20 Ways to Know You Read Too Much Romance You Know You Read Too Much Romance When... 1. Most of your email is author newsletters telling you about latest releases, contests, and book signings.
2. You insist on bringing a chaperone on romantic dates; even though you're 25 years old.
3. You own a digital copy of every print romance book on your favorite’s shelf.
4. Your favorite’s shelf is now the entire bookcase and the area in front of it on the floor.
5. You have a plot trope, character type, or preference you are too embarrassed to share with other romance readers.
6. Your bookshelves are classified first by subgenre, then by author.
7. After kissing each other breathless, you accidentally say, "Please Lord Mark take me now to your bedchamber."
8. He says, "I know-I know you can't spend the night with me because your aunt Lady Marie will start the rumor-mill."
9. Your fictional boyfriend is Mr. Darcy, Mr. Thornton, or another romantic alpha hero.
10. You once had to question where the hymen was located, because most romance novels have the hero penetrate it somewhere inside the vagina instead of at the opening.
11. You clip the covers off your romances and make a mantitty wallpaper collage.
12. The name Vladimir de Laaf, the Duke of Longwood, sounds like a valid name for a man and Lady Saramia, the Widow of Evesham, makes for an equally good heroine name.
13. In your mind, being unwed and over twenty is a crime.
14. When making love-you find yourself moaning, "Oh yes, all the way to the hilt!"
15. You’re actually disappointed he showed up in his Lexus....where's the black stallion?
16. You own or are following every romance blog you encounter or have written blog posts for them.
17. If the first thing you can find in your purse is your latest romance read.
18. You’ve attended more than five romance conventions just because. Jane Austen and Regency period conventions count, even if they aren't about books at all, because the subgenres are prominent.
19. You can spot a secret baby within a 100 yards.
20. If you ever daydreamed about being a heroine in one.
Bonus 21: If you’re like me than you’ve come to the conclusion, there’s never too romance in your life!
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