Who Needs Romance?

The kids like to come into my office while I’m watching TV. I often watch sci-fi, which they like, and as long as it’s not rated above PG-13, odds are that I’ll let them watch it with me. But I go through phases of watching romantic comedies and cheesy romantic holiday movies, too. The kids don’t like those phases so much. They don’t want to see kisses. They want to see superheros and starship battles. One day, when the disappointment was particularly acute, Marshall asked, “Why do people watch romantic movies when they could watch action movies?”