And honest feeling and emotions are what should be your guide, rather than acting in a way you think should be correct.

Kind of falls into the prescribed romantic reactions that commercialism forces on people.

But the main reaction was... romance is thoughtfulness. It can just be a call/communication, out of the blue, to say "You are special to me....". Romance doesn't have to be "the big event" stuff. The best part of romance is filling your special person's moment with you.