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How often have you heard people describe themselves as hopeless romantics?

I have often wondered just what the phrase "hopeless romantic" means.



This is an article from everything2.com that gives an interesting opinion!



"Hopeless romantics believe in love and fairy tales. They dream of roses and candlelight, walking on the beach at sunset, and dancing in the rain. They know that somewhere out there is a knight in shining armour ready to carry them off, or a beautiful princess waiting to be carried off into the sunset. Hopeless romantics believe in true love, and the eternal bliss that comes from being united with one’s soulmate is what they crave most.

Hopeless romantics recognize in themselves the ability to love infinitely deeply, and they ache to be loved with the same fervor in return. When a hopeless romantic has someone to lavish their affection on, lavish they do. Hopeless romantics sometimes write love letters full of poetic phrases and send flowers, but mostly they try to find a thousand thoughtful little ways to show their love. They make romance into an art form.

Hopeless romantics wear rose-colored glasses. In their eagerness to find “the one, a hopeless romantic may either be extraordinarily picky or not discerning enough. Hopeless non-romantics think that hopeless romantics are delusional and too intense. Other than the seeming futility in the search for a soulmate, nothing frustrates a hopeless romantic more than a significant other who does not understand the hopeless romantic temperament.

Sometimes, in this cynical world, it seems like the population of hopeless romantics is declining. One has only to look at the number of movies and songs about love that are currently popular to prove otherwise. It may also seem that there are many more hopelessly romantic women than romantic men. This isn’t surprising in a culture where a man might get snapped at for opening the door for a woman. Men and women often have different ways of expressing their emotions, and the number of hopelessly romantic men is probably much higher than anyone could tell simply by observation.

Hopeless romantics are the idealists, the sentimental dreamers, the imaginative, and the fanciful. They give the world its once-upon-a-times and happily-ever-afters. Hopeless romantics may have their feet on the ground, but their souls fly somewhere over the rainbow."



So what do you guys think!

How many of you would consider yourselves hopeless romantics?

Or is the idea a hopeless one?



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i am a hopeless romantic and i make no excuses for it!

i grew up the day my friends told me there was no such person as santa claus ...

and something inside me died when i was told that fairies don't exist outside of

my imagination ...

please don't let you children grow up too fast ... we are very young for such a

short time in our lives!

jones jones;899429 wrote: i am a hopeless romantic and i make no excuses for it!

i grew up the day my friends told me there was no such person as santa claus ...

and something inside me died when i was told that fairies don't exist outside of

my imagination ...

please don't let you children grow up too fast ... we are very young for such a

short time in our lives!


I still believe in sants claus! :wah::wah:

i believe it's the spirit of giving that is in us all, in particularly parents, who are willing to stay up all night putting toys together so that children will have them on christmas morning, or the volunteer who gives up their holiday to serve meals at a homeless shelter. anything that shows the spirit of giving.

Well, that description makes me a hopeless romantic too. I can be a bit cynical but deep down I do beleive in happy endings.

I'm a hopeless romantic too, and i'm not ashamed of it a bit!



I love movies with happy endings, and fairytales that end with and they lived happily ever after!

I'll be the first to admit that I am just hopeless..

YZGI;899451 wrote: I'll be the first to admit that I am just hopeless..


i'll second that :D

YZGI;899451 wrote: I'll be the first to admit that I am just hopeless..


:wah::wah::wah::wah: no! i don't believe that! :-6

Betty Boop;899454 wrote: i'll second that :D
I should have known people would agree..dangitt:-5

YZGI;899457 wrote: I should have known people would agree..dangitt:-5


Hey! if you read my last post you'll see i didn't agree!

