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1: 2018-06-30: What the Trump base wants is more cruelty, more bloodsport. In Roman terms, they want too see more Christians thrown to the lions, which the emperor is happy to give them.
2: 2017-04-14: Anyone else can plainly see the romantic mistakes you're making. You just won't listen.
3: 2017-04-14: Romantic love cannot exist without jealousy. If you care about being loved then you must also care about losing it.
4: 2017-03-18: The most common error of romance is expecting behavior to change instead of evaluating the actual behavior in front of you.
5: 2017-03-17: The tragic history of romance is knowing what the right path is and taking the wrong path anyway.
6: 2017-03-06: If you grew up next to a pig farm or a paper mill, you will always love that smell. It will seem romantic to you.
7: 2017-01-20: In romance, people aren't looking for the "best" candidate but the one who is the least threat to their ego.
8: 2016-09-05: Thinking of opening a Romanian shish kebab restaurant inspired by Vlad Tepis, calling it Transylvania Skewers. #businessidea #couldwork
9: 2016-03-13: The tragic romance of caffeine. The honeymoon is sweet, but the more you drink of her the less she satisfies.
10: 2015-12-08: If someone has a troubled background, you cannot help them from within a romantic relationship. They will reproduce the past with you.
11: 2015-02-25: résumé romance – a relationship chosen based on how it looks to others, not for its internal functionality
12: 2014-11-15: Where there is a romance there is jealousy. You can't have one without the other.
13: 2014-08-29: Within a romantic relationship, someone is usually jealous. On the outside, of course, we'll pretend otherwise.
14: 2014-05-21: "Men who endorse hostile sexism suffer a damaged romantic life, study finds." (Via @PsyPost) #youdontsay #clearlymoreresearchisneeded
15: 2014-03-30: Are you a romantic or a realist? See @PsychologyTip
16: 2014-02-14: Call me a hopeless romantic, but Valentine's Day never meant as much to me as February 15 — 50-75% Off All Valentine's Candy Day
17: 2014-02-01: The Super Bowl is educational. It has taught a whole generation Roman numerals.
18: 2013-12-05: The main difference between parental and romantic love: Parents won't take your bullshit. Romantics probably will.
19: 2013-12-05: Romantic distortion: seeing someone as more than what they actually are.
20: 2013-11-15: The romantic conundrum: It is good to feel loved. It is not good to feel trapped.
21: 2013-11-15: Romance is gaining a partner but often losing the rest of the world.
22: 2013-11-14: The main difference between platonic love and romantic love is jealousy.
23: 2013-09-25: Romance will not rescue you. Only you can rescue you.
24: 2013-09-24: Commonsense hiring advice from Richard Branson http://t.co/B0EgB0XMoZ via @amandapearl - Applies to romance, too!
25: 2013-09-16: A failed romance, in retrospect, is often indistinguishable from mental illness.
26: 2013-09-15: Romance is expecting someone else to supply your needs. Independence is doing it yourself, cutting out the middle man.
27: 2013-08-31: My job as a photographer is to romanticize an event or attraction, isolate its details and give you entirely the wrong impression of it.
28: 2013-08-16: On My Bucket List: Make excuses for my romantic partner's bad behavior.
29: 2013-08-14: Catch-22: If you need a romantic relationship to give your life meaning, no relationship is sufficient to fill the void within you.
30: 2013-08-12: Transylvania, Romania - photo album from July 2010: http://t.co/pi4vCsc1pz
31: 2013-06-29: "The best book I've ever read on how romantic relationships work." ~ another happy reader of http://t.co/xdlcYbmxpF http://t.co/K80GvfWKOj
32: 2013-05-16: If you traveled back in time to show the Romans your fancy new technology, you couldn't show them a damn thing because—Duh!—no internet!
33: 2013-05-15: People look to romance to save them the same way actors hope to be "discovered". They want recognition but also a script.
34: 2013-05-02: There is no romantic sunset without some clouds.
35: 2013-04-26: Failed romance is one step in the long road out of childhood narcissism.
36: 2013-04-21: What the Romans taught us: Prosperity Leads to overconfidence leads to overcommitment leads to collapse and the Dark Ages.
37: 2013-04-13: If your romantic partner doesn't love to play with babies, dump them! Even if you never have any, this is an essential emotional skill.
38: 2013-04-09: "Not just a critique of marriage but one of the best books ever on romantic relationships." —Me, on my own book. http://t.co/JU2Absvkni
39: 2013-03-20: There is no romantic love without jealousy.
40: 2013-02-25: Perhaps you can tell the nature of a romantic relationship by how well the social media accounts of the parties track each other.
41: 2013-02-17: Romance is powered by the need to believe, which can sweep all sorts of disturbing evidence under the carpet.
42: 2013-02-16: Much of what we call romance is the attempt to outsource responsibility for our own life.
43: 2013-01-15: Bummer that Romans threw Christians to the lions and Christians invaded Arabs in the Crusades but hasn't the statute of limitations run out?
44: 2013-01-13: The purpose of romantic love is to serve your own needs, not your partner's. You are not a therapist, provider or parent. You are consumer.
45: 2013-01-13: Romantic relationships are successful only when power is relatively equal and each person remains responsible for their own problems.
46: 2013-01-08: You shouldn't pledge yourself to a romantic partner "forever" any more than you would offer them lifetime employment, for the same reasons.
47: 2012-12-18: You look at your romantic partner and say to yourself, "If only they were Nikita Khrushchev my life wouldn't be so boring."
48: 2012-11-12: Romantic attachment uses the same pathways of addiction as cocaine. A better addiction, perhaps, but no less powerful.
49: 2012-11-12: You know romantic attachment is over when you no longer feel any hint of jealousy. In fact, you feel foolish for having ever felt it.
50: 2012-11-12: Romantic attachment is a neurochemical process nearly identical to an infant's bonding to mother. You expect care and undivided attention.
51: 2012-11-12: You know romantic attachment is over when you no longer feel any hint of jealousy.
52: 2012-11-12: Romance is inherently more selfish than friendship. You wish a friend well on his own path, while a lover must be focussed on you alone.
53: 2012-11-12: The main thing that distinguishes friendship from romantic attachment is jealousy.
54: 2012-10-30: The romantic lure of the dashing foreigner, who turns out to be just another jerk with an accent.
55: 2012-09-20: The romantic acid test: If you take away sexual attraction and your joint obligations, would you have anything in common?
56: 2012-09-03: Romantic love is a quest for the right amount of ego enhancement without too much ego threat.
57: 2012-07-22: The downside of romantic loyalty: Once you "lock in" your attachment to one person, you lock out all the better partners you could have had.
58: 2012-07-17: RT @KilroyCafe: Failed romances are one of life's great classrooms. You learn how people really work and how fantasy differs from fact.
59: 2012-07-16: If your romantic partner never lets you win an argument, you're doomed. Get out fast!
60: 2012-07-06: The fact that your romantic partner was a shithead doesn't make it any less painful when the bond is broken.
61: 2012-07-02: The usual post-romantic revelation is a palm slap to the forehead. "What was I thinking?"
62: 2012-07-01: Vacation destinations are romantic only if you can't get to them easily. If you can go there whenever you please, the aura fades quickly.
63: 2012-06-22: Romance works by mythologizing ones partner, so it is natural for the bubble to burst at some point.
64: 2012-06-14: Only in romance are people expecting someone else to save them from themselves.
65: 2012-06-10: "I want a romantic partner who will support my addictions and not question my assumptions." — Not what people say but what they expect.
66: 2012-06-07: Bureaucracy killed the Roman Empire. It was entombed by its own regulations and commitments. Like California.
67: 2012-06-05: In romance, you build the theatre, write the script, choose your own role and cast a lead actor. Don't rant at all actors if the play sucks.
68: 2012-06-05: We design our own romantic disasters. The opposite gender just fulfills them for us.
69: 2012-05-28: Notice the bugs smeared on your windshield after a long drive. Ride a motorcycle and those bugs will be in your face. Romantic, eh?
70: 2012-05-26: Romance 101: Anything is possible if you're in sync with someone. Nothing is possible if you're fighting.
