Second, traditional marital relationships, often formed as a matter of practicality, have diminished and been replaced by a preference for relationships based on romance and Western notions of love.
Some women appreciate their husbands using porn as a form of self-gratification because they think it allows intimacy between them to be based on romance and mutual desire rather than the innate physical desire that we all have (although not always at the same time).
"It's an economic decision," he said, "not one based on romance".
They took over the long French narratives based on romance themes, such as the Arthurian cycle, and wrote in octosyllabic rhymed couplets (called noves rimades ["rhymed news"]).
Quenya is based on Romance grammar (Latin, in particular) with Finno-Ugric phonology.
The unlockable kingdoms in the game include the Wu, Shu, and Wei Kingdoms, and unlockable characters include warlords who were defeated in the book that the game series is based on, Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
(By "pastoral," Polonius presumably means a play based on romances telling of shepherds and rural life, as contrasted with the corruptions of city and court).
Similar to Adams' previous material, the themes in 11 are mainly based on love, romance, and relationships.
A version of the myth was adapted as the romance Undine by Baron Fouqué in 1811, and librettos based on the romance were written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816 and Albert Lortzing in 1845.
When he discovers that the governor has written a musical of his own, based on the romance of Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton, Jimmy persuades him to sponsor a prison production, conveniently staged in an unused, tumbledown chapel with breaches that may let Jimmy and some of his pals escape.
Chaplin (1992) was the biography of another of Attenborough's heroes, Charlie Chaplin, and he was particularly lauded for the fine performance he elicited from Robert Downey Jr. Shadowlands (1993), based on the romance between the academic and author CS Lewis and the poet Joy Gresham, was another example of his skill with performers.
