Romance Is Prescriptive
Stub • 94 Words • Love/Romance, 2025 • 03/23/2025
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Romance has prescriptive power which can limit your relationships.
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This article was published 2025-03-23 00:00:00 -0400, which makes this post and me old when I published it.
Not only can it limit the possibility within the romantic relationship, but it may stunt your other relationships.
Within a romantic relationship:
- It tells you how you should feel and what you should do during your relationship lest you be a bad partner
- You don’t have to do everything together or share all hobbies, etc.
- The Norms of Romance
- It is not always the social concept of romance, but your own ideas about it too
Other relationships:
- Stricter notions of exclusivity of emotional and physical intimacy can limit connections with others