romanticizing romantics

i..am hereby guilty as charged,of not being a romantic when it comes to love and courtship. Being a woman, one would always want to be pampered with words and actions that melt the heart and make head swoon. But then the Venuses aren't all the same. i, for instance, loathe sweet-talkers and men whose words would normally send some other women into ecstasy.

As a literature minor, romantic words have become a norm as we progressed into the studies. The literature component was filled with romance, thanks to the loved and loathed William Shakespeare, the world's classical romantic. Thrown into a world of vague certainty, we were forced to read between the lines, question the unquestionable and come up with our very own interpretation. As different as sugar and salt, sky and earth, Venus and Mars, our interpretations of love and romance vary.

That said, the way i interpret a romantic encounter might fall upon others as being nonsensical. i used to think guys who are straightforward in expressing their feelings as romantic. i prefer people to be direct(not blunt) with their speech, yet i LOVE those who show it through actions. Fed with all the crappy and soapy ideas from Korean dramas, no wonder my romantic fantasy goes hey-wire.

So how romantic is exactly romantic?A bouquet of roses or a box of chocolates?A walk along the beach or a candlelit dinner?A dinner cooked by that special somebody, or a dinner bought by that somebody?

Being indecisive is problematic enough, but what about being GREEDY?