Purity rings and pledges were all the rage when I was 13, but I was embarrassed, humiliated, ashamed, and angry.

I was a virgin, yes, but I had already lost my purity. The last thing I wanted was a shiny reminder of where I was supposed to be.

Historians believe that the actual English word "romance" developed from a vernacular dialect within the French language meaning "verse narrative"—referring to the style of speech, writing, and artistic talents within elite classes.

The word was originally an adverb of the Latin origin "Romanicus," meaning "of the Roman style." The connecting notion is that European medieval vernacular tales were usually about chivalric adventure, not combining the idea of love until late into the seventeenth century.

Historically, the term "romance" originates with the medieval ideal of chivalry as set out in its chivalric romance literature.

This feeling is often associated with sexual attraction. In the context of romantic love relationships, romance usually implies an expression of one's strong romantic love, or one's deep and strong emotional desires to connect with another person intimately or romantically.(See II Corinthians 5:7, Psalm , Romans , Psalm 13, and I John 4:8.) Because each individual, family, and set of circumstances is unique, each courtship will be unique.While those who choose courtship will hold to general guidelines for the relationship, their specific choices about when, where, and how to court may differ according to their needs and circumstances.() But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness much not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, , a word Paul uses in exactly the same way in both texts.