I know pretty much what I've seen/read in TV, movies, anime and manga. Beyond that I've never been in too terribly romantic a situation either, so I don't know that I have enough experience to even form a basis for liking romance or not.

I guess that for starters, I really need to know how to recognize if someone is interested in me, as I historically would be oblivious; but now over-analyze to where I lock down and defeat the purpose in the first place.

A friend of mine once told me that the best relationships come from friendships, which makes sense; but I have a very small social circle three people, all girls two of whom are seeing people already, the other of whom has a strict no dating of friends policy, and even then isn't looking to be in a relationship right now in the first place. I have no problem talking to girls in a strictly platonic sense; but when it's the extra relationship layer that can really give me trouble.