What romance in your part of the world?

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As we all know, cultures in different areas find different things romantic. Where I live at the moment, we find certain things romantic that others may not. I'd like to hear some examples of things that are romantic gestures one place which may not be in other places.

I'll start.

When your boyfriend drives over with his two sons and their friend to beat your husbands butt cause your husband hit you, but then doesn't because you asked him not to get involved.

Giving you his pit bull as a gift for your child

Buying you a .44 because he's worried for your safety

Taking your kids school clothes shopping

Hiding his wallet and medicine in your purse from his son because he trusts you and not his kid

Promising not to sleep with your best friend again

Offering to get said best friend out of jail

Going and buying the good targets and building a frame for them in the back yard just because you mentioned that you wanted to shoot the assault rifle, then actually letting you shoot the assault rifle

Letting your friend take his Escalade over night even though he doesn't trust her, but he trusts you so he does.



That's redneck romance there. What's some odd examples from where you all live?

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The only romantic thing someone did for me, was my ex girlfriend. Not a strange romantic thing, but it's the only thing I can input.

The day before she came down by train, she said there would be a surprise at the train station the following day at said time, so to make sure I am there.
I was trying to guess all the things, and I asked if it would be her arriving, and it was. It was a good day. She was my first kiss. We are broken up now though, this was over 2 years ago.

Umm... to me, romance never involves cheating. As for the guns, that sounds reasonable. As to what it means in my neck of the woods, I have no idea since I have little to no experience in this area.

If the guy is in his late 20s or older & wanting to move in with his teenaged girlfriend & her parents.

Girlfriend has a baby & her boyfriend is wanting to has his name listed on the birth-certificate as the dad instead of denying that the kid is his

OliveOilMom, your from Alabama, aren't you?

A girl complimented me for getting her a drink with her own money( we were just two friends hanging out).
Seriously she started telling about how nice it was to her friend who was in a phone call when I did that(she had some issues getting the people at the bar to listen to her so she asked if I could just ask for her drink)

Her friend thought it was sweet as well which is pretty odd imo.

I guess it depends on the person.

Making a point to get to know your partners family seems to be considered a plus here(not just meeting them but actively getting to know them and showing that you care about them...)

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I'm not surprised she complimented you Spongy - I often have the same problem, and it was very thoughtful of you to help.

I've noticed back home, these are really common although nobody does them here (or if they do them, it's rare):

- Singing to a girl.
A lot of guys will sing to a girl while they are dancing with her - personally I think it is really cute.
Sometimes they will sing just because without music - a way of being cute / silly, letting her know they like her if they are in a semi-private place, or at least away from crowds.

- Opening doors / escorting a girl accross a crowded space so she doesn't get hit or bumped by someone / offering a hand to help
All of them come under good manners / and being considerate, but they seem to be used in the romantic sense usually, although opening doors is general courtsey.

- Holding hands in public
If you don't hold hands - you are basically stating that you are not a couple, and someone will probably try to chat up one of you.

i am not interested in "romance" because i can not fathom it.

- The bride turning up to her wedding in a Commodore/Falcon XR8.
- Him asking "wanna root, love?" (try to imagine that in the thickest bushman Australian accent you can).
- Impressing his girl passenger by blasting his stereo full ball and revving his engine a lot.

I think there was some sort of study that determined that Aussie guys are the least romantic in the world. It's sometimes true, most Aussie guys I meet are louts.

Most people here in Australia suck. Most people are not romantic. All women seem to want are these jerks who abuse them. And then they complain about being treated poorly. It's just stupid.