Happy Valentine's Day, everybody. In honor of the schmoopiest day of the year, I thought I'd offer a giveaway of my latest book, HOW TO FLIRT WITH A NAKED WEREWOLF.
Leave a comment below in which you reveal the sappiest, sweetest romantic thing a significant other has done for you. Link, Tweet, or Facebook this post. (Let me know which one you did.) And you will qualify for a signed copy of HOW TO FLIRT WITH A NAKED WEREWOLF.
As for me, I've come not to expect a whole lot of pre-planned romance from my husband, David. I mean, we've been together for 18 years. He only has so many tricks in his bag. But every once in a while, he really pulls out all of the stops. Like during Christmas 2003, he suddenly declared that we would be opening our presents two weeks early. He brought me this red paper mache box covered in rose patterns. Inside were a Phantom mask and two tickets to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. We were leaving for New York in a week and he'd already arranged for me to get the time off with my boss.
Seeing a show on Broadway was one of the top ten things on my Bucket List. David knew that and he managed to plan the whole thing as complete surprise.
That is, without a doubt, the most romantic thing he's ever done for me.
So what's your story? Leave a comment and I will randomly select a winner on Tuesday, Feb. 15.
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One Valentine's Day when I was still in school, my husband hired a person to dress up in a costume and deliver me a dozen roses with a bunch of huge balloons during my class and then he picked me up and took me on a special trip to one of our favorite getaways for the weekend. I felt like a Valentine princess. :)
My story wasn't a Valentine surprise. Mine was at Christmas time.
My love of my life said come on lets go for a ride. I said "where we going"? Wayne, says; "if I tell you I have to kill ya". We go for a ride. Forty minutes later we drive into this neighborhood with the most beautiful house decorated I ever seen. Wayne knows how I feel about Christmas. He seen this house on the news about how it was decorated and he found out where it was exactly located and took me to see it.
The man had the place like a minutre North pole with a ferris wheel of elves riding in it. I cried when I seen it. Wayne said Merry Christmas baby.
He did real good that year for Christmas and it will always been one of the best memories I ever have. To me thats what Valentines about. Not the day but the little things that your partner does.
Teresa
Mine is also a Christmas story.
Christmas 2 years ago I was recovering from surgery for stage III melanoma and had just started the year of chemo that is the standard treatment. The drugs hit me really hard in December, and I was feeling pretty lousy. Melanoma is a tenacious disease, so neither of us were feeling very merry.
His theme for presents that year was "Things to make your life easier". Every present he bought for me that year was either something to make things easier for me, or something I had wanted for a long time, but would never buy myself.
From simple things like a clock with extra large numbers for my side of the bed (so I wouldn't have to put my glasses on to check the time), to a new video camera I had wanted for a long time, to a brand new set of kitchen knives to replace the set we had bought 20+ years ago before we were married!
Christmas was as merry as we could make it that year. And I've since completed that year of chemo, and hoping to stay in remission!
Although he isn't the most romantic person in the world, if I've learned nothing else in the past 18 months of dealing with cancer, it is that my husband loves me very much.
The best Valentine's Day was actually a year spent with my best girlfriends where we went out to dinner and had a blast having an adventure in a city at night. We laughed and had our own celebration at a hotel and even had champagne and chocolate covered strawberries. It was one of the best nights of my life.
I'm sensing a theme here because mine is at Christmas as well. Two years ago, while opening Christmas presents, I said they were all opened and was watching the kids play with the new things. He said there was one more. I told him there wasn't, I'd got them all out--the ones remaining were for other parties we had to go to. At which point he told my daughter to get the last present. She pulled out a small box that was hidden under the tree skirt. Diamond earrings. I was in shock. He had got a bonus from work (the first time ever) and spent all of it and a little more to buy them for me. The shocker was he and both kids--3 and 7 at the time--kept the secret for a week! It was the sweetest thing he's ever done.
Aww damn, I wish I had a story to tell but I've had the misfortune to have totally unromantic boyfriends in my life! It's so bad I've given up on celebrating V-day all together X_x
That surprise your husband arranged for you is absolutely fantastic though, I bet you guys had an awesome time!
