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writes:How can you say sweet sentiments without being too sweet? It gets to a point where I feel like I sound like a really bad romantic novel. Reply to this Question
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reader, anonymous, writes (10 September 2009): Sweetness is sweet, full stop. The world is divided between incurable romantics, and those who feel too bruised to risk wearing their heart on their sleeve again (ie they're 'cured' romantics), and those who never had that capacity in the first place.
If you feel really sweet gushing romantic sentiments for somebody, with every beat of your heart and every breath that you breathe, express them! If Shakespeare had hesitated and thought 'f**k, I sound like a right ponce' before penning
'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely...'
it would have probably interfered with his creative brilliance.
And, in turn, Nick Cave might have kept
'We make a little history, baby/ Every time you come around/ You are a little mystery to me/ Every time you come around'
to himself.
You CAN'T say sweet sentiments without being too sweet. That's the point. If the guy/girl you adore thinks it's 'too sweet', he/she isn't sweet enough for you.
Stay sweet.
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reader, Dylan McK  +, writes (9 September 2009):
 How to be sweet without sounding lame, well i know a way but im not sure the mods will let me say it. Mail me.
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reader, anonymous, writes (9 September 2009): just say what you feel. Don't add or subtract anything. Be sweet, but dont drool over metaphorically.
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reader, softtouchmale2003 +, writes (9 September 2009):
 No one can say. To me when a woman is being sweet to me, and loving, its a wonderful feeling.
But other guys might take sweetness to be too feminine for their tastes. You just have to take it for what its worth, feel out the boundaries and maybe ratchet it up gently.
It sounds to me like you want to be sweet to someone, but you're afraid of their reaction.
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reader, Lola1  +, writes (9 September 2009):
 What are you saying or inclined to say?
Boys aren't usually as interested in the "sweet nothings" that girls are. There are exceptions.
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