By the second half of the 20th century, though, this culture of restraint had been jettisoned, and replaced by the idea that self-denial was self-abnegation.

Now, in its general thrust, our culture is in love with the idea of love, awash with cock-eyed romanticism and unable to tell any more what's attraction, what's lust and what's love. Puberty, and even childhood is suffused with a popular music soundtrack that peddles endless trite paeans to the central importance of modern romance. The most surprising of people want naff anthems celebrating some songwriter's long-since ruined "true love" at their weddings. At some point, most teenage girls at least flirt with the idea of giving attraction a dry run by developing a crush on a pop star. Heaven knows what Wagner would make of it all.

On the whole, people don't really like it when scientists tell them that attraction is all down to pheromones, or waist-to-hip proportion, or instinctive recognition of genetic differentiation.

Guilty as charged Abailart! I will be a hopeful romantic or pheromone addict until the day I die

Hooray for romance!

http://www.romantic-lyrics.com/sweetromantic.shtml

Youre never sure if the illusion is real

Illusions are under rated

The best ones are X rated.

And truly tasteful!

and tasty.

*LOL* this could go on forever you know Abailart I love adjectives

Ooh la la

And popity pop pop pop

What can i say???

Falling in love with love is falling for make believe...
Falling in love with love is playing the fool.

"All you need is love"