Men, not women are the true romantics

[daveysurfy]

[Medea]

Yeah, you're right, that sums up all women completely. I guess that's the end of this thread then as no one could possibly disagree with that statement. All men and all women have been adequately summed up in that post.

[WeiJingsheng]

I disagree with Medea. I am far from satisfied by the OP...

[Progress]

I bought someone flowers once, so I'm romantic

[Medea]

Well I am surprised, I thought everyone would agree with the OP and there would be no need for debate.

[Kevin Hodge]

Originally Posted by Medea

Well I am surprised, I thought everyone would agree with the OP and there would be no need for debate.

yeah, i heard that all women love being lumped in with other women. its just what they like

[Progress]

Originally Posted by Distance81

Did you buy them for a "woman of a certain age", and if so how did you prevent her from marrying you?

Well, she never bought me flowers, so that proves that all women are not romantic.

[Medea]

Chimpy once brought me some milk in a glass from the kitchen and I'd not even asked him to. This proves the OP's point and so we must end all discussion.

Edit: please note all my posts in this thread contain sarcasm and may cause allergy to some.

[Johnni]

What a ridiculous thread.

[diplodocus]

Yes I would agree with that. I'm very romantic

[diplodocus]

Originally Posted by I Love My Cats

Have you bought a woman a sausage roll and a mars milk drink? Can you compete with that on a scale of romanticism (if that's even a word)?

Pah! I once almost gave a woman my last malteser, almost... :trophy2:

[Progress]

Originally Posted by Narwhal

Which age should I be expecting to suddenly want to get married by default

33¾. True for all women apparently.

[mattyr88]

Originally Posted by Progress

Well, she never bought me flowers, so that proves that all women are not romantic.

if a women bought me flowers i would tell her to stick em where the sun don't shine. in fact i would eat the flowers and give her the stalks back. if that isn't a romantic gesture then i don't know what is.

[Progress]

Originally Posted by mattyr88

if a women bought me flowers i would tell her to stick em where the sun don't shine. in fact i would eat the flowers and give her the stalks back. if that isn't a romantic gesture then i don't know what is.

My (ex) sister in law had flowers sent to my brother at his work place one valentines day. I think it was a sarcastic gesture as I think it annoyed her that he never bought her flowers.

[Kevin Hodge]

Originally Posted by Progress

My (ex) sister in law had flowers sent to my brother at his work place one valentines day. I think it was a sarcastic gesture as I think it annoyed her that he never bought her flowers.

not very romantic of her all the same

[Cleo]

A chap I once went out with, who for the University Press, Oxford, really wanted to get married to leave the parental home! I thought that's why the girls were supposed to do!

I hire DVD's for an elderly friend, and choose his books. Have, in fact, bought flowers/plants for him. So there you are, broken the sterotype. Even been sent to buy the offers on underpants in M&S. How much more romantic can you get?

[Johnni]

Originally Posted by Baboo

Nooo i dont want to go with you but somehow i always get sucked in. Its your jumper i can't resist it.

[Muse]

I'm well past my marry-by date so obviously I'm really desperate by now... Not

[Brokenx]

Originally Posted by Baboo

Lol

[Neotrinity]

I like the idea of romantic love, you know based on honest communication, mutual appreciation and just helping one another. As opposed to, say, treating one another as a status commodity to prop up one's almost non-existent ID in a pathologically competitive marketing culture. Sorry, but if I can't come out with this crap here then it can't be done anywhere. Can't find a councillor for under 50 quid an hour! (that was a lot of can'ts I know)

[ßazza]

I have never been given flowers or chocolates by a woman.

Done it a couple of times myself.

Sums it up tbh.

Im not a massive fans of such gestures unless its unexpected and not just mainstream crap. I doubt I would ever get flowers for valentines day unless I knew the woman would really like that type of thing and was maybe hinting for it constantly. I havnt really had that issue though, so never done it for stupid days like those. I dont consider valentines, hearts and shit everywhere, to be romantic. Seems cheap to me.. Better to do stuff on other days where it isnt commercial sillyness.

[ßazza]

Had a few guys talk to me about all their personal stuff regarding such issues. Sometimes not necessarily broken up.

It is a shame they usually act a bit 'guyish' and make it very casual, possibly inviting me over for a beer, visit in town, or similar. (Had one dude that would just ask me round his for a beer when he needed advice on gfs and stuff lol - Kept telling me he wouldnt talk to his other friends but only me for deep stuff - And I got free beer(s)) They know they can talk to me without worrying about judgment but you still cant exactly go over to them and hug them because they are not exactly letting it. Though you can get the occasional body contact thats deemed as being ok. One step back from actually hugging. Only had a few who end up crying and can end up giving them a hug.

I personally talk to non-single women for such things. Its rare to find guys to talk to for myself personally. Women are easier.

[Last Chance Undies]

Originally Posted by daveysurfy

Think about it, women when they reach a certain age, want to get married, its not like they meet someone and think yes I want to get married now, no they reach a certain age, and if the guy does treats them ok etc etc, then they get married, almost by default, men on the other hand are not predisposed to the idea of marriage and settling down with one woman, its not something we generally wish to do, however if we meet the right girl, THEN we most definetly do. so go figure!

I met my ex husband at 16. He was 25. We married when I was 17 and it was moi that proposed.

Go figure.

My husband bought me two bouquets of flowers in the 20 years that we were married. One for our wedding day and one on the birth of our first child. I received a cactus from the local garage for the second. Oh yes, men know romance ok. There I was in the maternity ward, looking like an airbag that had gone off after heaving out a 10 pounder...watching excited husbands and boyfriends staggering in with flowers, chocolates, balloons, magazines and cutsie teddy bears. He strolls in and bangs a feckin cactus plant down on the table 'Ere yer go, where's me lad?'!

Romance?

In the words of the great Jim Royle ...

'My arse!'

[Progress]

Originally Posted by Last Chance Undies

He strolls in and bangs a feckin cactus plant down on the table

Not good, they're sharp, a bit of a prick then?

[Dandelion10]

If that's true then the genders balance themselves out perfectly well. Men don't give two hoots about marriage until they fall deeply in love but scheme for sex and women scheme for marriage but while they too love sex they can shut out the urge and/or have an aversion to sex with too many men.

I would say women lean more towards saying no to sex not because they don't want it but because they have an intuition that the guy doesn't really want them in most cases.