Ah, Romance! That thing we all live for in our relationships. That thing, other than money, that makes the world go round. Whether you call it love or sex, eros, lust, desire, the birds and the bees or just plain hell. We're all fascinated and transfixed by the possibility of romance, the reality of romance and the myth of romance. It's the promise of something deeper than just ourselves. Romance gives gleam to our dull lives and the promise of paradise in midst of a mundane world of work and everyday life.

And romance is biologically built in, so the lure of it leads us around by the... well, we'll leave you to finish that sentence according to your own private weakness. But oh, what havoc it can then play with our lives!

Headlines of politician's careers demolished by it are almost an everyday event. And while we all, "tsk, tsk", we're actually all thanking our lucky stars our love life is not on the same public display.

So, most of us constantly look for maps through the maze of romantic relationships, hoping we don't have to learn the hard way. Well, savvyromance.com is here to help with knowledge (not just opinion, although we have that, too) humor, research, resources and myth busters about couples and romantic relationships to help guide you along your way. Savvyromance.com's editors scour the internet, social and psychological research and relationship professionals to bring you hopefully the best information so you can to make the best choices for your life's journey in love, dating, romance and the happiness of your self and your relationship(s). In addition, savvyromance.com's editors are themselves professional relationship counselors and therapists with experience counseling people in relationship issues and we want to tell you what we know. We also want to not always be too serious in our approach. Humor adds perspective and helps people "normalize" their experiences making it easier not to sit in judgment of themselves and others.