While "romance" can be a key component to a healthy and vital relationship, couples do not always truly exercise the gesture. In the article, “The Importance of Romance,” author Barton Goldsmith stresses the need for romance in a relationship, and offers suggestions to help intrigue couples to get started. Goldsmith proposes that romance revolves around intimacy. More specifically sex and romance are two very different things, yet the latter has the ability to improve the former.