71: 2012-05-26: RT @TheEconomist: Orbis is the name of a new interactive map of the Roman Empire as it was around 200AD http://t.co/cT6FBp1x
72: 2012-05-21: RT @KilroyCafe: histrionic — given to overly dramatic emotional behavior. Usually exhibited by only one romantic partner, the other bein ...
73: 2012-05-16: Inaccessible romantic partners are the most attractive because you don't have reality messing up the fantasy.
74: 2012-05-13: The romance of travel in the Great Smoky Mountains. (@ Greyhound Bus Station) [pic]: http://t.co/Z453ndzF
75: 2012-05-08: Reconnecting with the romance of travel (Eastern European style). (@ Greyhound Orlando) [pic]: http://t.co/0V6R9hVA
76: 2012-05-05: Romance is powered by the need to believe, which can sweep all sorts of disturbing evidence under the carpet. Alas, it always comes back.
77: 2012-04-30: Reno mechanic, Romanian accent, charged me $436 for a $100 repair. I haggled him down to $250 cash. That's a $150 "experience fee".
78: 2012-04-08: RT @washingtonpost: Roman "gladiators" climb Colosseum to protest crackdown on snapshots with tourists: http://t.co/LxR7VON6
79: 2012-03-29: RVs sound romantic, but there is no more burdensome and complicated way to travel. Why must you take your whole house with you?
80: 2012-03-12: Roman Colosseum, Dec. 2007: I must have offended Marvin the Martian. More at http://t.co/biXvKROg http://t.co/I94baeCI
81: 2012-03-05: Romantic love is a partnership, not a charity. You're not there to repair the other person or protect them from themselves.
82: 2012-03-05: Most romantic relationships seem to devolve into parental ones, with one partner regressing into needy childhood as the other enables them.
83: 2012-03-05: Enabling the dysfunctions of your romantic partner is a benefit to neither you nor them.
84: 2012-03-05: Romance becomes pathological when the cost exceeds the benefit to either party but you still come back for more.
85: 2012-03-05: Romantic attachment is the original addiction—the reason the pathways exist. It's the only addiction you can make a rational argument for.
86: 2012-03-05: Addicts usually romanticize their drug to try to convince themselves that appeal is bringing them to it and not anxiety.
87: 2012-02-27: The addict loves his drug with a romantic passion that displaces all other romance. So sad!
88: 2012-02-26: Your best asset in romance is to not really need it.
89: 2012-02-25: When romance jumps the shark, every rose and chocolate heart becomes cloying and cringeworthy.
90: 2012-02-11: Took a 1.5 hour jog in the streets of Whitehorse. Wind picking up, Arctic closing in. Bleak in a romantic way. http://t.co/idjM6s3e
91: 2012-01-25: There would be no need for romantic jealousy if you knew you had a proprietary product your partner could find nowhere else.
92: 2012-01-25: Jealousy can be romantic or coveting the success of another. With confidence in your own position, it goes away.
93: 2012-01-14: Popular music is a treasure trove of bad romantic advice.
94: 2012-01-10: Romantic bonding can happen between partners who have nothing in common otherwise. That's when you got trouble brewing.
95: 2012-01-09: Is romance the killer of creativity or an aid to it? It's a matter of choice.
96: 2012-01-02: @noahWG Ah, the romance of addiction.
97: 2011-12-14: For learning about addiction, mental illness, personality and human delusional systems there is no finer laboratory than a failed romance.
98: 2011-12-09: In romance, it can be hard to distinguish what's really there from what we desperately want to be there.
99: 2011-12-06: Coming soon: WikiYou! Ex romantic partners and jealous co-workers post the contents of your hard drive, browser cache, texts and emails.
100: 2011-12-06: The main fallacy of romance is thinking someone else can give your life meaning when you can't find it yourself.
101: 2011-12-05: Through the magic lens of romance, any lead can be turned into gold, but it eventually turns back to lead again.
102: 2011-12-03: On My Bucket List: Become the hot male model on the cover of romance novels. http://t.co/m8pRUFg9 (I'm feeling sweaty. Must take off shirt!)
