When women talk of romance, they talk of nonsensical things that never really happen in real life. “If only my prince charming would ride up with flowers and sweep me off my feet.”

In the real world, if her said beau would come to her work place with flowers and pick her up and take her away several things would happen: a) She being a practical, modern woman, not wanting to look dependent in front of her co-workers would demand that he put her down and stop acting childish. b) Her co-workers and her boss would think he was nuts. c.) They’d be at couple counseling the next day arguing about the whole situation.

In the romantic dream, she would say “I wish one day that someone would pull me out in the rain and profess their love to me and kiss me.”

In the real world, if said guy came and pulled her out into the rain, all that would happen is she’d complain about her mascara running and she was getting wet. And the next day they’d be in counseling and she’d accuse him of trying to get her sick.

The problem is, women have had romantic ideals put in their heads since they were little, but as they have grown up they have come to fill a new and changed gender role. A role where women are independent and job-oriented, and where these ideas are great, serve no practical purpose. Maybe it is seen as an embarrassment. Movies have bombarded us with a sense of what a guy should do, and how a woman is supposed to react when a guy does it. The problem is that it never happens like that. The problem is when the time arises, neither of you really know what to say because it hasn

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