[anon for forever]

[quicktoreward]

So. Question time, I guess. I've got this friend who really likes romance novels and things. I figured I'd get them a gift but, uh.

I don't really know anything about that sort of thing? Give me a sports film or action movie any day. So, I guess my question is:

What kind of romantic stories do you like? So I can try to figure out exactly what to get.

Comments

[icantbelievethis]

Romance novels, huh? Like the cute kind or the really dirty kind or the kind that always has cowboys on the cover for some reason? The checkout counter has a bunch of those at just about every store.

[quicktoreward]

Movies work, too! Not the dirty kind, though. Just. The normal kind where they get together, maybe fight, and hopefully make up at the end.

[icantbelievethis]

I actually wouldn't know a lot about that. It's embarrassing, but yeah...

[quicktoreward]

Neither do I. My friend. Just really likes that kind of thing.

[baaaaseball]

I enjoy the ones where boy meets girl, and together, they change each other's lives. Over time, they do not even realize that they are falling in love, and the love between them just happens on it's own.

[quicktoreward]

Long drawn out stuff, then?

[baaaaseball]

They can be long, yes, but I like those stories for very true they can be. Are you looking for something shorter?

[quicktoreward]

I guess if it's more true to life I can handle that.

[doesitwithtrees]

I like the comedies. Things like "Notting Hill" or "Charade."

[quicktoreward]

Comedies, huh? Those should happy endings.

[doesitwithtrees]

They wouldn't be very good comedies if they didn't.

[quicktoreward]

...Oops. Haha, yeah, you're right. I think that's exactly what I need.

[papshooshing]

What kind of romance do they like is the better question.

[quicktoreward]

[shhh logic]

Well, maybe I want to surprise them.

[papshooshing]

What happens if you surprise them with a genre they don't typically read?

[quicktoreward]

...You have a point.

[believemyvoice]

None. They are a waste of time.

[quicktoreward]

They're not.

[believemyvoice]

Yes, they are. They are hardly anything like real life at all.

[quicktoreward]

Then don't watch them.

[psychoball]

I like romance stories where the boy doesn't realize that the girl likes him until something major happens. Then the boy realizes that he loved her all along and confesses his feelings. So romantic~.

[quicktoreward]

...Actually, I think out of all the ones I've heard I think that might be the best bet.

[psychoball]

I'm glad you think so. It's certainly my favorite!

[whitechocolate]

I've heard girls talking about some book called Fifty Shades of Grey. I think it's romance? I've never read it though. [Totally oblivious here to the fact that he's recommending a badly written erotic novel.]

[quicktoreward]

I'll keep that in mind. [This can only end well.]