Are you a hopeless romantic or a jaded realist? While it’s important to protect your own feelings and not make yourself overly vulnerable, there’s something to be said for keeping your heart open and not letting a good thing pass you by — isn’t that the message of just about every romantic comedy? It’s easier said than done, but it also tends to be worth it in the end. Alfred Tennyson’s immortal words “’tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all” may be something of a cliché, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t true.