Reply To: Romantic songs

I certainly did. Care and respect are feelings you can and should have for anyone. But you should not have be romantic with anyone except your wife.

So yes, I reject care and respect as being insufficient. You should be a good role model for your kids in the subject of loving your spouse as well. You don’t want your kids to grow up and get married and think that it is enough for them to have a relationship with their spouse like a friend.

I’m a little confused that you don’t imagine there are ways to be romantic without touching. That isn’t what romance means. Romance is the feelings you have for one another. Romance is what shlomo describes in shir hashirim.