Who Am I Talking To?

Who am I talking to? Smart Chicks.

And, I suppose, if a Smart Chick happens to be A Highly Educated Woman as well, the question is more properly stated, "To Whom Am I Speaking?".

But, to clarify, "Smart" ain't the same as "Educated", and the former may or may not embrace the latter. Smart, according to Webster, means "mentally bright and alert", it also means "intelligent". Brightness is indicative of how awake someone's mind is, and intelligence has to do with judgement and the solving of problems. "Educated", on the other hand, has to do with the mental storage of data and the acquisition of "papers", titles, degrees and such. Some of the dullest people I know are super educated, and some of the smartest were drop-outs.

"Romance for Smart Chicks" describes, therefore, imaginative stories about love and sex for women who are Awake, Aware, and Grown-up. (Incidentally, the stories are also for men who are Awake, Aware, Grown-up and who are interested in Awake, Aware and Grown-up women. But slogans must be brief.)

When I recently surveyed women who read romance as to what they like to read about, one woman replied that she no longer read the genre. When asked why, she said, "I guess I grew up." My initial response was a sort of shocked sadness, thinking her belief was that romance, as an idea, was for the naive or young. But, on closer questioning, I found that it was the typical romance book that was being regarded as juvenile. I couldn't agree more!

Most romance books feature a spoiled, critical, drama queen as the "strong" heroine. Ha! Strong like pet urine!

In life, real romance--the kind that sustains a couple through years if not decades of challenges--requires strength of character, not merely strength of assertions. This is "grown up"; but it need not be depicted as boring, dour-faced, duty.

One mustn't forget the factor of quality. How would you like to meet the one who sees you for who you really are, and finds you most admirable? How would you like to fall in love, every day, with the same person? How would you like to be physically, emotionally and mentally stirred by your life partner?

Wouldn't that be an exquisite fantasy by today's standards?

Romance for Smart Chicks. Real. Hot. Fresh.

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