Laughter: The Key to Romance
“You said you loved me in your sleep, but I didn’t tell you because I wanted to say I Love You first.”
- The Killers movie
Being the utter romantic that I am, my first thought upon hearing this line was something akin to…. GAG ME!!
Frighteningly, it seemed as though every other woman in the audience was ‘Aww’-ing! It’s horrifying how simplistically young women see romance. If this is the general rule by which women measure ‘love’ and ‘romance’ I recommend every man start memorizing movie lines and they’ll get any girl they want without doing a thing.
I openly acknowledge that I’m a little skewed in my views of romance, afterall my husband bought me duckie key chain that quacks mechanically and threatens to blind random strangers with its powerful LED light, and I adore him for it. Perhaps this is simply because I lean more toward love reflected by actions. But really, sappy words can be rehearsed and making me laugh is a lot harder to do. (OK I lied…making me laugh isn’t really that hard, but I treasure it a lot more than perfect words.)
“We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.”
- Agnes Repplier
So to heck with perfect lines and adoring eyes…give me absurdity and the ability to revel in it together. For there is nothing more joyous than my husband dancing with me around the kitchen, our sock feet slipping and sliding, making up crazy (sometimes scarily falsetto) songs, while laughing until both our legs give out.
That is Romance!
Great posting. Perhaps you inherited the skepticism toward words that aren’t supported by actions or perhaps it has everything to do with the Language of Love and how some people respond to the roses and others respond to a man rubbing his woman’s feet! Or in your case you respond to the gift of a keychain since it was purchased in the hope that it would bring joy to the woman he loves. Certainly, I too was startled by the number of women (girls???) who “ahhed” when they heard that line in the theatre!