Beddington describes the results as "workmanlike but unromantic". The song lyrically revolves around drugs, unromantic relationships and materialism. The relationship is both "purely sexual" and "utterly unromantic". In outline, this utterly unromantic novel anticipates Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca". The cane sugar unromantic, maple syrup is boring, and sorghum is individual taste. There are assumptions that German women are cold and unromantic. She thinks it "unromantic" but concedes. Some consider doggy style to be unromantic. He said my words were so unromantic.