103: 2011-11-28: Parental love is an act of charity. Romantic love is an arrangement for mutual benefit. Don't confuse one with the other.
104: 2011-11-25: Most romantic relationships eventually devolve into parental ones: one partner becoming increasingly childish while the other enables them.
105: 2011-11-25: Romantic love is a value-added service. If you are not receiving value in excess of the price paid, you shouldn't be using the service.
106: 2011-11-16: RT @ExpertPrimate: I kinda want to make a nice romantic dinner for myself, then not show up and not call. That's so like me.
107: 2011-10-30: Sunset over the Waffle House. Very romantic! http://t.co/43VYTjD1
108: 2011-10-29: RT @washingtonpost: A romantic dinner for two: you and your smartphone... http://t.co/mKiNw1NE
109: 2011-10-28: The key to a successful romantic relationship is well-defined boundaries. Marriage removes this boundaries in the financial realm.
110: 2011-10-28: The biggest mistake in romance is to confuse love with property.
111: 2011-10-27: In romance, we don't see what's really there but what we want to be there.
112: 2011-10-24: One wonders how many romances are based on the calculation: "How will this look to others?"
113: 2011-10-24: One wonders how many celebrity romances are based on the calculation: "How will this look in the press?"
114: 2011-10-21: Every addiction starts with romance.
115: 2011-10-16: Technology may have exploded in our lifetime, but human politics and behavior have not changed since Roman times.
116: 2011-10-10: @cottonmouth1 Not romance so much as space and power—120 volts—which you can't find on Eastern European trains.
117: 2011-10-10: RT @cottonmouth1: @BadDalaiLama ...{{sigh}] ...i LOVE taking the train...it adds romance to a journey...
118: 2011-10-08: Most romantic relationships, once they are over, are remembered as mental afflictions.
119: 2011-09-27: The risk of a comfortable romantic relationship is that one party takes responsibility for it while the other reverts to childhood.
120: 2011-09-18: The fall of the Roman Empire was rooted in its rise.
121: 2011-09-09: Romance raises the question: How much do you really want to be entwined in someone else's psychology?
122: 2011-08-08: Romance is a futile attempt to reproduce the apparent security and unconditional love of childhood.
123: 2011-07-27: Romance fiction panders to the female fantasy of rescue. Some handsome dude's going to save you.
124: 2011-07-25: Photos from Transylvania, Romania (last July): FB album: http://j.mp/abQSHQ
125: 2011-07-25: Been to Transylvania, but had my first Transylvanian meal in Hollywood, Florida. (Transylvania Romanian Restaurant) http://t.co/x0H4Wo4
126: 2011-07-25: Enjoying fine Transylvanian cuisine — in Florida! (@ Transylvania Romanian Restaurant) http://4sq.com/pGGEfd
127: 2011-07-16: You can't be blamed for the family you were born into, but the same can't be said for romance, where you get what you set yourself up for.
128: 2011-07-16: Imprisoned serial killers get all the girls. They are the perfect romantic combination of danger and inaccessibility.
129: 2011-06-12: Much of what we call romance is the attempt to outsource responsibility for our own life. Someone else will save us.
130: 2011-05-27: Hubris is thinking your romance will last forever.
131: 2011-05-12: In the long term, most romantic relationships seem to end up the same: a long-suffered "parent" and a high-maintenance "child".
132: 2011-05-08: RT @badbanana: Trying to write a romantic Mother's Day poem for my wife. What's a word that rhymes with Lunchables?
133: 2011-04-12: The challenge of sports coverage is finding ways to romanticize an otherwise meaningless activity.
134: 2011-04-12: RT @trevlutz: @BadDalaiLama @DeepThroat would have been on #Twitter. Don't romanticize the past. How many stories DIDN'T get covered by ...
135: 2011-04-07: I explain the fall of Rome in this video from outside the Roman Forum (May 2010) http://youtu.be/aR7vE5YEvms
136: 2011-04-02: Adult-oriented advertising notwithstanding, no sex toy or lubricant is going to "bring romance back to your relationship".
137: 2011-03-20: In many a romantic bubble, people mistake rapid change in the relationship for underlying value.
