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It seems to me that the term 'Hopeless Romantic' is a little disingenuous. It implies that romanticism itself is somehow futile, and that those who engage in romantic pursuits are following some quaint, outdated notion of courtship. Describing yourself as a hopeless romantic seems like you're fishing for compliments: "Oh, no," you expect the subject of your passive-aggressive flirting to say, "you're the last chivalrous white knight in an age of Hilton-chasing neanderthals! I'm the last Hopeless Romantic on earth, too; our meeting this way must have been ordained by the stars!" Sorry, ladies and gents. It doesn't work that way.
Better to call yourself a romantic, full-stop. It's not hopeless, and it's not an endangered mindset, either. There are tons of us out there. True, not everyone is into it, and that's fine. But it's more honest to say you're a romantic than it is to try to leverage infatuation from a term that's inaccurate at best, and pandering at worst.
Not really sure where that came from; the term popped into my mind, and my mind railed against it for some reason.
Better to call yourself a romantic, full-stop. It's not hopeless, and it's not an endangered mindset, either. There are tons of us out there. True, not everyone is into it, and that's fine. But it's more honest to say you're a romantic than it is to try to leverage infatuation from a term that's inaccurate at best, and pandering at worst.
Not really sure where that came from; the term popped into my mind, and my mind railed against it for some reason.