Hope6;899462 wrote: Hey! if you read my last post you'll see i didn't agree!
Aint you a sweetheart...:-4



Betty Boop....pfft:wah:

YZGI;899470 wrote: Aint you a sweetheart...:-4



Betty Boop....pfft:wah:


:wah::wah::wah:

well thank you! :-4

YZGI;899470 wrote: Aint you a sweetheart...:-4



Betty Boop....pfft:wah:


:wah: :p ya know i luvs ya really yze

Betty Boop;899493 wrote: :wah: :p ya know i luvs ya really yze
Well that little hunk of bait worked perfectly..:wah:

YZGI;899494 wrote: Well that little hunk of bait worked perfectly..:wah:


Perfectly worked, for a perfect person wouldn't want the imperfect one upset now, would she? :wah:

Betty Boop;899504 wrote: Perfectly worked, for a perfect person wouldn't want the imperfect one upset now, would she? :wah:
Hmmm, do I sense some sarcasm?

Betty Boop;899504 wrote: Perfectly worked, for a perfect person wouldn't want the imperfect one upset now, would she? :wah:


:wah::wah::wah::wah:

Hope6;899419 wrote: This isn’t surprising in a culture where a man might get snapped at for opening the door for a woman.


I'd like to see someone snap at me for opening a door for a woman...The next thing they'll see is their teeth hitting the floor...

I do it practically everywhere I go...Or is it a thing of the past to be courteous?...

K.Snyder;899713 wrote: I'd like to see someone snap at me for opening a door for a woman...The next thing they'll see is their teeth hitting the floor...

I do it practically everywhere I go...Or is it a thing of the past to be courteous?...


I don't know about everywhere else, but down here in the south it's very common, at least i think it is, i know guys open the door for me all the time, i have known of some women who get mad if a man tries to open the door for them or anything like that, but i think it's great! :-6

Well I'm not sure about wearing rose tinted glasses, although my glasses are red

I have to admit to being a hopeless romantic thru and thru

I'm all about thr hearts and flowers :-4:-6:-4

pinkchick;899964 wrote: Well I'm not sure about wearing rose tinted glasses, although my glasses are red

I have to admit to being a hopeless romantic thru and thru

I'm all about thr hearts and flowers :-4:-6:-4


ah Rosie! a girl after my own heart!

i'm all about the hearts and flowers too, and i tend to wear my heart on my sleeve! :-4

Hope6;899990 wrote: ah Rosie! a girl after my own heart!

i'm all about the hearts and flowers too, and i tend to wear my heart on my sleeve! :-4


Me too sweetie - and I cry at the drop of a hat!

I'm such a big softie

pinkchick;900002 wrote: Me too sweetie - and I cry at the drop of a hat!

I'm such a big softie


what were we separated at birth or something! :wah::wah: i cry at the drop of a hat too.

i have a friend who says i'm a big wuss, i guess they're right!

Hope6;900009 wrote: what were we separated at birth or something! :wah::wah: i cry at the drop of a hat too.

i have a friend who says i'm a big wuss, i guess they're right!


you took the words out of my mouth! :wah:

I am your evil twin....Bwaaahahahahahaaaa! :sneaky::D

I'm not at all.

pinkchick;900069 wrote: you took the words out of my mouth! :wah:

I am your evil twin....Bwaaahahahahahaaaa! :sneaky::D


noooooooooooo not evil darlin!

well i don't know, the way i get on here sometimes maybe i'm the evil twin! :sneaky: :wah::wah:

sunny104;900078 wrote: I'm not at all.


you're not a hopeless romantic? or you're not hopeless? :D

Hope6;900083 wrote: you're not a hopeless romantic? or you're not hopeless? :D


Hopeless romantic with hubby:-4 and just plain hopeless in other departments:wah:

I'm pretty much hopeless. Once, when I was a high school senior, I tried and tried to date this girl. She always made some phony sounding excuse, but continued the flirting. A friend said to send her a dozen roses, it always worked for him. Too late for roses. I was already getting tired of her games. That valentines day I sent to her house a big bag of slightly overripe onions.

