- Romantic Ideas
Romance, Love, Relationships
There are romantic ideas that spark more spice, passion, and excitement in your relationship and then there are thoughtful ideas that make your Sweetheart appreciate you, but doesn't necessarily bring you more intimacy, desire, or romance. What's the difference? Keep reading, because you are about to find out.
The difference is the nature of the relationship, not in the gestures or words themselves. Romance is thoughtfulness and consideration towards you intimate partner (or someone you want to be intimate with).
See, it's about connecting on the most private and personal of levels. It's about implementing romantic ideas that make your Sweetheart desire you, love you, savor you.
If Destroyed, Still True
What do you do when you find yourself in love with your best friend?I am shackled and caged in this most unfortunate of situations.
I am your neighbor with the impenetrable white fence between our yards.
We lay in bed and our minds split up like misguided teens in a horror film. While my mind strays towards the possibility of a romance so taboo that it can only lead the highest transecdance of passion and fire, you think how lucky you are to be in the company of such a loyal companion.
I want to grab your face, look you in the eyes, and kiss your lips with sort of embrace only your most memorable lover could achieve. I long for a night where alcohol strips us of our reservations and we let nature take its course.
I often lay there at night pondering the very question that haunts my mind like a phantom; Do you feel the same? Can you? Your uncharted waters offer the danger of a friendship lost, but I cannot seem to care. A bite of your fruit outweighs the poison that will consume the relationship we have built for many years.
I often catch my eyes lingering upon you in conversation when our group congregates at seedy bars, where the only entertainment lies in the company we arrive with. After your turn passes in our discussion, I am left behind watching the remnants of the words you spoke disintegrate as the lips that crafted them close shut. Your gaze is directed to the new speaker, which leaves me with a small window to reflect upon your beauty. I observe the lines in your face that show the life you have lived up until this moment. The lines that formed from smiling and sadness join in harmony and as you wear the joy and sorrow of past lovers like a mask that proudly says, "I regret nothing." Even when you smile though, I can see the hint of sadness that channels your broken past. There is no mystery to me of what hardships you have faced. My shoulder was often the dry fields that your rain nourished. I could not stand the pain of you crying over him, but any opportunity to embrace you negated all my reservations as I drifted into the illusion of a future "us".
But no such retribution will be bestowed upon me without a courageous and valiant act of defiance towards our prolonged camaraderie. An act that breaks the shackles of personal space and encompasses the years of longing that lead to my most defining moment. But then therein lies the "what ifs." The weights that drowns my desires to make you mine. Surely I cannot afford to lose you but at what price? To stay in this limbo without a trial or judgment.
Maybe the chance of climbing to heaven is worth the risk of falling to hell.
I can't say for sure, guess I'll just have to try.
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So you want to do something special for your beloved, but you're stumped for ideas. Whether you want a gesture that's creative, outrageous, affordable
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40+ Creative Romantic Ideas
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So you want to do something special for your beloved, but you’re stumped for ideas. Whether you want a gesture that’s creative, outrageous, affordable, quick or classic, we’ve got the answer.
Creative
Looking for some fun ways to add romance to your relationship? Try these creative romance tips:
So you want to do something special for your beloved, but you’re stumped for ideas. Whether you want a gesture that’s creative, outrageous, affordable, quick or classic, we’ve got the answer.
Creative
Looking for some fun ways to add romance to your relationship? Try these creative romance tips:
- Give your lover a dozen roses — and do it with a creative twist. Give eleven red roses and one white rose. Attach a note that reads: "In every bunch there’s one who stands out — and you are that one."
- Get your partner a wristwatch. Inscribe it with: "I always have time for you."
- Attach a $100 bill or giftcard to a Victoria’s Secret catalog, along with a note to him saying, "You choose."
- Identify that one pivotal event that brought the two of you together. Celebrate that event every year.
- Practice even-day/odd-day romance: On even days it’s your turn to be romantic, and on odd days it’s your partner’s turn.
- Following a bubble bath you’ve prepared for her, wrap her in a towel that you’ve warmed up in the dryer.
- Write your partner a love letter or poem on one sheet of paper. Glue it to thin cardboard, cut it up into puzzle-shaped pieces, then mail all the pieces. Or, mail one puzzle piece per day!
- Remove all the paper strips (that say "Kisses" on them) from a couple hundred Hershey’s Kisses. Fill a jewelry box with them. Wrap ‘em up and present them to your partner. Write a certificate explaining that the slips are coupons redeemable for one kiss each.