138: 2011-03-16: RT @garamiredux: Life without romance, is like a movie without a soundtrack. It turns into a documentary.
139: 2011-03-10: #### End. This has been a one-hour essay from the Bad Dalai Lama: "Romantic Attachment"
140: 2011-03-10: The test of a romantic relationship: If you take away sexual attraction and attachment, would you have anything in common?
141: 2011-03-10: At the base of romantic love is attachment—a primitive neurological bond like that between mother and child, designed for species survival.
142: 2011-03-10: ++++ Begin one-hour essay: "Romantic Attachment"
143: 2011-02-27: The Roman arch, in 3-D, can be used to construct vaulted rooms and multiple stories of them. Many are still standing!
144: 2011-02-27: The Roman arch was a huge technological advance. Once discovered, the Mediterranean went wild with it!
145: 2011-02-27: Consider the imprisoned serial killer: the perfect romantic partner! Exciting, dangerous, inaccessible, and he won't shatter your fantasies.
146: 2011-02-19: Roman legions. http://twitpic.com/41blpt/full
147: 2011-02-14: We construct our own romantic disasters. The opposite gender just fulfills them for us.
148: 2011-02-11: Valentine's Day is nice, but shouldn't we have an alternate holiday to remember all our romances that failed? Oh, yeah, April Fools Day!
149: 2011-02-11: Diacritics freak me out! I'm like, "Speak Roman, will ya?!"
150: 2011-02-04: The sole reason to maintain a romantic relationship is because it gives you good value for your investment.
151: 2011-02-03: What usually stands between us and our romantic fantasies is the other person, who keeps saying and doing things to disrupt the fantasy.
152: 2011-02-03: In romance, you are not a therapist, protector or parent. You are a consumer, willing to pay a reasonable price for a quality product.
153: 2011-02-03: "The purpose of romantic love is to serve your own needs, not those of the person you love." http://j.mp/encumL
154: 2011-02-03: Google "Love is not charity" and our 2007 book chapter is at the top. Surprisingly insightful! http://j.mp/encumL Romance is not parenting.
155: 2011-01-17: @mostlegendary A small symbolic action. @gandalfphoto is an addict romanticizing his addiction at huge cost. I want him nowhere near me.
156: 2011-01-17: The core of romantic love is attachment—a primitive neurological bond. The problem lies in reconciling this with the higher brain.
157: 2011-01-16: People don't necessarily seek the "best" romantic partner but the one who is the least threat to their ego.
158: 2011-01-13: Failed romantic relationships are the finest educational laboratory you'll ever find—learning both about others and yourself.
159: 2011-01-11: Imagine trying to explain electricity to the Romans. Even the most enlightened among them couldn't grasp all the implications.
160: 2011-01-01: 2010 Highlights: Transylvania, Romania http://j.mp/abQSHQ (July)
161: 2010-12-21: We construct our own romantic disasters. The opposite gender just fulfills them for us.
162: 2010-12-20: Language Police: They aren't "Gypsies" anymore. They're "Romani people". Also: "Bohemians" are now "employment challenged".
163: 2010-12-17: Romance is not charity. You do it to enhance your own growth. If a relationship isn't doing that for you, you shouldn't be in it.
164: 2010-12-13: For learning about philosophy, personality, mental illness and human delusional systems there is no finer laboratory than a failed romance.
165: 2010-12-10: The first step in romance is the mythologizing of potential partners. They become perfect gods or goddesses capable of rescuing us.
166: 2010-12-08: In romance, it can be hard to distinguish what's really there from what we desperately want to be there.
167: 2010-12-06: The main fallacy of romance is thinking someone else can give your life meaning when you can't find it yourself.
168: 2010-12-06: Coming soon: WikiYou! Ex romantic partners and jealous co-workers post the contents of your hard drive, browser cache, texts and emails.
169: 2010-12-04: Through the magic of romance, any lead can be turned into gold, but it usually turns back to lead again.
170: 2010-11-29: Parental love is an act of charity. Romantic love is an arrangement for mutual profit. Don't confuse one with the other.
