Got your attention? Well, it's not what you think.

The concept of romanticism has been corrupted into the polar opposite of it's original definition and it's pretty fucking ridiculous. Romanticism is a concept that was rooted in masculine thinking. To romanticize something is to take something with little or no context and breathing your own context into it through allegory and philosophy to make others understand your state of mind and emotions. I know just saying 'emotions' here can cause a big stir, but emotions are a good thing. It's more than crying, shouting, and being tricked into irrationality. Emotions fuel competitiveness, pride, reflection, domination, and many other masculine traits.

Seeing a man hunt down an animal, or slay an enemy, or build something from scratch can be turned into romantic allegories of conquest with a deeper philosophical meaning (creation, dominion, rivalry) than the raw act with no context.

That's all romanticism is, and I'll say it again; taking something with little context and giving it your own context to portray your point of view to others.

This is originally why women were attracted to romanticism in the first place. It took the tales of common man and turned them into tales of good vs. evil, conquest, sentimentality, and strife.

Somewhere along the line 'romantic' went from allegory to simply appeasing women. Things that are 'romantic' in modern convention are exclusively female things, and the act of a man being romantic is nothing more than a man humiliating himself or portraying weakness with an end result of giving some harpy that satisfaction that she has power over you in some way. It's ri-fucking-diculous.

Is anyone else bothered by this? I think being romantic is awesome. I like taking all the cool shit that happens to me day-to-day and then retelling it to a group of people in a way that makes them fully understand. Through allegory, example, timed dialogue, the 'big picture'. People never forget who you are.

Yet some bitter hags have the nerve to tell me I'm 'not romantic'. Wine, chocolates, hearts, and all that shit isn't romantic. It has a clear context; "obey the pussy". The cliche 'romantic' acts and gifts and dates have no metaphor or thought behind them BECAUSE they are CLICHES. Anytime a chick brags to another chick "Look what (insert nancy-boy here) did/bought me! Isn't that ROMANTIC?" translates to "Look at all the hoops this kid jumps through to appease me!".

So what do you all think?