The Romance of Etymology

In choosing the word romance I began to realize my obvious inclination toward sappiness and the like. I feel naturally drawn toward romance and all that the word embodies; lust, love, sexuality, enchantment, and/or amour. Maybe it's the fact that I can relate toward this deeply rooted humanistic aspect of life or that romance is ridiculously predictable so I never feel lost, but whatever the reason may be for my unrelenting passion for romance, it exists nonetheless. I think it'll be interesting to discover romance and it's many facets. The complexity is overwhelming, for example, romance can be public or secretive, full of lust or sincerity, genuine or artificial, sexual, emotional, and the list goes on and on. Romance is a universal feeling that can be found anywhere from television and novels, to real life.