"No spending time together, no dinners, not even any cute little endearments, or even holding hands."
So basically not an "adult" romance... But a purely physical relationship. But without sex.
You sure we are talking about an "adult" + "Romance"?
Yes.
A real relationship (that lasts more than a couple of weeks) has many small touches to keep it going.
It has demonstrations that you care, and are thinking about them.
Picking flowers, going out to dinner, doing things together, all let your loved one know that you're thinking about them, and that they are important to you.
Sex is just the icing on the cake.
