I think romance in most non-romance narratives are just there to give viewers one more thing to empathize with, because people like such stuff D: Not saying catering to your audience is bad, but - Yep, I admit I personally don't like them either. Especially ones that look as if the author has poured their soul into trying to make them look... romantic. xD They could easily turn sappy when not handled extra-carefully.
I'm... I'm glad you like seeing my writing ;w;
Edit: I obviously ship characters, so I'm definitely not saying I want to see no romance as I go! But at the same time, I probably won't read an unnecessarily romance-laden piece of writing and think "wow, that was a great writing," although I might think "aww, that was pretty cute".
I also imagine romantic things from time to time, just for fun! It's just the matter of whether I want to actually
write them out and then share them, because I KNOW that won't work for me >_>