Do you think you are naturally romantic?
 

I know there are about 14,000 flirts here, but I want to know how many of you are naturally romantic? You know, you just cant help it and it comes pouring out...

I have no handle on my emotions, and I tend to be particularly mushy and sentimental. It's a formula for death for romantic-hating men. :D

i am very, well id like to be neways, hubby dont care for all that tho

If I am really attracted to someone, it just comes out. Even when you are supposed to stay away from the heart, it happens.

I guess it will come as shocking news but yes, yes I am. Being so as a man leaves you so damn easily taken for granted and left for dead. At the same time when in a relationship's good graces you draw from the emotions between you and feel more of love's intoxications. (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)

I think I fall into the "Unintentionally Romantic" category. I don't picture myself as romantic but because I'm not afraid to let someone know I'm thinking of them, it comes out that way.

I'll pick a flower and give it to you because it's pretty and I know you'll smile when you see it.

I will get you a package of funny bones while grocery shopping because I know they're your favorite snack...even though they're not good for you!

And before I jump in the shower, I'll start a hot load of laundry even though it means I'll get luke warm water. But I do it because by starting it early, I'll have time to dry it before going to bed so I know your bra will be clean.

Ok, maybe that one wasn't romantic! ha ha

I am the most unromantic person in the universe. The only time I ever get gifts is if the calendar says it's time. Maybe I should work on that. Er, thanks Skippy.

That can make a difference Steph, I can honestly say that in the years of my marriage I have never been surprised once, nor have I gotten a gift on any occasion other than a book or something weeks before and just told "hey thats your b-day gift"...not really complaining, but it would still be nice.

I just keep surprising anytime I can to hopefully rub off ;)

Oh, I am a hopeless romantic. I absolutely love seeing what I can do to let that special someone know I am thinking of them. A quick note, a poem, flowers, the whole bit. I probably stray into the too mushy category sometimes, but what can you do? I sometimes wonder if I was born at the wrong time...think the Renaissance would have fit me better.


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I a love making cards...writing pretty lil letters...writting "I love you" In lipstick on the mirror..Making nice dinners..waiting on the bed in sexy lil outfits as you get off work..Taking showers together..giving massages and yes I even clip toenails.. :eek:

Does that count as romantic?

Everything there sounds good bunny, except the toenails...those things can go astray and poke out eyes....best left to ones self...;)

I am not sure.....I am so busy loving people I hope I don't overlook things. I think in general my whole life is romantic.

Romantic/sentimental to a fault. Would love a man who is, too.

Perhaps its the toenails that kills it over here.. :(

babybunny~ My Gramps used to do that for my Grams and it was considered a gesture of love for them too.

Do you use clippers or your teeth?

uuuuuuuuuuuggggggg.......... no thank you very much! (About the toenails, but if it works for anyone else.... :D )

Romance to me isn't flowers or candy or those type of gestures which fall into my catagory of sappy stuff. I have had that done to me with false intentions that were done initially to get my attention, hook me, and then once gotten, the romance went by the wayside. So, I have a tendency to look at romance in a cynical way I guess. Maybe unrealistic expectations intruded into by reality???

Now, if you want to do some laundry, clean the house, pick up the kids, cook dinner.........well, then that is romance to me. That means that the person is looking out for me, taking some of the burden, that sort of thing. And............if my man wants to get me a kitchen appliance as a gift??? I say go for it....anything that will make my life easier is romantic to me.... :D

Cheyanne you are one of kind...lol...

I say do all of what you said...plus some flowers for good measure...

Chey~ I whole heartedly agree. Romance isn't bought. It's the tiny gestures that tell you that someone values you.

Right on!!

I´m SO Sorry...I just can´t help myself! :P
I guess I´m another hopeless idiot, for saying "I love You" too many times.
But it´s those "little" words and things you do and say that "always" count the most in a romance.

I'm a hopeless romantic, I love making my s/o feel loved and special.

I also totally agree with everything Cheyanne had to say on the subject.

I will have to agree with you, the "little" things that we do and say are the ones that do count the most in a romance, but you are no idiot for saying "I love you" to many times, those 3 little worlds can mean the world if they are said with honesty, and to the person that you really love deep down in your soul, because when they are said just for the eck of it, that's not being romantic, that's just playing with peoples feelings

Love is a verb.......

I think Romance is showing the one you love, love in the way that they receive it best. There is a book called "the Five Love Languages" by Dr. Gary Chapman, that really explains those ways. Everyone is different in the way they like love to be shown. :) Sometimes ti takes effort to show love in a way your not used to, but then it wouldnt be a true gift without some sacrafice, no?

I'm naturally thoughtful and caring, but I'm a total loss most of the time when it comes to romance .... It usually goes right over my head when a guy is flirting with me ... someone else will usually have to point it out to me!!!! LOL!

I am not a natural romantic. I have to work at it, be deliberate in being romantic. I must admit that when I do work at it, I come up with some pretty good stuff!

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I don't know about "naturally" romantic. It almost always comes with some forethought. But, when it comes without a "means to an end" expectation......(such as...he might think, "If I take out the trash I'll prolly get laid tonight").....then it's definitely considered romance!

My hubby probably thinks he is the least romantic person on the planet......but he is so wrong about that! He knows my passion for old bottles and is always bringing me dirty, obscure treasures...dug up from jobs sites! He also brings "raw" crystals, arrowheads, and on very, very, very rare occasions...dinosaur bones (which he rarely touches when discovered because the site has to be shut down and archeologists are called)! Doesn't sound awfully romantic to some....but I swoon!

I'm a more practiced romantic........a special dinner with candles and atmosphere! A special "visual" Valentine's gift...(which you've all shared a part of in a thread I did). A call from a warm shower.....to come and join me! A note in his lunch.....reminding him that I love him and that I can't wait to see him at the end of the workday! But, I also do more simple things on a daily basis.....like saving the flyer that came in the mail and I would consider "junk" but he'd find it a treasure....of tools on sale "this week only"! Cleaning the caked on mud from his workboots as he showers the oil and dirt off......from a long, hard day on the worksite.......so he doesn't have to deal with that mud again in the same day! Giving him back the $20 I found while doing the laundry......lol! The "little things" speak volumes to my heart....and I hope to his!

I know I am!;) And if you aren't ,you don't have a chance here!:p

Re: Do you think you are naturally romantic?
 

Being romantic is purely subjective. I know some people who are romantic and have no clue that they are and some that think they are but that I would not consider them to be.

Being a flirt has nothing to do with being romantic, in fact to me it can signify the very opposite. Being romantic involves taking the time to know someone and to do ( that verb thing again) things that show that person that they are important to you. Romance and intimacy are closely related to me and flirting excessively can actually be a way to avoid intimacy so I see them as possible opposites.

To me candles and wine do not mean someone is romantic. If you want to impress me romantically be creative, be considerate. Hell you can do kind things for someone else and I'll see it as romantic. Being chivalrous is an extremely romantic gesture to me.

I think I am.

I've held doors for my wife; love to buy her little gifts; and make or buy cards for her all the time. For many years, I wrote her a love letter each day and still do on a less frequent basis. And, whenever I've been away, she's had a love letter for each day I'd be gone.

For our anniversary, I had a sign in the back window of our car ...

"JUST MARRIED ...

40 YEARS AGO!"