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William Coles, or William Coal?
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gay
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>>25041231
Gay romance for men is actually more common
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Like actually for men or for male feminists type "men" to be proformative over?
I ain't against romance stories but I dislike how it's written when western women are the target demographic.
I just assumed I hated romance or stuff written for women in general until I read Japanese and Korean stuff and found even the ultra girly girl romance stories extremely enjoyable to read.
I haven't gotten around to reading Victorian era romance but I have heard some of it is very good. It's just that when it comes to that era a ton of stories are hit or miss for me.

What I am really saying is I am open to recommendations for romance, but not just propaganda or proformative political bullshit.
Like a good romance makes me feel it in my heart. Not just my head or genitals. If that makes sense.
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>>25041234
>Gay romance for women
ftfy
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>>25041239
The books are in a series about a man of 45 reflecting on his last romances, the first being when he lost his virginity to piano teacher as a teen. Each books is about a different romance he is reflecting on
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>>25041217
'Romance for men' is just classic literature. Only women feel the need to label the subject matter of love as a specific genre for themselves and your request for male-orientated romance books, as if something out of the ordinary, demonstrates that you're really only looking for a type of literature that is fundamentally suited to women. Read Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, or erotic poetry like Swinburne, or explicit novelists like Mishima. There's no reason to degrade yourself to anything below that unless you enjoy eating slop.
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>>25041259
Romance as a genre deals with the gradual falling in love, then some threat to the love and a break, followed by a mending
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>>25041239
This. Japanese romance light novels and manga are incredibly enjoyable because I'm not being preached to about how strong and independent the female love interest is or about how the male is a woman-respecting feminist. It's just a bunch of heart-warming mushy crap about a man and a woman falling in love and I eat it up.
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>year of our lord 1000
>a random frenchie invents romance as a way to get puss
>fast forward 1000 years
>white males have become massive faggots
it wasn't supposed to be like that
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>>25041217
Where tf do you find these hacks
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>>25041277
>There is one prelude, however, that I only play on the glory days, on the anniversaries. And that is when I start to choke up. I used to be able to play this prelude from memory, note perfect, every finger knowing exactly where and when they had to be on the keyboard. But those were in the palmy days when I was prepared to devote two hours to practising a single bar of music. Today all I have left are the relics of my indifferent musical talent. I can only manage five bars before my fingers clunk onto the wrong notes. Everything ends in discord. Though if I were note perfect, it would make no difference. For even years back I could never finish the prelude without crying. It’s the Prelude 17, in A-flat Major. When I write it like that, it sounds so stark. But you should hear it. Hear all ninety seconds of it. Even first time round, right off the gun, you’d think it quite charming. Delightful. Second time it’s even better.

>The purists might claim Bach wrote many better preludes. But then memory is everything, is it not? And when I hear this prelude, I dream of a woman who was, is, and will always remain, the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. When I think of her, she is never static, like in a photo. For as I remember her she is always laughing, really laughing, mouth open, with the most perfect white teeth. First I recall her mouth and then her hair, a dark mane that cascaded over her shoulders in a glistening wave of silk; and her lips, always kissable red, erotic moist; and her flashing walnut eyes; and her fingers, long sensual fingers with exquisite buffed nails, tailor-made for the piano. I’ve had other loves since—extraordinary passions. Though their stories are for another time. This woman was my first great love.
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like this?
https://rosenichols.ink/stories/raising-a-good-girl/preview
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>>25041217
i have that shirt
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>>25041217
Anna Karenina
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this is gay as fuck.
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What a read!... A triumph.
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>>25041389
Prove it
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>>25041251
>man
>his piano teacher
must off been a faggot amirite
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>>25042004
Sort of
>>25041290



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