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Leave little Love notes everywhere????

This spells major passive aggressive personality and would not only cause me to have breathing problems it would cause me to run out the door.

Take a bath together: They really should have added but only after showering first - baths are really quite gross.

Look around you some day, I mean at everyone. There are plenty of people out there who did not learn from the monkeys and are very poorly groomed.

Some of those ideas are so cute! And it's not like they're all really cute-- some are naughty too.

It's a good list for people of all levels in all seasons of their relationships.

Kiss in the rain.

This is quite expensive. I couldn't get rain in San Jose, CA these days without a rain machine or by catching a flight to another part of the world.

Slow dance to romantic music.

Stereos is expensive.

Go to a movie, ignore the movie, and make out like teen-agers.

MOVIES AIN'T CHEAP! Your date better be able to outline each beat of the movie's story and catch all continuity errors for $10.

Recreate your partner’s favorite romantic movie scene.

What if your partner's favorite movie scene is the highway chase in Bad Boys 2? You need Hollywood budget for that, man.

Burn a CD with love songs.

I know you're not suggesting some illegal activities, man. Plus my cheapskate computer doesn't have a burner. Now I gotta upgrade my shit?!

Interesting, just about all of those I do naturally.

30. Write a love letter. - That works for me. I pull them out when I'm angry and remember the good times. Very calming for me.

12. Send a love email every day. - Cute but unrealistic. Everyday? One of my ex's and I exchanged poetry to appreciate our relationship. I think we lasted 2 months but the poetry lost its meaning after a couple of weeks. Sort of like saying "I love you" after every time you talk (we used to do that too and it was a habit).

I think couples mess up with intimacy, which shouldn't always mean sex. A guy that can express his feelings/goals/etc...haha, he's golden - above and beyond anything on the list (for me).

LOL @ Chris

From experience, a lot of what was recommended there works only if you have someone who's a complete sucker for the romantic. For the most part, that would just scare people away or tire them out pretty easily.

One thing that never fails me though is - cook a meal for your partner. You can get things cheap and you can even use leftovers. The point really is if you can make things taste good and you make it special. Every meal is romantic.

The whole purpose though is to be together. Plenty of ways to do that at a budget without making things too sappy. A word of advice is...to do what you know your partner likes. You can always make do things from there.

You are right - it's more a "guy for the girl" type of list. I don't know many men that would want notes left all the time - this list takes things to the excess. The odd thing is that two people who love each other will do these types things naturally, even when things get tough.

Some of the things on this list make me feel downright claustrophic - leaving notes all the time, writing love letters every day - good lord. So Tyme, I don't think it's just a guy for the girl thing. This girl certainly wouldn't want half that done.

The best romantic gestures are unexpected and perfect for that person - be they male or female. And since we're on the subject of things on the cheap - how about cooking your boyfriend his favourite meal, letting him watch whatever he wants to watch and not interrupting? I'd say that's an act of devotion. And he'll appreciate it.

For me, having breakfast in bed with the crossword would be fantastic - a cheap and easy thing to provide, too.

51. "Forget" to bring your wallet, thus leaving her to pay for everything.

Leave little Love notes everywhere????

This spells major passive aggressive personality and would not only cause me to have breathing problems it would cause me to run out the door.

Love notes are not passive aggressive, only the content can be. I think that finding little notes throughout the house would be sweet, provided that they didn't all say "I love you."

The list is cute, if taken with a grain of salt. As others have said, it is important to tailor your romantic actions to the tastes of your partner. If he's not a corndog, don't make him a mixtape filled with I Just Called To Say [I Love You]-esque music. But unlike LondonGirl, if my boyfriend brought me the crossword in bed, he'd find himself kicked out very quickly. :)

Wait! Wait! I want to add one to the list whether is boy to girl or vice versa. It's real cheap, not super romantic as typically considered. Go for a walk around the block. Together. Maybe even holding hands or talking but hands at your side and silence is OK, too!

@Auburn You are so right there is nothing like taking a walk together, even the silence can feel romantic.

@Rich: Yeah that certainly does the trick for me. And in response, I'll leave notes around saying, "Don't forget your wallet."

I mean, for when it's his turn to pay.

I already do a number of these things for my girl.

it's obvious that you should know which points to use when. i personally use quite a few of them, and, lo and behold, she likes it a lot.

=)

Yeah. Sometimes, some of these things aren't appropriate and some of them are. But I try to use them in a number of ways in my relationship.

15art: You may want to start by not calling her Natty Cat.

Thanks for all the points given to me for my response in this note. [rattles tip jar.]

Isn't it enough to wear vials of each others blood around our necks?

So Tyme, I don't think it's just a guy for the girl thing. This girl certainly wouldn't want half that done.

Haha, I thought I might be the only female thinking if a guy left me love notes all over I'd go insane haha. Gimme one good one. :)

@nomadica - Yes, knowing when to do things and understanding the balance of not overdoing them is the key. Unfortunately, some people aren't that smart.

@MangoFalls - LOL

I just thought of another one. Real cheap and for either sex and for all ages. The thoughtfulness of the partner is the romantic, magical thing here. Putting the person's slippers in front of the door with the newspaper folded inside. You can spruce up this idea by also enclosing a 'coupon' for something they would enjoy such as 'one hour of silence' or 'one backrub' or 'the TV clicker is yours for one hour'.

hahahha nice one Rich

Actually most of them were a little lame. Too cliche and some aren't really cheap.