for the next best thing to noah taylor calhoun?



i've also been listening to a little rosie thomas:

"sometimes i cry when it's late at night, and you're not there to lay next to me. morning breaks and the sun warms my face, how i wish it was you warming me. "

as i've said before, women shouldn't chase. women should be wooed. romanced. why don't guys get that? because we're way too easily caught.

and i for one, am changing that. TONIGHT! here and now. i will not be easily caught.
by anyone.


so there.