- Doesn’t your partner deserve a trophy for being the "World’s Best Lover"? Trophy shops have a wealth of ideas waiting for you. Just think of the romantic possibilities of plaques, medals, ribbons, nameplates, certificates and banners. And they all can be personalized, engraved, lettered or monogrammed.
Outrageous
To make a big impression, consider these outrageous romance tips:
- Visit a karaoke bar and surprise your lover by getting up and singing "your song" to him/her.
- Kidnap her! Blindfold her. Drive her around town until she’s thoroughly lost. Then reveal your destination: Her favorite restaurant, or maybe a romantic inn.
- Make a giant greeting card out of a big cardboard box, (such as the type used to pack a refrigerator).
- Does your partner love M&M’s? Fill a one-gallon glass jar with them as a gift.
- Want to jazz up the presentation of a special meal? Buy a little hunk of dry ice from a local ice house. Put it in a bowl of water and place it on your serving tray. You’ll create wondrous, billowing white clouds!
- It’s romantic — but commonplace — to eat dinner by candlelight. So here’s a change of pace: Eat breakfast by candlelight.
- Take your lover on a surprise two-week vacation to Paris.
- Many couples have "His" and "Hers" matching towels, but here are some other ideas: "His" and "Hers" matching silk pajamas, motorcycles, T-shirts, overnight bags (have them packed at all times), jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween, rocking chairs, Porsches (millionaires need love, too), heart-shaped tattoos, Christmas tree ornaments, tennis rackets, beach towels.
Affordable
Short on cash but big on love? Try these affordable romance tips
- Spend the entire day watching romantic movies.
- If you’d like to spend a romantic summer night making wishes on falling stars, mark the second week in August on your calendar. The earth passes through the Perseid meteor belt around August 12 every year, which usually results in spectacular meteor showers for two to three nights.
- Buy a lottery ticket. Give it to your partner with a little note attached: "I hit the jackpot when I married you!"
- Pick flowers for your partner from the side of the road.
- Write a short note to your lover that’s spread out over several postcards, then mail the cards one at a time. You’ll build anticipation for the romantic conclusion on the final postcard. (Maybe deliver that last one in person.)
- Don’t just go out to a movie on Saturday, like always. Call your partner from work on Wednesday and formally ask for a date.
- Call a local radio station and request a special love song to be dedicated to your partner. Make sure he or she is listening!
Quick
If you don’t have as much time as you’d like for love, try these swift but sweet romance tips:
- Write "I love you" on the bathroom mirror with a piece of soap.
- Place a little love note or poem under the driver’s-side windshield wiper of his or her car.
- Every once in a while, kiss her hand with a flourish. Note: The proper way to kiss a woman’s hand is to lower your lips to her hand. You don’t raise her hand to your lips.
- Have "your song" playing on the stereo when your partner returns home from work.
- When out together in public, wink at your partner from across the room.
- On your partner’s birthday, send a thank-you card to his/her mother.
- Unplug the TV. Put a note on the screen saying, "Turn me on instead."
- Make a toast to one another every time you hold a wineglass. Make eye contact. Take turns making the toast. Whisper it.
- Get the whole "family of products" in the fragrance of her favorite perfume (bath powder, soaps, cremes, candles, etc.)
- Call your partner from work for no other reason than to say, "I love you."
Classic
Looking for a tried-and-true method for declaring your love? Consider these classic romance tips:
- Spread rose petals all over the bedroom.
- What could be more classic than a fine gold locket with your photo inside? (Maybe a photo of the two of you.)
- Bring home one small, unexpected gift each week.
- Write a classic, romantic, passionate, handwritten, heartfelt love letter. Most adults haven’t written a love letter since high school. (Why not? Have we lost our youthful idealism, or have we just gotten lazy?)
- When traveling, give your partner a bouquet of roses; one rose for each day that you’ll be away. Attach a note that says something like this: "These three roses represent the three days I’ll be away from you. They also symbolize the love, joy, and laughter we share together."
- Say "I love you" at least three times a day.
- Guys: Surprise her by performing one of her chores for her. (And not something easy like carrying the groceries in from the car, but something that requires some time and effort — like cooking all the meals over a weekend, or cleaning the entire house.)
- Ladies: Send him a letter sealed with a kiss. (Use your reddest lipstick.)
- Hold hands.
- On your yearly romantic checklist, make plans for Valentine’s Day — well in advance!