171: 2010-11-27: Who is the best romantic partner? Sadly, it is someone just like you in personality. Only a clone can really know you.
172: 2010-11-25: Most romantic relationships eventually devolve into parental ones. One partner becomes increasingly childish as the other enables them.
173: 2010-11-24: Romantic love is a value-added service. If you are not receiving value in excess of the price paid, you shouldn't be using the service.
174: 2010-11-22: Romance is the ultimate exercise in wishful thinking.
175: 2010-11-22: Romance is driven not just by sex but by a hunger for meaning that we falsely believe the other person will fulfill.
176: 2010-11-21: When choosing a romantic partner, let it be someone you'll still want on your friends list after the break-up.
177: 2010-11-16: Romance is the P.R. department of addiction.
178: 2010-11-12: Philosophy Video #0: "Explaining the Fall of Rome" http://youtu.be/aR7vE5YEvms - From outside the Roman Forum, May 2010.
179: 2010-10-29: Romance does not just combine the strengths of two people, also their weaknesses.
180: 2010-10-27: The conundrum of romance is that once you are committed to someone, you're also imprisoned with them.
181: 2010-10-11: Romance is no place for charity. The relationship has to pay it's own way!
182: 2010-10-09: There is no accounting for romantic attraction. Logic need not apply.
183: 2010-10-06: Romance involves the acceptance of creeping change, often leading to conditions you never would have agreed to in the beginning.
184: 2010-10-04: Good working theory! MRT @kirkfranklin: God is either going to fix the situation, or use the situation as His tool to fix you (Romans:28).
185: 2010-10-02: Adult personality cannot be changed from the outside, especially within the scope of romance. Change may happen, but only after you're gone.
186: 2010-09-30: The joyous part of romance is the Exploration Phase. It is followed by the longer Obligation Phase when you try to pay the bills.
187: 2010-09-27: The ugly side of romance is co-dependence, where you enable each others' addictions and personality flaws.
188: 2010-09-25: The most romantic gesture is not flowers or a kiss but a word that shows someone understands you.
189: 2010-09-25: A romantic relationship should not be confused with a parental one.
190: 2010-09-19: Looking back on our own romantic obsessions, we are bound to exclaim, "I can't believe I fell for that!"
191: KilroyCafe: 2010-10-14: Most romantic relationships devolve into parental ones as one party becomes increasing childish while the other enables them.
192: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-19: RT @BadDalaiLama: Looking back on our own romantic obsessions, we are bound to exclaim, "I can't believe I fell for that!"
193: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-03: The biggest delusion of romance is, "I can change him (her)."
194: KilroyCafe: 2010-08-19: Video: Explaining the Fall of Rome (from outside the Roman Forum) http://youtu.be/aR7vE5YEvms - It just got too damn big!
195: KilroyCafe: 2010-08-11: histrionic — given to overly dramatic emotional behavior. Usually exhibited by only one romantic partner, the other being their enabler.
196: KilroyCafe: 2010-08-07: Mature love means learning how to deal with manipulation, addiction, co-dependence and all the other demons riding on the tails of romance.
197: KilroyCafe: 2010-07-30: Video: Finding Happiness in Timisoara, Romania. http://youtu.be.co/xu8xAo_Smco - Changing trains on the way to Transylvania.
198: KilroyCafe: 2010-07-16: If you think you're doomed at romance because you're an idiot, don't despair. Somewhere out there is the perfect idiot just for you!
199: KilroyCafe: 2010-07-15: Failed romances are one of life's great classrooms. You learn how people really work and how fantasy differs from fact.
200: KilroyCafe: 2010-06-14: In Greece, when marketers want to give their product cachet, they name it in English and use the Roman alphabet. Greek is too provincial.
201: KilroyCafe: 2010-05-10: Photo Journal: Mauled by Tiger at Roman Forum. http://bit.ly/9xDUQg - I am assaulted by a wild animal at an Italian archaeological site.
202: KilroyCafe: 2010-04-28: On my bucket list: Assure my romantic partner that one little baby won't be any problem at all.
