Romance isn't everything. I have a friend who's husband is very romantic at times. But when he is in a bad mood he is abusive. Every girl wants romance. But the important thing is having someone who loves you and treats you well!!

I'm not going to lie, the nerd side of me would have loved a plastic decoder engagement ring. ;)

The kid side of me would love the Fanta! Wine is overrated.

I was thinking the same of the decoder ring! I've always said that I don't care if Marcus proposes with a gum ball machine ring, as long as his heart is in it and I know it's forever, I'm satisfied :)

True but at the same time, after several years, he should've had that shit down to the t.

No he is not. If he was, he would talk non-sense like spiderman in the new movie

You're a dumbass.

yep women are too classy to watch ****, but they'll read the **** out of it.

It's the equivalent of literary pornography, anyway.

It is, in essence, Twilight minus the sparkly vampires and werewolves.

Plus BDSM.

Flockz, in erotic novel terms, it wouldn't be considered "reading the ****" out of it. Rather, it would be considered sensually gripping the binding, slowly opening it up, fingering each page ever so lightly, only pausing to ravish the pages with our hungry eyes... Erm. Excuse me. I think I have some reading to do... ;)

I've read it, it's actually about a wealthy man conquering his bondage fetishes, and there's so many sex scenes you end up skipping through a lot.. Most women are reading it because it's also a good romance. For me the sex parts were just meh.

I've read the Twilight series, and while I won't argue that it's good literature, I don't see the "abusive" nature of Bella and Edward's relationship. "Obsessive," perhaps (also unhealthy), but not abusive.

64, I would assume you've never read it. I am COMPLETELY aware of the problems the main male character has and that his relationships with previous girls could be considered abusive. However, the girls he had been in relationships before had LIKED it and knew what they were going into. They even signed contracts. I do not find that romantic, the romantic part is the fact that another girl could cause him to get over his fear of being touched on the chest, etc. and help him get over his bondage problems. He was abused as a child and was going to a therapist throughout the entire book. Honestly, it's very ignorant of you to say that divorce rates are going up because I called a book romantic. Please actually read books before you bash them. It's also has nothing to do with twilight, I know it was originally a twilight fanfic, but having read that series when I was younger, I don't see a huge connection in the two series.

I don't expect my boyfriend or husband to be straight out of a book or fairy-tale, I don't know where you got the idea that that's what girls expect. In fact, my boyfriend is actually nothing like Edward, he's nothing like me, and he's nothing like Christian. He's an average guy who plays Call of Duty. I don't know a single girl who expects a sparkling vampire as their boyfriend, unless they're in middle school. Also, if you have so much of a problem with the books, I don't understand why you would have read all three of them. When I don't like the first book in a series, I put it down and walk away. I don't bother to waste money on the rest if I know I won't enjoy them, so that makes it hard for me to believe that you actually read all three. Please, tell me how a man falling in love, getting over his odd obsessions, getting married, and having a child is NOT a romance. I will not continue with this disagreement because we have very different point of views and will never agree, so there's no point in filling the comments with it.

Have we all forgotten about poor Beyonce?

81, It's no different to the expectations men have in relationships that they base on **** and boy-talk, the only difference is one is openly mocked while the other isn't. The sad thing is it may take some time for the unrealistic expectations of women to reach the same status as that of men.

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AlexaWuzHere, i couldn't agree with you more.

At #80 it occurs to me that your 15.. What are you doing reading this book anyway?

138, I'd be happy to answer that if you PM me. I'd rather not sit here and explain myself to the entire FML community and clog up the comments.

This is exactly what I came here to say, #44.