Is romance a thing of the past? Does the spontaneity and excitement of a romantic gesture still exist in today’s society?

I don’t know about you but no-one has ever confessed their love to me via the medium of giant prompt cards like Andrew Lincoln’s character in Love Actually. I have never received a handwritten love letter or even a Post-it note, and digital messages using predictive text and/or emojis just don’t cut it.

Personally, I blame Disney. As a child you were peddled this narrative that you would one day stumble across Prince Charming in some random woods or at a ball and break out into a musical number that you conveniently know all the choreography to, and ultimately live happily ever after.

Going into your teens the narrative changes slightly. You’re told you’ll have a meet-cute where you’ll bump into someone on your way to school or university, you’ll drop your books, he’ll pick them up – there’s no musical number involved - but you fall in love, nevertheless.

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