Many years ago I gave a speech that touches on the notion of romance at the Northern Territory A Stepford it was in the prepared speech section and I won the competition that evening.

The subject I chose was “The evolution of relationships“.

I went through four phases calling them courting, camping, nesting, and blanket splitting.

The subject was one that intrigue me because I’d seen those four phases repeated every so often in the lives of people I knew.

I have read about and seen the evidence of very short-term romances. I’m not surprised at the brevity of many relationships. However, in the context of my own life, there has only ever been one romance for me.

Just over 54 years ago I married the lady who I had known for several years and who I love very much. Fortunately, that was reciprocated.

To this day that romance lives on.

My first romance is my last romance, my forever romance