- According to the female police officer, romantic relationship makes the relationship invigorating and exciting (An all-consuming love, chapter 4, page 118). It reminds one not take his/her partner for granting. One can tell when another person is in their bad mood. Romantic relationship does not go along with house chores such as washing clothes and cooking breakfast (An all-consuming love, chapter 4, page 124). Romantic exhibit attributes such as a religious ritual in the family dynamic; in which partners isolate the objects of their emotions from others, they dress in a particular style, eat special food and set special times of celebration (Real fictions and fictional realities, chapter 5, page 154).
- Romance has affluence. It makes partners do things such as travelling together, and part with each other at all different situations. It makes female gender comfortable staying home with their husbands “Romance makes a relationship more exciting, more invigorating”. In a romance, women love luxury items. Romantic relationship leads to a joyous and solemn celebrated marriage. Female gender describes their romantic relationship as a real adventure whenever they visit their partners for the first time (Family interconnection pattern chapter 10, page 254).
- Romantic relationship requires scarify of comfort periodically. The relationship drives men to go to bed with their best female friends instead of their lovers. Romantic code derived from bodily, for female, it is an experience of sexual arousal that is embodied in the cultural adventure. It leads to sexual interaction beyond the margin of social control that shows high emotional feelings and dramatic features. Romantic relationship influences the power of authority structure in the family, decision making and how the family interacts.
- The relationship is not static; it is created and recreated through communication “two friends can constantly rebuild their relationship by engaging in favorite episode”. Its creation is through favorite episode such as exchanging recipe and going to the movie with each other. It pressurizes lovers to reveal themselves to their partners and share their real feelings. Romantic relationship has a tendency to develop commitments and obligations in the family. “Recounting the day’s events, talking about future plans.” (Intimate relationships, chapter 11, page 3).
