Romantic or Libertine?

This excerpt is taken from a bestselling book, “The Road Less Travelled” by M Scott Peck, M.D.  It explains about the actual definition of love as most dictionaries only characterize its “symptoms”.  It is interesting to read to majority society as it is stated in the excerpt that the need for romance is sometimes overwhelming. Well, for romantic people, there are actually two types of romance ritual.  The first one is obligatory romance which the lover will celebrate the partner’s birthday or their anniversary by giving gifts.  Meanwhile, the second one is optional romance where the lovers are kind of creative, I guess, as they will try their hard to impress or attract their partner attention by creating big or small events for instance candlelit dinners, overseas vacation or singing romantic songs.  Every romantic will treat their beloved gentle as it is something precious.  

It is differ from Libertine as these people tend to change their lovers frequently because of their low commitment and the unserious of love.  Usually, Libertine would not feel hurt whenever they are breaking up.  In short, they are considered as gamer.  It is like a hand phone without service, all you can do is play games. Taking the partner for granted and hurting them is common for them, I think. 

Nevertheless, it is undeniable if everyone says that love is blind because they would do anything for their beloved.  But the truth is that, whether you are a Romantic or Libertine, love is something which is very special.  It’s hard to come by but once you possess it, you would feel that this world takes everyone to fill it, but it does only take someone to feel yours. Love is universal as family and friends deserve your love too but the most beautiful and everlasting love is between you and God.