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Men and woman have a different definition of what “romantic” means. To psychologists, a romantic state is an endorphin and dopamine fueled experience - a neurochemical “matrix” that allows us to see things as we want them as opposed to the way that they really are.   Romance’s accessories are lighting, old movies, alcohol, nostalgia and anywhere in Europe.   Men, generally do not get high marks for being romantic.   They are “explicit “creatures, and much further down the emotional evolutionary chain.   Men, like Pokemon, evolve in stages.   Most start in the “Pig “stage, a sort of larval state where everything is about them.   They eat, sleep, make noises, don’t call back and tell their friends everything that happened on your date. In time, life punishes this behavior and men move to the “Clueless“ stage.   Cluelessness is most commonly characterized by the statement, “what did I do? “ Clueless men take a three day trip with their college buddies every year and always come home too tired to take out the trash. Finally, after dedicated coaching and nights on the couch, men begin to walk erect and enter the “Considerate” stage.   This final stage is fragile and highly vulnerable to regression back to Clueless or even Pig phases.   Maintaining the Considerate stage requires years of marriage, therapy or the ability to admit to at least three Pigs that you cried during the movie “Brokeback Mountain”. Pigs can sometimes pose as Considerates.   However, they inevitably get caught.

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