Have you had many romantic relationships that ended bad?
I did mainly because we didn't participate in relationship maintenance, making an effort to maintain our relationship.
That is a very important part of a relationship, as well as keeping the romance alive.
It is. I recently learned that romance comes from the idea of chivalry? We can thank the medieval times for that.
Yes, knights were very romantic, singing love songs and protecting their love interest, sweet isn't it?
Knight
A knight is a man granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political or religious leader for service to the monarch or a Christian church, especially in a military capacity.
Historically, in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight
they would like the friendship to stay platonic, but the other person wanted it to become romantic.
Friends who have romantic intentions are more likely to use prosocial maintenance behavior. Friends that want to move to romantic relationships use more maintenance behaviors, as increases in maintenance behavior mark a change from friendship to romance.
Groups that wished to keep the relationship platonic or with only one person interested in romance utilize less relationship maintenance. These groups tend to talk about outside relationships and there is activity done together and less flirtations used