We all  have these fantasies about how romantic something is. A moonlit beach. A secluded swimming pool. A private waterfall.

Sometimes we even manage to arrange to get to one of the coveted spots, whiling away hours imagining what it will be like once we get there.

Oh, the Romance! How wonderful it will be!

But the romance is in us. If we don’t bring it to those places, those places can’t bring it out in us.

Then those places can be worse than a ‘regular’ place.

There is nothing romantic about a lonely beach in the moonlight. A person swimming solo under the waterfalls. Midnight laps, alone, in a swimming pool.

The most romantic things of all, are those that are the most lonely—experienced when you’re with someone you love…