What could be considered romantic?
Discussion
I thought I would ask you lot, as being a bloke I am both blind and stupid, as well as being un-enlightened.
I read somewhere that the definition of romance was maximum effort to achieve the minimum ends, in the effort to please the bird. The greater the disparity, the greater the romantic significance.
What do you lot think?
(I don't think the chat up line "Listen luv, I've crawled over 100 miles of broken glass to w*** over your shadow" sums it up, allthough it is correct in principle
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>>> Edited by love machine on Friday 11th February 12:53
I read somewhere that the definition of romance was maximum effort to achieve the minimum ends, in the effort to please the bird. The greater the disparity, the greater the romantic significance.
What do you lot think?
(I don't think the chat up line "Listen luv, I've crawled over 100 miles of broken glass to w*** over your shadow" sums it up, allthough it is correct in principle
) >>> Edited by love machine on Friday 11th February 12:53
wedge girl said:
It's the little things that count 
The ones that cost little or no money, a flower picked from the garden, and placed on the pillow.
Yes I agree, I've always been a tight git and have been getting away with it for years.
Actually my wife suggested that I may not be getting my full entitlement and as my birthday was coming up and I'd been so good (?I let her treat me like a slave but have anticipated her every need beforfe being asked?) she might reward me.
NOW I shall describe romance : at this point I informed her that love making was not about reward or entitlement, but should she desire for me to satisfy her lustful cravings I would happily try my best, but I'd rather not bother if she was only doing it out of a sence of duty.
This seems to have gone done very well and I anticipate that I may be lucky this year.
men.planetdave said:
I have a friend with good lateral thinking skills.
Eg he picked up an antique hand mirror (good frame) for peanuts and gave it as a valentine.
On it he wrote in lipstick - 'this is what I see every day....and it's gorgeous'
I once spent £3.14 on wife's bithday present.
2 massive blue plate from a sale in a factory seconds shop. (She'd seen one in a posh shop for £40 and really wanted it) £1 each
£1 on material to recover a stool that used to be her great nans.
14p on Tacks to hold material in place. I made a card that year .
To say we were skint and she'd told me not to buy her anything to save money, so I told her I'd saved my lunch money to pay for it.
When i met you, I was afraid of Talking to you.
When i talked to you, I was afraid of touching you
When i touched you, I was afraid of kissing you
When i kissed you, I was afraid of Loving you.
Now I love you, I'm afraid of losing you.
>> Edited by vixpy1 on Friday 11th February 13:43
vixpy1 said:
When i met you, I was afraid of Talking to you.
When i talked to you, I was afraid of touching you
When i touched you, I was afraid of kissing you
When i kissed you, I was afraid of Loving you.
Now I love you, I'm afraid of losing you.
Now that is
>> Edited by vixpy1 on Friday 11th February 13:43
vixpy1 said:
When i met you, I was afraid of Talking to you.
When i talked to you, I was afraid of touching you
When i touched you, I was afraid of kissing you
When i kissed you, I was afraid of Loving you.
Now I love you, I'm afraid of losing you.
Will the real Vixpy please stand up.
vixpy1 said:
When i met you, I was afraid of Talking to you.
When i talked to you, I was afraid of touching you
When i touched you, I was afraid of kissing you
When i kissed you, I was afraid of Loving you.
Now I love you, I'm afraid of losing you.
Excellent effort, where'dya poach that one from ?
Sadly I'm only halfway through line 2 at the mo. Hopefully will pull the cat out of the bag tomorrow night BUT I have got "coming across as an idiot" off to a tee.
It's the small stuff that is the best. A man who puts himself out is a romantic. Wild gestures and flamboyance are often too cliche.
Just showing that you are thinking about her does the trick. Picking out a magazine for her when you're buying Evo, putting little notes in the foil in her sarnies, getting her flowers for no particular reason, being nice to her mother(!), and most of all ,remaining spontaneous - all key parts to being romantic.
As Wedgegirl said about the flower on the pillow, doing things that men think are really cringeworthy, are more than likely to be every girl's dream.
And affection is the key.
Just showing that you are thinking about her does the trick. Picking out a magazine for her when you're buying Evo, putting little notes in the foil in her sarnies, getting her flowers for no particular reason, being nice to her mother(!), and most of all ,remaining spontaneous - all key parts to being romantic.
As Wedgegirl said about the flower on the pillow, doing things that men think are really cringeworthy, are more than likely to be every girl's dream.
And affection is the key.
ing you 
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