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The present study aimed at conducting a qualitative analysis of the experiences of men and women regarding their relationship to their partners. Forty people participated in the study, 20 women divided in four groups and 20 men divided in four groups. In order to obtain data, focus groups were conducted. From the stories obtained, 11 subcategories grouped in 5 other categories were constructed: Sociocultural immediate aspects (SCIA), interactional extracouple aspects (IECA), interactional intracouple aspects (IICA), intrapsychic aspects (IPA) and commonness and routine (CyR). The qualitative analysis suggests that stories of the experiences of men and women regarding their romantic relationship form the same pattern, nevertheless, each gender constructs its relational reality as a couple in a different way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]