Is romance dead??? Or was it ever real....

Is it just me or is the idea of a true romantic life false? I try to figure out if we are just so mest up from all the romantic movies and TV shows, we expect our love life to mirror those fictitious stories.  Is it so wrong to want to be wanted and chased. I think its not... I think if you hurt your partner in some way, shape or form the least you can and should do is say sorry. Flowers are nice too.... or some great sex for the man!!!! I have to try to figure out how to tell my daughter that all these great love stories she watches Cinderella, Beauty and the beast, Princess and the frog etc... are just forms of ENTERTAINMENT. That people in today's world would rather see who can play chicken long enough. Who is gonna give in and give up.  I wonder how life/love was in the 20s, 30s, and 40s? Because all I know of it is what i see in the movies.... so once again I led to believe what the movies say romance was. I truly think each person shows romance and love there own individual way. I think my kids watch there father and i to see what romance is. Is it to much to ask for to just do alittle extra every now and then. I have a friend who ended it with her child's father after years of being together because he couldn't show her the romantic affection she wanted. She would not settle for not having that in her life for the rest of her life..... Now that was pretty ballsy. To end it all and to say "I want and deserve more" Its either crazy on her end or weak on others. Weak meaning I know tons of women who want that "EXTRA" but never get it and just settle. Now don't get me wrong this is not to bash men this is to enlighten everyone. These women I speak about are the women doing what they are suppose to in their relationship, so are the men so its not unhealthy relationships. Its just missing the cream for the coffee. You can still drink it without, Its just soooo much better with!!! Just like a man can live without regular sex, but his life is soooo much better with. What happen to the man climbing up the terrace with a rose in his mouth to your balcony???? Did that ever happen in real life..... maybe its because most of us don't have balconies...... So in conclusion i think we are all doomed in the romantic department of love. I guess just being with someone you love and loves you back is enough.... Alot of people don't even have that!!! So go buy your own flowers,take yourself on a surprise romantic dinner don't wait around for others to do it. xoxo Age