I have waited for hours beside the phone, waiting for it to ring, keys in hand, begging for a reason to pick up flowers on my way. Driving out of my way just to stop by, and spend the next day talking, and relaxing for a change.. I don't suppose it's too romantic, but time and dedication, they're all I have..
When i was 13, I spent about 2-3 weeks' allowance money(about $13-15) on a silver necklace for a girl I liked on 2-14. Needless to say, it was rejected. As was I. I took it back to the store & left it on the counter. It was also the last "romantic" thing I've ever done.
The most romantic thing I've done is probably also the most cheesy. When I was working the closing shift at the ice rink, I had my g/f meet me there. As I was closing up, she waited in the lobby. After I turned out the lights, I snuck out onto the ice and lit candles on the four inner face-off dots. Then, just as I started playing some romantic music over the sound system, she came out looking for me... Only to find me walking across the ice to escort her out to center-ice for a corny/romantic moment. After that, we shared Mountain Dew out of plastic champagne glasses
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None of these things seem "romantic" to me. They seem...normal.
* I once drove through a blizzard and cleaned off her car so she didnt have to.
* I once dropped off "the good car" and drove the crappy car during yet another blizzard. I went to her office and switched cars out so that the good car was in the same parking spot...also freshly cleared of snow.
Would you consider going and getting morning coffee (or making it) romantic? Breakfast in bed? Having your favorite wine ready for you when you get home for work and a candle lit bath already drawn? Having flowers waiting for you at your hotel room while you're away at a conference? How about driving 7 hours just to have dinner with someone?
These things arent "romantic" to me, they are just nice things you do for someone when you wanna say "hey, I care" or even "hey, I kinda dig you".
This gets me in trouble (as well as being a huge flirt) but I dont see any significant reason* not to be romantic even with acquaintance level people. In the rosey colored world I live in, Im allowed to make anyone happy if I so desire it.
The things that most people list as "romantic" are really just thoughtful, caring, loving, or down right lustful in nature. I pretty much got all of those covered!
* = Being in a relationship where your partner is very put off by this outward showing of love to others, the recipient being "weirded out" by the attention...those are a couple of good ones.
Rejection hurts, this is true, but if you can shift yourself to a position of just doing what you want because YOU want to do it and it makes you happy, the rejection tends not to matter nearly as much.
"I did this to make ME happy, if it makes YOU happy as well, bonus...if not, Im sorry you didnt dig on it"
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* I once drove through a blizzard and cleaned off her car so she didnt have to.
* I once dropped off "the good car" and drove the crappy car during yet another blizzard. I went to her office and switched cars out so that the good car was in the same parking spot...also freshly cleared of snow.
Would you consider going and getting morning coffee (or making it) romantic?
Breakfast in bed?
Having your favorite wine ready for you when you get home for work and a candle lit bath already drawn?
Having flowers waiting for you at your hotel room while you're away at a conference?
How about driving 7 hours just to have dinner with someone?
These things arent "romantic" to me, they are just nice things you do for someone when you wanna say "hey, I care" or even "hey, I kinda dig you".
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This gets me in trouble (as well as being a huge flirt) but I dont see any significant reason* not to be romantic even with acquaintance level people. In the rosey colored world I live in, Im allowed to make anyone happy if I so desire it.
The things that most people list as "romantic" are really just thoughtful, caring, loving, or down right lustful in nature. I pretty much got all of those covered!
* = Being in a relationship where your partner is very put off by this outward showing of love to others, the recipient being "weirded out" by the attention...those are a couple of good ones.
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"I did this to make ME happy, if it makes YOU happy as well, bonus...if not, Im sorry you didnt dig on it"
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