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A Woman's View of Romance (Part Three‪)‬ Creating a More Romantic Marriage

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FamilyLife Today® Radio Transcript
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Creating A More Romantic Marriage 
Day 4 of 8
 
Guest:                         Barbara Rainey
 
From the Series:         A Woman's View of Romance
_____________________________________________________________
 
Bob:                Welcome to FamilyLife Today.  Today we're speaking frankly about how a woman views romance.
 
(Music:  "Love and Marriage")
 
                        And welcome to FamilyLife Today.  Thanks for joining us on the broadcast.  We are beginning Week Number 2 of our look at Creating a More Romantic Marriage, and I just want to encourage folks, if you missed any of last week's programs, or if you're going to miss any of this week's programs, this is a series that husbands and wives ought to get and listen to together, and then they can talk, they can interact, about what they hear on the tapes.
 
Dennis:          You know, this subject of developing and cultivating romance in a marriage relationship is a discussion that is long overdue among Christian couples, because we ought to have among the most passionate relationships on the planet.  Our God created romance in the first place.
 
Bob:                Well, we're going to talk on today's broadcast about how men and women view romance, and we've brought your wife, Barbara, back in the studio with us today.  Barbara, welcome back to FamilyLife Today.
 
Barbara:         Thanks, good to be here.
 
Bob:                And one of the things that we want to do is look at research.  
 
Dennis:          Right.
 
Bob:                You commissioned that be done at our FamilyLife Marriage Conferences across the country – we had a researcher who talked with women about how they view romance, how they view it primarily, is that right?
 
Dennis:          Actually, this Top 10 list of romantic acts came from both men and women.
 
Bob:                Well, let me go over the list, Barbara.  I'm going to go from 10 to 1, and I'll read what people indicated expressed romance, and then I want to know, as a man, and I want to know how I can keep these ideas in front of me and sprinkle them into a relationship as a way to express romance – again, with no hidden agenda, no – not driving for anything.  Number 10, hands are romantic; holding hands, particularly, is romantic for a woman.  Do you like holding hands with Dennis?
 
Barbara:         Mm-hm.
 
Bob:                Why is that romantic for you?
 
Barbara:         I do it because it says, "I want to be close to you, and I like you, and you're my friend, and I want to be next to you."  I mean, those are the kinds of things that communicates to me, and that's the reason that I initiate it, and I think that's probably the same for him, too.  So I think it's the closeness that it communicates.
 
Bob:                Okay, how about Number 9, which is massaging one another – rubbing the neck.  Do you like when Dennis reaches over and rubs the back of your neck?  Dennis, massage oftentimes will have a sexual connotation, and some women may pull back from liking massage because they think it's just foreplay.
 
Dennis:          Right.
 
Barbara:         Exactly.  I think that's right.
 
Bob:                So if it's non-sexual massage where it's just – "Let me rub your back, and you can fall asleep," then that's okay?
 
Barbara:         Oh, I think so, yeah.
 
Bob:                Number 8 on the list is serving – serving the other person – common courtesies – opening the door, holding a chair out for somebody, doing little acts of sacrifice.  Is that romantic for a woman?
 
Barbara:         To me, I don't think of that as being as romantic, if I had to define them, as, say, holding hands but, again,

FamilyLife Today® Radio Transcript
References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete.
 
Creating A More Romantic Marriage 
Day 4 of 8
 
Guest:                         Barbara Rainey
 
From the Series:         A Woman's View of Romance
_____________________________________________________________
 
Bob:                Welcome to FamilyLife Today.  Today we're speaking frankly about how a woman views romance.
 
(Music:  "Love and Marriage")
 
                        And welcome to FamilyLife Today.  Thanks for joining us on the broadcast.  We are beginning Week Number 2 of our look at Creating a More Romantic Marriage, and I just want to encourage folks, if you missed any of last week's programs, or if you're going to miss any of this week's programs, this is a series that husbands and wives ought to get and listen to together, and then they can talk, they can interact, about what they hear on the tapes.
 
Dennis:          You know, this subject of developing and cultivating romance in a marriage relationship is a discussion that is long overdue among Christian couples, because we ought to have among the most passionate relationships on the planet.  Our God created romance in the first place.
 
Bob:                Well, we're going to talk on today's broadcast about how men and women view romance, and we've brought your wife, Barbara, back in the studio with us today.  Barbara, welcome back to FamilyLife Today.
 
Barbara:         Thanks, good to be here.
 
Bob:                And one of the things that we want to do is look at research.  
 
Dennis:          Right.
 
Bob:                You commissioned that be done at our FamilyLife Marriage Conferences across the country – we had a researcher who talked with women about how they view romance, how they view it primarily, is that right?
 
Dennis:          Actually, this Top 10 list of romantic acts came from both men and women.
 
Bob:                Well, let me go over the list, Barbara.  I'm going to go from 10 to 1, and I'll read what people indicated expressed romance, and then I want to know, as a man, and I want to know how I can keep these ideas in front of me and sprinkle them into a relationship as a way to express romance – again, with no hidden agenda, no – not driving for anything.  Number 10, hands are romantic; holding hands, particularly, is romantic for a woman.  Do you like holding hands with Dennis?
 
Barbara:         Mm-hm.
 
Bob:                Why is that romantic for you?
 
Barbara:         I do it because it says, "I want to be close to you, and I like you, and you're my friend, and I want to be next to you."  I mean, those are the kinds of things that communicates to me, and that's the reason that I initiate it, and I think that's probably the same for him, too.  So I think it's the closeness that it communicates.
 
Bob:                Okay, how about Number 9, which is massaging one another – rubbing the neck.  Do you like when Dennis reaches over and rubs the back of your neck?  Dennis, massage oftentimes will have a sexual connotation, and some women may pull back from liking massage because they think it's just foreplay.
 
Dennis:          Right.
 
Barbara:         Exactly.  I think that's right.
 
Bob:                So if it's non-sexual massage where it's just – "Let me rub your back, and you can fall asleep," then that's okay?
 
Barbara:         Oh, I think so, yeah.
 
Bob:                Number 8 on the list is serving – serving the other person – common courtesies – opening the door, holding a chair out for somebody, doing little acts of sacrifice.  Is that romantic for a woman?
 
Barbara:         To me, I don't think of that as being as romantic, if I had to define them, as, say, holding hands but, again,

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