Hopeless Romantic

In the television show “How I Met Your Mother” the characters Ted and Robin are in a new relationship that has just started to branch out. Robin wants to tell Ted that she has fallen in love with him but she cannot get up the courage. Ted is a very Romantic man that loves the romance in the world. He treats her with flowers and a string quartet one evening before they go to dinner. He tries his hardest to be romantic when all Robin thinks about the situation is that he is being over the top and almost “weird.” When Robin was talking to an older woman about the situation she explains to Robin that he is trying to be romantic and that it is a beautiful situation. She also mentioned that her entire life she has always been a “hopeless romantic” and that Robin is lucky to find a man that will take time to put the romance into the relationship.

This situation is seen in many ways because when thinking about relationships one hopes to live the classic romantic partnership between two people, but when watching this you the different viewpoints of what people think about romance. You are either the hopeless romantic type (like me) or you think romance is over the top and unnecessary. I feel that without Romance people would try to look for things in a relationship and this would not be able to provide the spark that keeps the relationship alive. You also get to see the differences that people may think about when talking about romance. That people see romance on different levels and the ideas about it can be in different forms and on different levels.

Romance can be imagined in many different ways. That some people may think a card is romantic while other will consider romance to be a candle light dinner with a late night walk on the beach. People can view difference instances as romantic or “adorable.” Even if it’s a very small act of romance it can be counted to emphasize the relationship and show how or if romance is important in that certain relationship. This scene from “How I Met Your Mother” is a great way of showing the differences between how people may view romance and how it can affect relationships.