How to actually build a romantic connection with anybody

look I've formed romantic connections okay they were real they happened I'm qualified we're in a weird spot the dating landscape sucks there's a gender War people are secretly recording you on your first date at the Cheesecake Factory what are we doing skit or not stop doing that I'm not going to make this super long I don't think you need to have all the answers I don't think you should be scouring the Internet for ways to bond with people a lot of this stuff you just can't teach you got to go do it as uncomfortable as that might sound so if you need tips on how to form and maintain a healthy romantic relationship I have some and they're [Music] free this is not my life a it's uh debated whether this is biologically programmed into our brains or shaped by the bombardment of media we are subjected to by birth either way it's safe to say we have assumptions beliefs that point us in a specific Direction your ideas about romance come come from somewhere and usually you didn't really get a choice most of us it's movies media books our parents our grandparents I don't want to knock anybody but go back and watch some of your favorite media and just look at how corny the romances and like half the time it didn't need to be there it didn't really service the plot at all it was just a thing to do in the '90s could you imagine going to film school and working your way up to become a director and you're watching your script come life and you're in an executive meeting