romance and some little thoughts

People are divided when they think about love especially romantic love . Majority romanticise love and see the movies and dream about romance and when it comes to reality takes cold calculated decisions which are practical . Then there is the minority for whom the romance is translated into reality too because they are at heart the true romantics who knows the dreaminess of romance with its positives and negatives but still take the plunge cos thats the only thing they are made of  .

If  you say that this discussion of puppy love is only for puppies read the biographies of many famous people .  I have blogged on them earlier . Rabindranath Tagore had his romance in his 60s with  a lady crossing the seven seas ( she was from Argentina )  . There was the king of england who preferred losing his kingdom because he decided to marry a divorcee a commoner from the US  . And even the notorious cold hearted Adolf Hitler who had one companion to follow him in his death too Eva Brown .  (refer wikipedia).

I was never against marriage but was always against loveless marriages . Because the greatest thing on earth is a great relationship and economics and social values should never be the basis of a great relationship  . And the romantic i am never ceases to dream whenever i see or hear about great romances and romantic relationships.  Not because i am in love even for so many years whenever i see romantic movies ( malayalam movies of the 80s )  i used to dream and vowed that if i get married it would be only to  a girl like Karthika or shaari ( Movies Nammukku parkaan munthiri thoppukal , gandhi nagar second street etc  )  .  Yes the girl who can vibe with you , is full of emotion , and of the indian colour neither too fair nor too dark and yes with sandal paste on her forehead .

And yes even when i see programs in discovery channel like taboo where unusual relationships are showcased i see the romantic part in them rather than what the bulk of the judgemental soceity sees . For its not easy not to stare and pass a comment when a six foot handsome man marries a 3 foot dwarf who is physically challenged too . And last weeks newspaper article of the bedridden man who got married to the girl who was nursing him for 16 years .  And if at all we think the girl was after his money , only a romantic can read further and see that after marriage she was earning for their livelihood by doing odd jobs .

Lastly the foodie in me while having my delicious breakfast in hotel was looking at people and saw an elderly couple where the man was serving his wife food from the buffet table before serving himself .  Like in everything this romantic was staring at them with dreamy eyes . Is it because i am in love or is it because i was always a romantic  . I was always like this ... A hopeless romantic in the ranks of Tagore , the King of England and Hitler...

Afterword : This is not a go ahead for you to indulge in a romantic relationship . It has its positives and negatives .  Romance is like driving a lamborgini car . Many people drive it  with their eyes closed with obvious results . The trick is to drive it with your eyes open and still if you crash its still worth it because theres nothing like driving a lamborghini on open road .  And yes its not for everyone ..So pls dont tell my name to your dad or mom that i recommended romance :)