Amative

Amative

You know how I've said in the past that I do a quick web and image search with the day's word to get the grey-matter juices flowing? Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaa...don't do it with this word if yer at work. Who knew that the porn peddlers were so eloquent? Evidently the public leans towards the "especially" part of the definition. Best part, though, is that right in the middle of the images was a picture of this castle which appears to have nothing to do with anything. Especially mystifying to us who see only in black and white, the castle wasn't even started until the mid-1700 - the Age of Enlightenment - so there's not even the whole Middle Ages romanticism going on. These people were not referring to their women as 'randy wenches.'*

I have a question - how is someone dying romantic? Remember Love Story? Moulin Rouge!? Romeo and Juliet?** How is the death of the love interest at the end romantic? I don't get it. I mean, somehow, way down deep inside I do, but it just doesn't seem right to me. It certainly isn't romantic in real life, why is it romantic in fiction? So of course, I did a search. The ad at the top of the results page was rather revealing (no pun intended). Or not. But I did find this. If someone could read that and paraphrase it back to me, I would appreciate it. I will admit, as a geek, I often enjoy reading such papers, but I got to the phrase "excessive exogeny" and felt my eyes glaze over.

OK fine, I'll admit it. The reason the 'Sband and I have a solid relationship after 13 years is because on our third date we had The Discussion:

"Do you see your compatriots and consanguinity as being a source of minimal, mild, moderate, or excessive exogeny to this affiliation?"

We've been happy ever since.

*I think by then women had lost their sex drive, right? They were just closing their eyes and thinking of their duty to Mother England...?
**If you need a link for explanation...