Romantic Dating Ideas

[stonehands]

If any of you read my posts you know that I have been trying to find new ways to be more romantic to my wife. It was something she requested of me for a while that I shrugged off and just kept telling her she knew I wasn't romantic when she married me. Some of you gave me some great ideas and a few of them I have tried and she loved them. I'm wating for a couple of special moments to try some of the other ideas. I thought I'd post a few of them and give everybody else a place to share their romantic things they do for their spouses or something they wish their spouse would do.

1. The little notes here or there telling your wife/husband you love them. Hide them in a coat pocket, pant pocket, purse, wallet, windshield, somewhere they will find it throughout the day to give them a little pick me up while you are away.

2. I thought the SHMILY thing was cute. You leave these letters somewhere your spouse will find it throughout the day, creative places like #1 It stands for See How Much I Love You. (wife couldn't figure it out the first time I left that one. So the next one had it spelled out )

3. Take your spouse out for a picnic in some beautiful outdoor place that just the two of you can be alone at.

4. Take your spouse horseback riding, (followed by or preceded by the aforementioned picnic)(I just wanted to use the word aforementioned )

5. Give your spouse a spa day where you get them in the tub, play some soft romantic music, light some candles, and bathe them, wash their hair, body etc. followed by a massage, do everything for them.) One of my favorite suggestions i'm waiting for our anniversary to do, (we're having a little get away for a weekend)

6. My sister thought up this one, when your spouse comes home, (if you work and the spouse stays home send them out on a somewhat long errand) make or buy a fancy dinner and have it at home, Set up a table outside, bring candles, and soft music and have a romantic dinner at home away from home

7. Leave a letter, note, card, or rose on their windshield at work so they see and get it when they get to their car.

8. Get some RainX (helps keep the rain off your windshield, amazing stuff you won't even need the wipers anymore) take the stuff and spell out something on the bathroom mirror so when they get out of the shower they'll see the "hidden" message, can be something simple as "I love you" or can be a little more racy "I'm in the bedroom" use your imagination etc..

alright that's all I've got, use these and if anybody else has any ideas keep postin em, I could always use more ideas to add to my arsenal

 

[bkg]

One of the best dates I've ever been on was last fall when I was trying to win my wife back. I stopped at the grocery store and picked up everything to make an apple pie EXCEPT the apples. I put everything in teh freezer at her house and we headed out. I didn't tell her where we were going, though it was driving her nuts (I kind of assumed she would have figured it out by the pie mix). I took her to the Apple Orchard!

Sadly, this apple orchard didn't let us pick our own apples.... That kind of took away from the romance of it, but it was still wonderful. We went to a nice dinner at a new place we had never been too, then home to make apple pies.

On the way home, we stopped to see if we could find the movie "license to drive" at a rental store. This was the movie we saw on our first date in high school. Didn't find it at the rental store, but found it at another place that was goign out of business - we BOUGHT it for $9. Went home, opened a bottle of wine and started making apple pies!

While they were baking, we sat down to watch the movie.

This was the best date I've ever been on. Kind of brings a tear just thinking about it. I love that girl.

 

[songz777]

Try this sight brov:o)
http://www.romancetips.com/tips/Romantic_Advice/more3.shtml

I got a lotta tips.Bless you JOHN

 

[sarahbug]

There are two things my husband has done for me that really stick out in my mind as romantic and creative.

1. When we first married, we were both working, but he worked days, and I worked evenings. So one night, I came home after a long day at work, and opened the door and our living room was full of balloons! They were just regular balloons, but he had written things on each one of them with a sharpie. Some of the phrases were romantic, and some of them were little inside jokes just between the two of us. It was a wonderful surprise.

2. For valentine's day one year, he bought a blank notebook. Inside it, he had written me a poem, a letter, and listed all kinds of things, such as songs that were meaningful to the two of us, inside jokes, memorable moments, etc. It's something I still treasure and I love leafing through it.

There are a lot of other things he's done. I'll do some thinking and post those later.

 

[devoted daughter]

Wow, you just hit ALL my favorites, especailly #1!
*How about a scavenger hunt that leads to a gift in a hidden place
*A special it's "all about your partner day". Serve them, and pamper them in everyway. Make the meal, give them a massage, draw their bath by candlelite, etc... whatever THEY like!
*adding to your first one, hide a love poem where they will find it out of the blue.
*blind fold your partner, and spell a message on their back, or the palm of their hand
I can't think of more off the top of my head. Caught a little off guard, so I'll give it more thought!
DD

 

[brokenbananas]

Here are some things we've done:

1. For Christmas one year, he bought me roses....rose roots...and he said that instead of buying me a bouquet, he wanted us to plant these together and watch them grow over the years, as our love would. There would be times our marriage will be thorny, other times it will be sweet smelling and beautiful as the roses. The thorny times will make the roses smell even better, but they are meant to protect. Those bushes would need to be pruned regularly, so that it continues to have beautiful roses. He went on, but you get the picture.

2. I planned one date where I didn't tell my husband what we were doing, but made him drive. We ended up at a lake and we had a beautiful dinner on a steamboat as we toured the river/lake for 2.5 hrs. It was perfect weather, the food was delicious. When I booked the tour, I told them it was our anniversary and they played such beautiful music as we danced alone on the deck at sunset.

3. One morning he drove me out to the airpark and we lay there watching planes take off as we watched the sunrise. He had made an easy, light breakfast for us to eat. It was alone time, and we both love planes and flying. It was how we met, sort of.

4. One weekend, he didn't tell me what we were doing, but said to just pack lightly. I whisked me away for a weekend at a bed & breakfast, took me to a jazz concert where they played some beautiful music, and we also went horseback riding. It was a pleasant surprise.

5. We sometimes have surprise trips for each other and these are just wonderful.

6. One time at an Italian restaurant, he got the accordian player to play this Italian song which he sang the whole song in Italian. It was awesome.

7. Another time he had one of our favorite restaurants do up a menu just for us with all my favorite foods. The place is already romantic, but to take that extra effort was so sweet.

8. My hubby rented a motorcycle for the weekend and it was just a chance for us to have some carefree fun. It was great holding onto him tightly as we zipped around the desert.

The thing that makes these all so special is taking the other person's likes and taking thought & care to do whatever. They don't have to be expensive or elaborate, but they do have to take thought & care. That's what is so special to me.

 

[sarahbug]

Great ideas everyone!!

 

[Funkmd]

One time I made dinner when she was expected to be home from being away
bought champagne
made her favorite dish
3 dozen roses (red white and pink)1 and a half for her in a vase
and the other 1.5 I took the petals off and adorned the hallway floor leading to our bedroom where the bed was COVERED in petals
went to the bath and body shop and picked her favorite fragrance for some custom massage oil and gave her a good, overly exhausting massage.
She still talks about that night.



The other thing I would say is just take care of everything so she doesn't have to think about or plan anything.
So often for women who are mothers especialy, coming home to find you have taken the kids to your sitter/family whatev for the night or even a weekend and planned everything out so she can just be herself and be free is all they really want. "Just take care of everything and sweep me off my feet."


Myself I think I might do a little picnic thing for my wife tomorrow with all her favorite things and just me and her go somewhere and be alone. Thats what she really wants, your thoughtfulness and your time

She's 12 weeks pregnant with out first, so this will be a special mothers day for her, and I hope I can help make it even better.

good thread.








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