The Remonstrance of Romance

First of all, for those who don't know what remonstrance means, it means to point out in complaint or protest. Now I can get on with the rest of my blog...

I have nothing whatsoever against love. I'm not one of those hate-the-world-and-let-the-world-hate-me type of people. Romance, though, is a different story. Sometimes, I think romance can get in the way of love, although a little romance never hurt anyone, right? But if you take it too extremely, it can cause problems. For instance, when little elementary and middle school kids are "dating" each other and then break up the next week, and it's the end of the world! The culture of today has so engrained "romance" into their minds that even at such an early age they feel enslaved to it. But maybe I'm over-reacting. Sometimes I do, you know.

Even when you're older, too much "romance" and not enough "tough love" can cause issues. Some adults take too much care to make their significant other feel good that when the going gets tough and you might have to say something that hurts the other's feelings but will better their character, they can't do it. Then, emotions get high and the tension tightens and well... you end the story yourself. Do you see what I mean though? (By the way, I'm writing to all you followers out there! What all 2 of you, I guess?)

Anyway, there are many people who have no problem with "loving" more than one person. I don't think that's true, though, to a certain extent. I think you can like many people at once. And I think you can love many people at once: family, very close friends, so on and so forth. But I also think there is a special kind of love reserved for your one significant other and that when you meet that significant other, you'll feel that special love. I happen to be religious and believe that God has a certain other person designed just for you. But hey, that's just my views on the subject.

Good-bye for now those who follow! (Can you tell I'm excited about the followers thing?)