Basic Proposition: Others enjoy the happiness that I have been denied.

Habitual Focus of Attention: "Best" is what's absent.

What "Romantics" observe about themselves:

• There is a constant longing for the missing ingredient for personal happiness;
     

• Their focus is on the best of what's missing, what’s distant, and what's hard to get;

• The "ordinary" pales by comparison;

• There is a deeply felt abandonment that translates into a belief that "I am un- loveable”: and,

• "Romanitics" feel special and elite. Their suffering sets them apart from others.