Reasons Why My Boyfriend is Better than Romantic
So over time a few people have asked me about my relationship with Ken and it seems that the one question that always comes from the ladies is this: is he romantic? Having recently been asked this question again I found myself at a loss for how to answer it. I went with a simple no but continued to think about it anyway. For some reason people, women-folk in particular, seem to think that "romance" is something that should be very important to me. While I wouldn't say I'm anti-romance I definitely don't need it to be fulfilled. So without further ado, I present to you...
Reasons Why My Boyfriend is Better Than Romantic
1. I know that the person I am dating is being himself.
2. I can be myself instead of worrying that I'm not romantic enough.
3. I don't need to worry that he's trying to cover up any problems with the relationship with grandiose gestures.
4. We can spend time together doing things we both enjoy instead of throwing money into flowers, chocolates, and fancy restaurants.
5. I can wear my underwear/bras that got ruined when I dried them with a blue crayon and know that he won't be spending the time worrying that my undergarments are covered in blue spots and far from perfect.
6. I don't need to worry about bad plots from 80's romantic comedies or present day teen dramas popping themselves into my love life.
7. When he says he loves me, brings me home desert, or suggests season tickets to the theater I can rest assured that those are all things he wants to do, not things he feels he has to do.
8. There is a passion in our relationship that runs much deeper than anything romance could ever stir up.
If there were other things lacking in our relationship then perhaps I would be concerned. And if I honestly needed romance to be happy then I guess I could say that this is not the relationship for me. Fortunately, I would be hard pressed to be happier than I am with Ken. I have found someone who works just as hard to ensure my happiness as I do to ensure his and the great thing is that to me it's not work at all. And I'll take that over romance any day.