Romance and time-how is romance different now?
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Romance has been around since the beginning of time it seems. Through research and of course reading romance novels throughout the ages, I do see a small difference. The difference I see is not the romance itself, but the way that it is found and shared. Nowadays, almost everything is done over electronics, including most dating. Back before phones and online dating were a thing, people met face-to-face and fell in love that way. Which resulted in them going out for dates and not worrying about anything other than who their with. Nowadays, you can meet people through an app and that is how you keep in touch. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, I'm just pointing out the huge difference between how romance happened then and now.Morganncall wrote: ↑20 Jun 2018, 14:33 There are some great couples in this book from three different time periods Fioretta Gorini and Giuliano de Medici, Sophia Caro and the German officer Gerhard Jaeger, and Angela Renatus and Alex Caine. Each have their own story and their own kind of love, but are their stories that different? is romance different in 2018 than it was in the other time periods? if yes, how, and do you think that it's a bad thing that it is different?
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Is romance different in 2018 than it was in other time periods? This is a really difficult question to answer. As Voltaire said, first we must define the terms. What do you mean by romance? Love? Courtship? Attraction? Marriage?Morganncall wrote: ↑20 Jun 2018, 14:33 There are some great couples in this book from three different time periods Fioretta Gorini and Giuliano de Medici, Sophia Caro and the German officer Gerhard Jaeger, and Angela Renatus and Alex Caine. Each have their own story and their own kind of love, but are their stories that different? is romance different in 2018 than it was in the other time periods? if yes, how, and do you think that it's a bad thing that it is different?
I don't think that romance itself is different. A young couple riding in a carriage to some secluded spot is not intrinsically different from a young couple riding on a moped to some secluded spot. A modern man asking a women's father for her hand is still a romantic gesture. But there's the distinction: it is simply a gesture, not a requirement. And if a father says no, how much weight does that "no" carry? Nowadays, there are fewer obstacles. It is easier for a couple to be together, and because it's easier, relationships are often untested, not necessarily a good thing.