 Among the Karen people in Burma and Thailand, women are expected to write love poetry and give gifts to win over the man.Since dating can be stressful, there is the possibility of humor to try to reduce tensions.For example, director Blake Edwards wanted to date singing star Julie Andrews, and he joked in parties about her persona by saying that her "endlessly cheerful governess" image from movies such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music" gave her the image of possibly having "lilacs for pubic hair"; Andrews appreciated his humor, sent him lilacs, dated him and later married him, and the couple stayed together for 41 years until his death in 2010.