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Got Romance?

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My sister just celebrated her 8th wedding anniversary.  Her DH was away for their anniversary (without access to computer/phone) so he set up his email to send her notes throughout the day.  The first email was to the card he had hidden for her.  In that card he wrote that she would continue to receive emails throughout the day pointing her to a note he had hidden for her. The last email directed her to a box of chocolates he had hidden.  At some point during the day, flowers were delivered.  

I feel like he is very creative and romantic which I think is unusual for most guys.  It made me wonder - is your BF/FI/DH romantic and what is one romantic thing he has done recently?

My DH isn't particularly romantic.  He occasionally surprises me like he sent me flowers on my first day of a new job.  But he isn't really creative.  I don't really mind.  It would be nice but he is so wonderful in so many other ways that I can't really complain.
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  • DramaGeekDramaGeek member
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    edited December 2011
    that's impressive!  And the fact that I'm impressed should tell you that no, my H would never think of something like that.

    I've gotten flowers exactly once in 11 years of being together, and the last piece of jewelry H gave me was my engagement ring.  The most "romantic" thing H has done lately was send me a text about what he wanted to do when I got home from work <blush>.
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  • DaKelliAB09DaKelliAB09
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    edited December 2011
    Aww that's so sweet!!

    My FI is soooo creative and romantic!!  Like you said, it's so unusual these days!!  I feel so blessed.  But for my birthday last month he sent wrote out a love note and stuck it in a box and also inside of the box were all of these words on paper of all different sizes and different fonts and different colors of paper (pink, white and red)  and then in his note he told me that all of the words made up phrases of how he felt about me or just memories we had.  I figured them all out in like an hour.  I think there were 26 phrases!!!  But they were like I love you, and song lyrics and then inside jokes like I love utah (we didn't want to rush into saying I love you but we both had fallen in love so we came up with silly things that we would say instead of sayin I love you lol) but it was SO sweet and he also has just sent me random love notes with little gifts.  Like a couple of weeks ago my mom was up here visitng and after she left I was a little bummed and then a few days later I got a package in the mail from FI with a note and some random gifts like temporary tattoos and picture he drew lol.  He said he just wanted to make me smile since I was sad because of my  mom leaving!!  He's adorable!! haha love him! 
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  • mrandmrsbristmrandmrsbrist member
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    edited December 2011
    That is adorable and so creative.

    FI isn't terribly creative, but he does try. He's great at writing me letters and doing things like cooking me dinner or rubbing my back after I have a hard day at the gym. I love him for that all the same. :)
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  • GJones27GJones27 member
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    edited December 2011
    DH isn't particularly creative either, so it's good to hear I'm not alone on that!  I drop hints that I like creative surprises.  I'm trying to think of the most creative thing he has done, but nothing is immediately coming to mind.  He is sweet, but it's more conventional, like buying me flowers after an argument or something. 
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  • LeahVB2011LeahVB2011
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_got-romance?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:bd4c3544-13ef-49b3-b90a-8f4728278abePost:739eafdb-261b-4739-a3fd-dd7abdd9438b">Re: Got Romance?</a>:
    [QUOTE]DH isn't particularly creative either, so it's good to hear I'm not alone on that!  I drop hints that I like creative surprises.  I'm trying to think of the most creative thing he has done, but nothing is immediately coming to mind.  He is sweet, but it's more conventional, like buying me flowers after an argument or something. 
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    This is basically me too. He bought flowers for our first real dinner in our apartment. On our one month anniversary, he bought flowers and then cooked dinner. It was really sweet. He does take good care of me like cleaning up the kitchen after I cook and he makes me breakfast a least once a week. I really could not ask for a better husband
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  • drama1308drama1308
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    edited December 2011
    awwww that's so sweet!!

    FI gave me flowers before my surgery and stayed with me before and after. He was so sweet. (This is the only thing I can think of right now because I have a hard time thinking of examples on command.)
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  • FaithCaitlinFaithCaitlin member
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    edited December 2011

    How sweet!!

    FI is both creative (always) and romantic (sometimes!)-- I'm so blessed. FI is a talented drawer and musician. In our 5 1/2 years of being together, I've received drawings of us, a CD he complied, random store bought presents, surprise trips, sweet text messages/emails, a book about why he loves me, unexpected flowers, countless love letters, and my all-time favorite: a big sign that he hung in my house telling me how much he loved me!

    He doesn't do romantic stuff often but when he does it's usually always pretty thoughtful. Again, he makes me very happy and I'm blessed to be with him!


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  • faith415faith415 member
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    edited December 2011
    FI really isn't romantic. He's had a few moments, but he has trouble because his version of romance is huge bouquets of roses. I'd be much happier with a note or just something simple that let me know he was thinking about me. He does do cute little things like washing all the dishes after I cook or giving me foot massages/back massages.
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  • sprtychick10sprtychick10
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    edited December 2011
    That is so sweet!!

    FI isn't very romantic. I wish he was more but I love him regardless. The most romantic thing he has done for me was randomly surprise me with flowers at home one time for no reason. ::sigh:: Maybe I need to start highlighting some of my romance novels I read and leave them out for him Wink

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  • Purple&7Purple&7 member
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    edited December 2011

    My FI isn't all that romantic either. He did sent me flowers like a month ago, since he's been gone for awhile. He always manages to say sweet things to me in the middle of a conversation (ie. when he asked me to marry him, and one day when he surprised me with flowers.)

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  • LittleBigOLittleBigO
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    edited December 2011
    I absolutely love that!!  I LOVE creative surprises but DH isn't so creative most times.  He used to bring me flowers but I know he's romantic in his own way.  For example - he'll set up I Love Lucy for us to watch while I'm in the shower, pull down the blankets, and puts me in bed.  :)  And right before I left for Kansas, the night before he changed my oil, checked the fluids and my breaks, washed and vacuumed my car, and put the GPS in my glovebox.  Another thing he did is got the 4-wheeler all ready to drive to his grandparents for dinner, and then surprised me by saying we were going for a sunset ride.  :)  He's always afraid I won't like his creativeness or a surpise - but I always love them!!
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  • Bett2012Bett2012 member
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    edited December 2011
    My FI is romantic in the simple things.  Only occasionally does he go way over the top in orchestrating intricate events and stuff, but he's SO good at the sweet simple romance :)
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  • Ccsvball05Ccsvball05 member
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    edited December 2011
    My DH is sweet and romantic by leaving me love notes. Many nights when we were dating he would drive over to my house and leave a note in a Zip-lock bag on my windshield and I would see it the next morning when I was going to work. Also this past winter when actually had a few inches of snow and when he left one night he wrote a big " I <3 U!" in the snow on my car. Since we have been married, one day he left sticyk notes all over the house with little sayings on them and leaves notes on our dry erase board at night for me to read in the morning!
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  • ochemjennochemjenn member
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    edited December 2011
    DH isn't creative or terribly romantic.  However, he knows my primary love languaue is acts of service; he cleaned and organized when I was out of town this weekend.

    DH have given me flowers, actually plants, exactly twice.  The first time I explained that I did NOT like flowers and please never give them to me again.  The second time I got pretty angry, but now he understands that I won't want anything that's alive unless it has lungs.  It's been about 3 years since he last gave me a plant. :)

    One of my friends was proposed to via a board game her now FI made.  They played a lot of games together, so it really suited their relationship.  Going around the board there were questions about their relationship and at the end there was a big heart with THE question.
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  • iamjoesgurliamjoesgurl member
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    edited December 2011
    Jenn - that proposal is so sweet!  
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