Do women tend to have more unrealistic expectations of romance?
CN: Yes. Absolutely! Women tend to carry images that were picked up from novels and movies as to what romance is. They want expensive gifts and candlelit dinners but most men don’t even know or care about it. Women can’t understand why their men can’t surprise them with a long-stemmed rose or a gift. In America, the men’s idea of a good time is sitting around and watching a football game. Men and women have different expectations. Most women have “a head full of trashy dreams”. We are conditioned from young to think that way. We get more realistic as we grow older. MC: What then sustains your relationship with your husband? CN: Technically, I am not married to Curt. We have lived together for the past 16 years. As we don’t have children. I don’t find it necessary to have that license. MC: Does that make you feel insecure, knowing he can leave you anytime? CN: No. In fact the opposite is true. Knowing that your husband or wife can’t walk out on you so easily, you tend to take each other
