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hopeless romantic

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hopeless romantic
情痴

Date: Oct 25 2012

Themes: Celebrity, Romance

Quote

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“He really is a hopeless romantic....All I said is that I really want to see Titanic again.”

- Actress Selena Gomez, talking about the time her boyfriend Justin Bieber rented LA’s Staples Center for a private screening. (Us Weekly)

“他真的是一个情痴……我只是说我真的好想再看一遍《泰坦尼克号》(Titanic)。”

- 女演员赛琳娜·戈麦斯 (Selena Gomez) 谈论当时男友贾斯汀·比伯 (Justin Bieber) 为她在洛杉矶的斯台普斯中心 (Staples Center) 包场观看电影。

Definition

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someone who is overly romantic or sentimental

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To feel romantic is to have feelings of love or tenderness toward someone. To be a romantic, on the other hand, is to be in love with the idea of love. If you’re a hopeless romantic, then you’re pushing it even further. You’re so in love with the idea of love that you act in ways that might be considered extreme, all for the sake of love.

Selena Gomez places her sweetheart, Justin Bieber, in the hopeless romantic category because he went to extreme lengths to show his love for her. He rented out an entire arena, just to show her a movie she liked.

Are you a hopeless romantic? What’s the most extreme thing you’ve done for love?

Examples

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“Christian acts tough, but inside he’s a hopeless romantic.”

“I love reading old romance novels. I guess I’m just a hopeless romantic.”

“Am I a hopeless romantic to think that someday my Prince Charming will arrive?”

Winners

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cubi1604 An extremely romantic person
by cubi1604
sammysam7 completely in love with somone
by sammysam7
Manu4 A very passionate romantic person
by Manu4
a2020 It mean enthusiastic love.
by a2020
FUN777 So romantic person.
by FUN777
goodmahsa very very romantic
by goodmahsa
 julito to do extreme things to please her, as to rent a convention center to screen a movie.
by julito

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khaethe

khaethe

Philippines

hopeless romatic are so inlove and always daydreaming.

11:14 AM Oct 25 2012 |

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FUN777

FUN777

Egypt

I consider myself a hopeless romantic person, when i fall in love i completely act in  romantically way. Although i’m single right now, but i love to visit the romantic places and listen to the romantic songs, so it doesn’t matter to have a partner to live the romance, i love that feeling any way Cool

11:00 AM Oct 25 2012 |

Ngubo Sixtus

South Africa

hopeless romantic is that how you show your feeling to some you love, you do most important things

07:34 AM Oct 25 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

“The more we are filled with thoughts of lust the less we find true romantic love” ~ Douglas Horton


 I’m a romantic, but not a hopeless one


I’m excessively imaginative, especially when I’m in love.  All senses human beings have, wake up within me instantly.  I begin to look at my life through rose-tinted glasses. Everything that surrounds me becomes fantastically romantic. I find many romantic gestures  everywhere. They are even in the insignificant things around me.


 The most extreme thing that have been done for love is an abstract notion. It may look as an extreme for one sort of  identity but not extreme whatsoever for another.


The most extreme thing in my love story was to realize that my sweetheart is going to break all obstacles we had on our way being together. He shortened the huge distance between us from  1500 km to  zero.  Time has been seized by the handwriting letters to each other during three years.


Many sacrifices have been done including leaving my parents and everything I had in my home country.


 I’m lucky to say I’ve experienced the first and last true, unbroken love in all possible stages it may have. My love started from Platonic love and it was moving further to the “mature” state of love checked with faith and time. “Mature” state of love is when you realize your beloved is the one you were born and die with. He is more than beloved, he is closer than parents…….. sorry it is hard to explain you by words but I hope you got me right.


 “There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful” ~Paul Simon


 Trains will remain the most romantic transport for me. There are lots of sweet romantic memories about that time I’m happy back to in my imagination again and again.


 

07:01 AM Oct 25 2012 |

Irene Forever

Ukraine

What I love most from this lesson is a picture with wonderful words .


I LOVE YOU!


This is a gift for all women . Just enter your name, and for sure you will love what you see.


http://www.obtampons.ca/apology/


Wishing love for everybody, everywhere, forever and ever!


This song is for the man I love.


http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1ayScD/www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xg8GMy92Tg/


Now, you can understand if I am a hopeless romantic or not.:)


With love, Irene ♥

06:24 AM Oct 25 2012 |

Herbert Cao

China

Maybe a Chinese saying can best define Hopeless Romantic: What on earth is love ,that makes lovers vow to stick together in life and death


Who is my doomed lifetime lover? I do believe that she is there, somewhere wating for me to hold hand and forever。。。

04:44 AM Oct 25 2012 |

oumoumayma

oumoumayma

Morocco

really

03:17 AM Oct 25 2012 |

emi0808

emi0808

Philippines

Yes. I’m definitely a Hopeless Romantic. ♥♥♥
I want  to be romanced with sweet simple things and the thoughtful amazing surprises. I Dream of being loved but also loving somebody. I don’t just want somebody to hold me. I also want to hold someone. Love isn’t just about one person but both people. I’m hopelessly in love with being loved AND loving back. ♥


What’s the most extreme thing you’ve done for love? It’s when I realized that I loved that person more than I even love myself, I fought for that person even if its against my family. I’d give everything for the one I trully love. <3





02:03 AM Oct 25 2012 |

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