The World of Bohemedude

My Name is Jerome and I'm Addicted to Romance!

I made a shocking discovery recently. I was on an airplane flying back to San Francisco from North Carolina where my partner and I had traveled for a short, post holiday visit with my family. One of my Christmas gifts from my parents was a DVD copy of the movie Music and Lyrics starring Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant. I decided to watch it on my portable DVD player during the last leg of our journey, a nearly four hour flight from Houston to San Francisco. My shocking revelation came as a result of viewing that film, and I finally had to face the truth. I'm a big sap!!

I confess; I'm a hopeless romantic. I seriously love everything about being in love. In fact, I might even be romantic to a fault if such a thing is even possible. I mean, I am a firm believer that there is simply no such thing as being too romantic. My partner, however, would most likely disagree with vehemence. To him, my level of sentimentality is way over-the-top. I suppose the two of us strike some sort of balance, but I cannot deny that I live for even the smallest display of love and affection. Write me a love letter, and I'm yours!

I have often pondered my addiction to romance and have tried to understand why it is so. I can only say this: I am my mother's son, and my mother is the consumate "sap." It was she who introduced me to the classic "tear jerker chic flick." I remember sitting with her and watching An Affair to Remember, Gone with the Wind, and West Side Story. My mother even has been known to watch a movie like Brian's Song because she needs a good cry. My mother has never been ashamed of showing her emotions, and I believe it was her influence that has led me to wear my own heart out on my sleeve.

Over the years, I have tried to become less sensitive or to "butch it up" a bit, as my partner would say. I have sometimes wished I wasn't so sentimental, believing to some degree that my life would be easier if my feelings weren't so easily hurt. I have even succumbed to that mistaken belief that real men don't cry. But, in the grand scheme of things, I have come to realize that having a tender heart is not necessarily a curse. When my heart strings are tugged, I am reminded how wonderfully human I am, and I stand in awe of the capacity of the human heart to experience that most sacred emotion that connects all of us on this planet to one another. Each of us has a profound desire to love and to be loved.

Romantic Comedies Rock-- Here are 10 of my Faves!

1) Love Actually

2) You've Got Mail

3) When Harry Met Sally

4) Sleepless in Seattle

5) Because I Said So

6) Notting Hill

7) Music & Lyrics

8) Pretty Woman

9) Mystic Pizza

10) Someone Like You