203: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-27: Your "theory of love" guides your romantic life. At first, it is naïve and narcissistic, but disaster will refine it — if you survive.
204: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-14: People don't necessarily choose the "best" romantic partner. They choose the one who is the least threat to their ego.
205: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-10: A romantic relationship should not be confused with a parental one. It should continue only as long as it is mutually beneficial.
206: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-06: Language Police: They aren't "Gypsies" anymore. They're "Roman Peoples".
207: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-28: Boring but true: The romantic relationship most likely to last is when both partners resemble each other in everything but gender.
208: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-27: The most romantic gesture is not flowers or kisses but a word that shows someone understands you.
209: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-27: The preferable penalty for a romantic mistake is being nice to them for the rest of your life.
210: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-23: There may be some romance associated with "the common man", but you still want to limit your contact with him. Turns out he's an idiot!
211: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-16: The fundamental conflict of romance is when the heart says yes but the brain says no. Who do you believe?
212: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-16: Romantic bonding is when you start looking around for your partner like a toddler for his mommy. Stay away too long and you start to cry.
213: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-16: Romance turns violent when the relationship is failing but the physiological bond is still there. It's a desperate attempt to regain love.
214: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-03: Adult personality cannot be changed from the outside, especially within the scope of romance. Change may happen, but only after you're gone.
215: KilroyCafe: 2010-01-26: "Marriage is romantic story in which the hero dies in the first chapter!" @Abhiness
216: KilroyCafe: 2010-01-08: People aren't necessarily attracted to the "best" romantic partner but the one who is the least threat to their ego.
217: KilroyCafe: 2009-12-12: Romance creates a mythology around the one you love. The delusion has to collapse sooner or later.
218: KilroyCafe: 2009-12-09: Those without a romantic relationship long for one. Those with a relationship, after the honeymoon, dream silently of being free.
219: KilroyCafe: 2009-11-30: Romance is no place for charity. The relationship has to pay it's own way!
220: KilroyCafe: 2009-10-23: The politics of love: Everyone wants the "best" romantic partner but, more importantly, one who won't threaten one's ego.
221: KilroyCafe: 2009-10-04: Like the Roman Empire, modern civilization is scattered with giant coloseums, and you wonder how they fill them with people.
222: KilroyCafe: 2009-09-05: The connundrum of romance is that once you are committed to someone, you're also imprisoned with them.
223: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-31: Looking back on our own romantic obsessions, we are bound to exclaim, "I can't believe I fell for that!"
224: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-15: My assembled wisdom on Love and Romance: http://bit.ly/3Rkx97 (from my Twitter archive)
225: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-15: Wal-Mart, like the Roman Empire, is learned to assimilate local cultures rather than simply conquering them. WSJ: http://bit.ly/JZ942
226: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-28: We construct our own romantic disasters. The opposite gender just fulfills them for us.
227: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-18: English is ubiquitous in Athens. It is the second language on most public signs, and most company names are in the roman alphabet.
228: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-13: My spy photos from the Adam & Eve™ Romance Superstore, St. Augustine, Florida (taken an hour ago) http://bit.ly/AwbNN - So this is romance?
229: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-11: The early days of romance are fun - the exploratory phase when anything seems possible. Then new defenses are erected and you see it's not.
230: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-05: Romance is a conundrum. We seek the perfect witness, so we idolize potential partners, but this delusion is bound to crash with experience.
231: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-05: I can think of nothing less romantic than a motorcycle ride across America. That's 2500 miles of shit in your face.
232: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-05: Adults seek an audience in friends, co workers, romance. When that's not enough acknowledgment, they seek fame, power.
233: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-04: I don't see what's so romantic about the wild horse in America. It was an invasive species brought here by the Spanish!
234: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-21: The #1 risk of romantic commitment is that your mate becomes a perpetual child addicted to your protection.
235: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-21: The choice of a romantic partner should never be made out of sympathy.
236: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-19: Romantic advice comes in two flavors: "Trust your feelings" and "Trust no one." Can't there be a middle ground?
237: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-11: The Roman Empire collapsed because of that second word: Empire. They expanded too far, beyond sustainability. A classic boom-and-bust cycle.
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