> I do not know if this is appropriate for this forum, but I have a friend who has recently started reading romance novels. Now, I would not mind if she was reading horror novels, cook books, or westerns, but romances.... That's going too far.

Hands up, I read thrillers and crime (in-between the more serious stuff obviously;). Other people read sci-fi and fantasy. My other half watches gameshows. It's called relaxation. At least romance contains hints to how we might better manage our relationships (which my preferences tend to fail to do). Lighten up!

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