Romance was killed in a hit and run by the feminist movement... ok, maybe that was a bad joke...
Anyway... Elle, women don't want to be treated like "princesses" and him to be her "prince." Most women want a friend, lover, and possible father to her children (if she's the family-type). They want a 'man' who will treat them like a decent human being. The sooner young women figure that out, the less likely they are to be fooled by 'players.'
Romance is part of the courting process and later on, a way to express the romantic love and appreciation that two people feel for each other.
"The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth that strength can only be developed by effort and practice, will, thus believing, at once begin to exert itself, and, adding effort to effort, patience to patience, and strength to strength, will never cease to develop, and will at last grow divinely strong."
- James Allen