Modern men 'short on romantic words'

MEN are struggling when it comes to modern chivalry, according to a report published today.

Despite almost three-quarters of women saying they would love to receive a romantic letter or poem, only half of men have penned either. Most women claim they would treasure romantic writing, which is perhaps why 6 per cent of men confessed to passing off existing romantic poetry as their own in order to impress the fair sex.

While the passionately composed love lyric was an important feature of wooing in olden times, today's men are more inclined to use their mobiles to dash off a text according to the Lindt Lindor Code of Modern Chivalry.