A nice romantic thread

Oh, he's a lovely man.
Placid, gentle, funny; just not romantic at all.

The next one was the romancer, but he was a pain in the neck!

MissAdventure

Nicegranny
You would be well matched with one of my exes.
9 years together, and he proudly presented me with a flimsy card from a packet of 100.

Inside, it said "Best wishes, Kevin".

MissAdventure ???

that made me laugh so much.

Why did you put up with him for 9 years if you are romantic?

We met a few years ago on a Wildlife holiday.

Back home he arranged to meet me at Whipsnade. I went even though I hate zoos.

I took a picnic. He sat on the grass and ate it, even though he hates eating outdoors and doesn’t eat bread, pickle or ham,

We know each other a bit better now?

He’s such a busy man
Laura N And hyperactive too! if he has to do that every Sunday or is it only on the 1st Sunday of the month?
And who peels grapes these days? (rhetorical)
Carry on soaking!
OoRoo

Well dh has just been very romantic. He made me what I now know is Gypsy bread and poured me a lovely chilled white wine.

I would suggest it Rufus but I don’t want to distract him from running my bath, massaging my feet, peeling my grapes. He’s such a busy man.

gave his wife flowers every week he said ‘there must be a lot of cemeteries around his way
Laura Very funny!
What's weird about that?
Can't you persuade Orlin to join Gransnet? We could do with talent like that, or would he be afraid of being deleted?
OoRoo

how did you know it was fish paste?
Laura Dunno! I must have a natural nose for it!
I was going to be more specific and say "red salmon", but not sure if OAPs can afford that these days.
We could only afford pink salmon sandwiches.!
Good Health

The most romantic thing me and my dh did was to book our wedding to be held on valentines day 2015 it was a civil ceremony.
And my dress was a long lovely red one which was a coincidence as we were supposed to have had a christmas wedding but had family health problems so not a time for celebrations.
We had a wonderfull day with over 100 guests,it was very formal,no speeches etc.
But overall he is the most romantic.

Pyewacket sounds much more romantic in context.
Rufus, how did you know it was fish paste?

That’s reassuring, Pyewacket. You had us worried for a while there . Happy New Year!

Lisagran I'd been married before and he hadn't so I let him choose what he wanted. We've been together sixteen years and it'll be our tenth wedding anniversary this year.

He loves organising things like that LauraNorder and has fantastic taste. I never used to go on holiday and often just worked through them so he changed all of that which has been brilliant.

Lemongrove entirely serious. He's better at that side of things than I am and loves doing it so why not?

He doesn't make all of the decisions MawBe and he definitely doesn't tell me what to do (or when to do it). If there's a place I want to go I'm free to book it or, even better, tell him and I know he'll do a better job of sorting it out than I would.

Beyond that, everything is a partnership and we work together and complement each other really well. We met in our mid thirties so were both quite self sufficient, with our own homes and careers.

I run my own business and I'm grateful he takes away the stress of planning holidays as it's something I genuinely don't enjoy.

I must say he tried - after 17 years of marriage, my husband gave me a gold charm bracelet, promising to add a charm each year. I spent the whole day unsure whether to say anything. I NEVER wear gold, and he must have forgotten the fight he had with his family when he gave me the platinum wedding ring I wanted

we all thought we were original putting notes in between the sandwiches
Laura That's not being romantic, that's practical.!
How's he going to tell which are the peanut butter sandwiches from the fish-paste sandwiches?
Happy New Year
OoRoo

Pyewacket

My husband always books our holidays and I rarely know where we're going in advance. He tells me what dates to block out in my work diary, if he hasn't already done it himself, and gives me a rough idea of the climate to expect.

He organised our wedding and the first I knew was when he handed me the invitations he'd designed and had printed, telling me the time, date and venue abroad.

He'd sorted everything out, having liaised with my friends and family first. All I had to do was choose a dress and turn up.

I am glad you are happy with that Pyewacket !
While I agree that a surprise is nice, no way would I have wanted my DH to make all the decisions in our household.
Marriage is a partnership and of the pleasures of holidays IMO was the joint planning. Not telling me what we were going to do.
There’s romantic - like a surprise dinner or weekend away but our wedding.....?

Pyewacket

My husband always books our holidays and I rarely know where we're going in advance. He tells me what dates to block out in my work diary, if he hasn't already done it himself, and gives me a rough idea of the climate to expect.

He organised our wedding and the first I knew was when he handed me the invitations he'd designed and had printed, telling me the time, date and venue abroad.

He'd sorted everything out, having liaised with my friends and family first. All I had to do was choose a dress and turn up.

Are you being entirely serious here Pyewacket .....

LauraNorder

Same for us Gingster, we were 15 when we got together and have been married for fifty years.
We don’t need flowers and chocs to show our love but sometimes a light touch, a thoughtful message, a cup of tea in the morning, sharing the pleasure of a lovely sunset, little everyday things we might not notice are the real romance

Very true.

I did laugh at OrliNorder’s comment about cemeteries though.?

LauraNorder
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I was very impressed when DH organised a weekend away for my 60th at Portmeirion.
I found out later that his secretary had recommended it, then organised it all. Thank you, Jan ?

I’m with you on that one Lisagran. I’d go one further and say I wouldn’t trust Orlin to organise a holiday, we’d probably end up with a one way ticket to Timbuktu with him having packed snow boots.

Pyewacket

My husband always books our holidays and I rarely know where we're going in advance. He tells me what dates to block out in my work diary, if he hasn't already done it himself, and gives me a rough idea of the climate to expect.

He organised our wedding and the first I knew was when he handed me the invitations he'd designed and had printed, telling me the time, date and venue abroad.

He'd sorted everything out, having liaised with my friends and family first. All I had to do was choose a dress and turn up.

Goodness, Pyewacket, how unusual! I guess you must be happy with that? Personally I enjoy the planning of events or holidays as much as anything. Have you been married a long time?

Our first Christmas as a married couple, we were poor and all DH wanted was a pair of running shoes, he asked me all the time for some. I felt like being romantic so I made a brass plaque and engraved a verse I wrote on it.
Needless to say I have never done anything romantic since, it didn’t go down at all well and still gets spoken about 35 years later?

My husband always books our holidays and I rarely know where we're going in advance. He tells me what dates to block out in my work diary, if he hasn't already done it himself, and gives me a rough idea of the climate to expect.

He organised our wedding and the first I knew was when he handed me the invitations he'd designed and had printed, telling me the time, date and venue abroad.

He'd sorted everything out, having liaised with my friends and family first. All I had to do was choose a dress and turn up.

When I was working away from home my husband made a round trip of 150 miles so that I wouldn't have to have dinner alone in the hotel. My first husband couldn't be bothered to empty the bin!

Contentment beats romantic gestures for me any day.

My husband once said he proposed because I was a bit fed up at the time and he thought it would cheer me up, does that count? ?

His best moment though was for our 20th wedding anniversary: all I knew was I had to be dressed and ready to go out at 5:30pm.
We drove into the city, parked the car and walked to the theatre before the penny dropped.

He'd booked tickets for "Les Miserables," including a French themed dinner before the first half and pudding during the interval.

A wonderful evening and totally out of character for him to plan and organise anything, which made it all the more special ?