The Romantic Ideal: The Highest Standard of Romance for a Man

A Hopeless Romantic's Exploration of Masculine Intimacy, Sex, and Love

De: Gregory Diehl

Narrado por: Gregory V. Diehl

A message for hopeless romantics, romantic idealists, and developing men and women who seek the passionate depths of their natural masculine and feminine qualities.

With signature depth and insight, Gregory V. Diehl explores life as a man who embraces the boldest romantic ideals, a man who pursues romantic self-expression, self-determination, and self-actualization as his primary mission in a world so often set against it. His new book examines the hidden depths of masculine intimacy and passion, romantic compatibility, a man’s unignorable sexual curiosity and burden, and the challenging quest to fall in love and bond with one’s complementary soulmate in willing interdependence between the masculine and feminine.

A self-actualized man in romance seeks the influence found only in the right woman, the feminine force who brings color, beauty, and connection to his estranged life. *The* *Romantic Ideal—The Highest Standard of Romance for a Man* helps men identify mature and healthy ways to deal with these timeless trials of masculinity. For women, it offers eye-opening transparency about the quintessential masculine experience of sex, love, intimacy, and romantic aspirations beyond dating, flowers, and trying to get laid.

Includes a feminine foreword by registered psychotherapist Svetlana Sevak, MA, RP.

©2024 Gregory V. Diehl (P)2024 Gregory V. Diehl

Finally a fresh work on romanticism

I’ve read a few of Gregory Diehl’s books before, but this one really struck a chord with me. The Romantic Ideal goes beyond the usual “guy’s guide to dating” stuff and dives right into the raw, honest emotions behind real connection. I’m a hopeless romantic myself, and I absolutely love my wife, but the book still made me rethink what it means to love someone deeply and genuinely. This book felt personal, insightful, and left me feeling more open-minded about how men and women fit together in romance. I’m still turning it over in my head.

A Unique Approach to Romance

In this book, Gregory Diehl unpacks the intricacies of attraction and what one does for chosen reasons and results in relationships. His perspective is well thought out based on his keen observations of others and his own personal experiences. He does an exceptional job describing his exploration of personal attraction to the opposite sex, plainly laying out his thinking as it pertains to depth of attraction level, his unique approach to understanding needs and desires, and what one's distinct & personal "ideal" is.

I've appreciated reading Diehl's perspective on this topic. At first, it seemed as though our points of view clashed in certain areas. However, I often find that two points of view can simply be individuals peering out two different windows overlooking the same back yard, as it were. After reading Diehl's book, I can honestly say that some of my views have been broadened and my perspective has taken on a wider scope.

It's fair to say he knows what he wants, and I think there will be pleasant surprises waiting for him throughout his relationship(s), as well.

Baskerville Book Reviews

To start off with, I’m not even remotely interested in romance, relationships, sex, dating, bla bla bla. I find other people to be utterly insufferable, and the only thing I’m “attracted” to is being left the fuck alone. So if you’re wondering now, why I would even listen to or read this, the answer is simple: The author. I’ve previously listened to and reviewed 2 of his books, and they’ve both left a lasting impact on me long after I listened to them. I think about them, and the lessons he shared regularly, and reccomend them every chance I get.

Unfortunately, I found this book utterly exhausting. The first 2 chapters, or foreward + intro or something like that was a nonstop barrage of info, that made me worried I was going to have to take notes constantly. Thank mercy it let up after that, and was more reasonably paced. Beyond that though, I agree with damn near every thing he said. It was often like listening to somebody drone on about shit I already put together on my own.

Such as how “pretty girls” overly rely on their looks, until men lose interest in them as they get older. Or when you try to get to know them, you realize there’s literally nothing going on in their empty fucking skulls, because they’ve used their appearance to get by their entire lives. I figured that out as a middle school kid, and never had any interest in them for that reason.

One point he did bring up, that I’m kinda ashamed I never put together on my own; was how historically grown-ass men in theit 30s would marry 14 year old girls. That was a practice I always found repugnant and disgusting, but realized it made sense in a world where women didn’t have shit for rights, and the men wanted to marry them young to mold them like clay to suit their image. That’s the sort of insight I expect to learn from a Gregory V. Diehl book, but as I said, most of the issues and topics he addressed, was stuff I’d already figured out long ago.

Despite what I’ve said, I think this book likely has value to most people. I’m sure most people don’t live in their own heads 24/7, listening to other people talk, connecting dots and thinking introspectively. It’s simply a case of I personally didn’t learn much from it, as opposed to the lessons from his other books: Everyone Is an Entrepreneur and Our Globa Lingua Franca that I learned a lot from, and think about regularly, as I previously mentioned.

NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval.