As seen here, the window often is the focal point for a certain poignant, implicitly Romantic yearning, functioning as an interface between near and far, known and mysterious, private and public, art and nature.
There are often political or other non-romantic functions that must be served, and the relative wealth and power of the potential spouses should be considered.
Some say no, because romantic love must function conditionally, as a partnership based on feelings, actions, and expectations.
These romantic, historically valuable and perfectly functioning gas street lights have been part of Berlin's cityscape for almost 200 years.
Despite a handful of studies on social anxiety and close relationships, almost nothing is known about how socially anxious people and their romantic partners influence each other to predict relationship functioning.
Other than a preoccupation with splendiferous surroundings and costumes, Roland Joffé's film wants to function as romantic tragedy, but "settles into a period funk, as shallow as the court popinjays it seeks to expose" (Mitchell).
"Intense romantic love seems to function much like an addiction," according to Arthur Aron, Ph.D., a professor at Stony Brook University.
It functioned simultaneously as a compelling romantic drama, a magnificent travelogue, and a deft comedy of manners.
More generally, OT may function to and gear motivational systems toward maintaining and regulating valued but at-risk relationships of various types, including romantic relationships.
