At 39, I consider myself the last of the dying breed of the 'Hopeless Romantics'. Am I wrong?

Answer 1

Perhaps you haven't been with the right woman yet? hint hint ;)

Answer 2

Hopeless Romantic is a person devoted to idealistic love. They believe in the idea of purity and virtue in a relationship. This view generally leads to disaster since few relationships will fulfill the standards set by a hopeless romantic.

Hopeless romantics believe in love and fairy tales. They dream of roses and candlelight, walking on the beach at sunset, and dancing in the rain. They know that somewhere out there is a knight in shining armour ready to carry them off, or a beautiful princess waiting to be carried off into the sunset. Hopeless romantics believe in true love, and the eternal bliss that comes from being united with one's soulmate is what they crave most.

Hopeless romantics recognize in themselves the ability to love infinitely deeply, and they ache to be loved with the same fervor in return. When a hopeless romantic has someone to lavish their affection on, lavish they do. Hopeless romantics sometimes write love letters full of poetic phrases and send flowers, but mostly they try to find a thousand thoughtful little ways to show their love. They make romance into an art form.

Hopeless romantics wear rose-colored glasses. In their eagerness to find "the one," a hopeless romantic may either be extraordinarily picky or not discerning enough. Hopeless non-romantics think that hopeless romantics are delusional and too intense. Other than the seeming futility in the search for a soulmate, nothing frustrates a hopeless romantic more than a significant other who does not understand the hopeless romantic temperament.

Sometimes, in this cynical world, it seems like the population of hopeless romantics is declining. One has only to look at the number of movies and songs about love that are currently popular to prove otherwise. It may also seem that there are many more hopelessly romantic women than romantic men. This isn't surprising in a culture where a man might get snapped at for opening the door for a woman. Men and women often have different ways of expressing their emotions, and the number of hopelessly romantic men is probably much higher than anyone could tell simply by observation.

Hopeless romantics are the idealists, the sentimental dreamers, the imaginative, and the fanciful. They give the world its once-upon-a-times and happily-ever-afters. Hopeless romantics may have their feet on the ground, but their souls fly somewhere over the rainbow.


I am 25 and I am a hopeless romantic!! I always have been.
I know I am a woman, but I think there are lots of men that are the same, they just dont admit it. But yes, I think Hopeless Romantics are hard to come across, and when you find one you should hold on tight to them forever.

Answer 3

Love and romance exists in all places, but I think that the kind of pressurres most people are under today, to pursue careers and spend time far away on some computer sites, it is rarer for a person to be into the hopeless romantic era that say, your generation and mine belonged to.

Today, there is far more sex around than there was twenty years ago when most of us were teenagers and because of this, a lot of people develop addictions and/or associate love with sex - this especially applies to the younger ones of us who spend hours on certain sites drawn in by advertisements to lure people into that kind of world.

I am amazed that there are so many young people today who know far too much for their age than they should and all because of these sites and sometimes tv. They are being denied the kind of innoccence of an imagination that they should have instead.

When I was a teenager in the late eighties, we only had pin-up's but they were innoccent pictures of fully dressed idols we used to fancy but we were given time to romanticise about them and were not exposed continually to any graphic materials that young people today are. We were also taught manners and respect for others and I think that a lot of that has gone too.

This is why, us 30-40 years olds are far more romantic beings and because we were raised in times that allowed us time to mature that way and were not fed illicit material that so many people today are.

But saying all this, there has always been dysfunctional people around and those who have never been able to love because of awful experiences that have stopped them. There are some really horrid geeks too who easily abuse the trust of others for different and complicated reasons.

but I think that romantic love is something that is individual and unique today and rare. I don't why exactley there aren't more people around capable of being a hopeless romantic but some of it has to do with generational factors. I think there is far too much pressure on people to get into careers and be independant and this often results in many people divorcing.

We have come too far too soon into a world of technological innovation and this has forced people to lose their romantic sense of being and it is sad. I think that you are a dying breed and this includes people like myself, so at least we will depart this world in old age never having lost that essential human quality.

Answer 4

You can be right in the sense that you are the only one that is brave enough to say it. In another form you can be wrong because there might be others emerging. Then again I love the guy that's like that, sometimes you just need time away from all the immature guys.

Answer 5

There are still a lot of us out there, just that we keep it deep down inside. The world seems to mock romantics these days. But there's still hope inside a lot of us.

Answer 6

I think there are lots of romantics left in the world. The only problem is that there are lots of idiots in the mix.

Answer 7

no there are plenty of other romantic men out there . Some of us women haven't found them yet !

Answer 8

No Im a romantic as well.

Answer 9

39 and still single that should answer your question for you.

Answer 10

Have Faith , God can't help you when you say that your helpless, also you have to change your attitude, Believe me woman can sense your helpless energy and it's not attractive .........