What is supposed to be romantic, but just bloody isn’t?

[SmidgenofaPigeon]

A Semisonic song just came on the radio and brought me back to when I was 18, and the slightly-hippy lovely guy I was seeing at the time used to play this on his guitar and sing to me. The whole song, then another song after it. Sometimes another one after that. I’d sort of sit on the bed or hover in front of him while he played his little concert just for me and smile along, but I found it excruciating. If he didn’t want to kiss me he wanted to be singing to me. It was so boring and I never knew how I was supposed to be reacting.

I couldn’t hack it so we didn’t last, and my friend was horrified and said what a lovely romantic thing that was that he did and how awful I was for ending it 😂

Has anyone got any ‘romantic’ things to add that were just a bit boring/awkward?

@MedusasBadHairDay

I had an ex that used to write poetry. It was every bit as cringy as you'd expect.

Oh god yes! I even had a recycled one that he did for his ex... ‘brown eyes’ - excuse me, they are very green you git! I think I still have it somewhere...

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

Eh? I’ll say what l want.

I was just having a brain fart during that post.

Eire? Ireland? Does it really matter?

It does really matter because for years the British etablishment (government, BBC, newspapers) deliberately refused to call Ireland by its preferred name (Ireland). This was for political reasons to do with Ireland's constitutional claim on Northern Ireland. Instead they used Eire (forgetting the accent, and so changing the meaning, as a pp mentioned) or later on the Republic of Ireland. The situation was really only resolved following the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. So a decision to use the name Eire, rather than Ireland, can still be seen as quite political and pointed - though often it's not meant as such, as many people are simply unaware of the history.

Éire is the name if you're spreaking/writing in the Irish language. Otherwise it's Ireland or occasionally ROI for clarity.

Sorry OP, a bit off the point I know.

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

Eh? I’ll say what l want.

I was just having a brain fart during that post.

Eire? Ireland? Does it really matter?

Yeah, it does matter. A lot. You're coming across as being offensive and rude. "A brain fart" if you describe it as such, when you mistype the word ás Gaeilge for Ireland is offensive. And you keep putting the word "burden" there not the name of the country. It matters. A whole lot. If you were in Finland and you had a similar story to tell about how someone was playing Sibelius for a loved one for example, would you have typed "I was in Helsinki, Suomi, and heard someone play and sing a piece of Sibelius". Likelihood is, you wouldn't. So please be respectful.

@Weirdfan

I got married in a register office with just two witnesses precisely because I couldn't bear the thought of folk watching me walk down the aisle, the first dance etc, the thought honestly makes my insides shrivel so it's probably fairly obvious I share the feelings of most posters on this thread Nice to know I'm not alone.

You're definitely not alone! When my fiancé dumped me my first thought was "Well, at least I don't have to go through the wedding". It was the only silver lining. Fucking hate the things.

Jumped to the end of the thread from page 10 as wanted to add mine....
Sharing an umbrella..my tiny lady umbrella, when you are much taller than me, so you stay dry and I've got driving rain in my face..
Playing with my hair...just gerroff will you!
Worst was an ex who wanted to have no boundaries in our intimate life which meant he would come into the bathroom for a smelly shit whilst I was in there cleaning my teeth..🤮