Hope6;900083 wrote: you're not a hopeless romantic? or you're not hopeless? :D


more hopeless than hopeless romantic.... :wah:

hoppy;900093 wrote: I'm pretty much hopeless. Once, when I was a high school senior, I tried and tried to date this girl. She always made some phony sounding excuse, but continued the flirting. A friend said to send her a dozen roses, it always worked for him. Too late for roses. I was already getting tired of her games. That valentines day I sent to her house a big bag of slightly overripe onions.


OMG!!:eek:

ummmmm.......did you ever get a date?:-3

Not from her but I gained some noteriety.

hoppy;900104 wrote: Not from her but I gained some noteriety.


:wah::wah::wah:

well that wasn't very nice of her to keep on flirting like that!

sunny104;900094 wrote: more hopeless than hopeless romantic.... :wah:


awwwwwwww darlin! :yh_hugs

qsducks;900091 wrote: Hopeless romantic with hubby:-4 and just plain hopeless in other departments:wah:


awwwwwww that's sweet babe, that's part of why you're going strong after 22 years.:-4

Hope6;900080 wrote: noooooooooooo not evil darlin!

well i don't know, the way i get on here sometimes maybe i'm the evil twin! :sneaky: :wah::wah:
Oh hush up woman! :wah:

You haven't got a nasty bone in your body :-4:-4

pinkchick;900123 wrote: Oh hush up woman! :wah:

You haven't got a nasty bone in your body:-4


:wah::wah: well i'm sure you don't either!

so i guess we'll just have to say neither of us is an evil twin!

we're both a couple of little angels! :yh_angel:yh_angel

Hope6;900133 wrote: :wah::wah: well i'm sure you don't either!

so i guess we'll just have to say neither of us is an evil twin!

we're both a couple of little angels! :yh_angel:yh_angel


:yh_rotfl

I'm not sure it's safe to call ME an angel sweetie

pinkchick;900151 wrote: :yh_rotfl

I'm not sure it's safe to call ME an angel sweetie


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl you must be my long lost evil twin. Where have you been?:wah:

qsducks;900154 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl you must be my long lost evil twin. Where have you been?:wah:


I'm over here looking for ice-cream cake! :(:wah:

pinkchick;900162 wrote: I'm over here looking for ice-cream cake! :(:wah:


Have you googled it? there's gotta be something over there where you are.

qsducks;900170 wrote: Have you googled it? there's gotta be something over there where you are.


I'll google it tonight when I get home :-6

pinkchick;900177 wrote: I'll google it tonight when I get home :-6


Good luck Pinky, hopefully you'll find something.

qsducks;900179 wrote: Good luck Pinky, hopefully you'll find something.


I'll let you know

*Sorry for de-railing your thread Hope* :-6:-4

pinkchick;900183 wrote: I'll let you know

*Sorry for de-railing your thread Hope* :-6:-4


you're not derailing my thread guys, one of my favorite subjects is ice cream!:-4

:wah::wah::wah:

Hope6;900224 wrote: you're not derailing my thread guys, one of my favorite subjects is ice cream!:-4

:wah::wah::wah:


Pinky is dying for an ice cream cake:wah:

qsducks;900227 wrote: Pinky is dying for an ice cream cake:wah:


i want one too! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! :-1

Mrs. Jones is having her house painted, and her husband comes

home from work and leans against the freshly painted wall.

The next day, she says to the painter, "You wanna see where

my husband put his hand last night?"

He sighs and says, "Look, lady, I got a tough day's work ahead

of me. Why don't you just make us a cup of tea?" :wah:

jones jones;900320 wrote: Mrs. Jones is having her house painted, and her husband comes

home from work and leans against the freshly painted wall.

The next day, she says to the painter, "You wanna see where

my husband put his hand last night?"

He sighs and says, "Look, lady, I got a tough day's work ahead

of me. Why don't you just make us a cup of tea?" :wah:


:wah::wah::wah: :sneaky: