Romance: should what happens on holiday stay on holiday?

Olivia Newton John and John Travolta sing Summer Lovin’ in Grease (1978)

“Summer fling don’t mean a thing. But, ah, oh, those summer nights.”
(Summer Lovin’, Grease, Jacobs/ Casey, 1978)

Many of us have had a holiday romance, but how many of those love affairs ever last? Maybe more than you’d think.

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Where’s the romance?

Followers of this site will know that I have a love-hate relationship with lists. As a journalist, I know such offering as “the 10 best …” or “20 most exciting…” or “12 cheapest..,” are popular with readers.

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But, as an educated and rational person, I know that nobody is in the position to offer the best of anything, unless they’ve tried everything — and nobody has.

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