I know what I want to say, but it is far from flowers and romantic things my husband has done for me over the years. We've been together for 10 years and I've been given flowers and taken to dinner, had surprises. You name it, he's done it for me. The one thing that stands out to me, still amazes me and warms my heart when I think about it, because really, it's the little things he does that reminds me how much he loves me. Bringing me home a Ruby Red Grapefruit Sobe because he knows how much I love it, surprising me with a book even though he hates all my books over the house. There is one thing he did two years ago that blew my mind
We have three kids and as they were growing, getting my husband to change a poopy diaper was like trying to pull teeth. It was almost impossible and at the same time hilarious. That just wasn't his thing. He works insane house and leaves the house at 6 am and comes home at 7:30 pm and is often dead on his feet. He works hard to support us and he can't always help me with the kids when I am myslef exhausted. Two years ago my house came down with the flu. I had all three kids sick and it was coming out of both ends. Three days of insanity and I was at my wits end. I came down with a fever and and my daughter had just gotten sick all over herself and it was just me and the kids because my husband wasn't yet home from work. I put her in the bath and was cleaning her up when the worst thing ever happened. My daughter hates baths, so after rinsing her and then filling the tub with water I put some toys in and the next thing I know she went in the tub because she couldn't hold it. I grabbed her out of the tub as soon as I saw the look on her face. I was disgusted and so upset, I just broke down. It was 8 at night, I was sick and tired, my kids were sick, I wanted all them in bed so I could sleep and now I had a bath tub that needed to be disinfected and all the toys as well. I drained the water, looked at the tub and had to walk out of the room. My husband came home about 8:30 and was like the walking dead on his feet. He knew I was frazzled. I cleaned up my daughter and went to lay her down and ended up passing out right next to her on the floor. I woke up with a start at about 5 am freaked that I forgot to tackle the tub and couldn't believe I let all that yuckiness sit in the tub. I ran into the bathroom ready to tackle and gag and to my surprise the tub was spotless and so were all the toys and the whole bathroom smelled clean. I couldn't beleive it. My husband, who was tired after a long day, who never wanted to change a poopy diaper, who also hated cleaning the shower and toilets, just tackled this for me because he knew I was sick, tired and a mess. I looked at the tub and broke into tears. That was an amazing gift for me and honestly I'll never forget it
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oops, I forgot I tweeted about the post
http://twitter.com/joleneallcock/status/37152488108855297
one of the sweetest things my boyfriend has done for me was this past birthday. i went out to do some errands. without me knowing it, he came to my apt. and put gifts in each room that he knew i would go to when i came home. so when i came in, there was something in the kitchen, something in the living room, and something in the bedroom. it was so sweet of him, and made me feel that much more special.
My comment isn't about Valentine's day...it's about how my husband proposed to me. I came home from school (I was in graduate school) and he was making dinner and said "check your email, dinner's almost ready" so I checked my email and there was one from him that had an instruction to go somewhere to go find something (what, I wasn't sure and I had NO IDEA).
That started a whole scavenger hunt that led to clues all over my apartment, (even one that was sunk in a zip lock bag in the fish aquarium), in the parking garage, and ended up leading me to a food processer that we had both been looking at. Naturally I thougt that was the "surprise". So when he told me to open it up so he could wash it I saw that he had slipped on last clue in there w/o opening the box that led to the last hiding place where my engagement ring was...the top drawer of my desk where my computer was...right where the first clue came on my comptuer!
Well...I'm one of those people for whom Valentine's Day is "just another day." With or without a loved one, I've never really believed in the holiday (as an adult...in youth it was candygram-a-licious!).
That said, I LOVE sweet little random gestures of love. And one such example is when my husband (then-friend) knit me a scarf. That's right; he was trying to woo me, knew I love scarves, and thus asked his mother to teach him how to knit. The result was this blindingly bright purple, shapeless monstrosity of yarn...and it's my favoritest scarf of all! ^__^
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We have been together 13 yrs but the most romantic thing he has ever done is when he proposed to me on christmas eve. He got down on one knee and asked my daughter (who was 1 1/2 at the time) if she would like us to be a family. I still get misty when I think of how she grinned up at him an nodded her head and tried to still my ring. I was definetly a goner.
The most romantic thing my boyfriend has done for me is to allow me to go to school and not have to work. You see I grew up moving to much and dropped out senior year, held a dead end Walmart Job for six years, and then decided to get my GED. I have 3 kids, so it was hard for me to go to school without being financially able to afford to go to school and pay rent etc. So each day is a blessing for me because I have a wonderful man who helps with the cooking, dishes, laundry and allows me to pursue the career that I really want, which is to be a Social Worker working with adopted children or troubled children. This year he bought me the 3rd season of True Blood for Valentine's Day. Simply put he is the best friend and boyfriend that I have ever had. We plan on getting married in 2 years after I get my bachelor's degree.
I have the best friend/boyfriend I could ever want. He loves me and my kids and allows me to go to college so that I can work towards getting a better job. He also helps cook, do dishes, laundry, and watch the kids so I can run my errands. This year he bought me True Blood Season 3 for my Valentine's Day present. He is the sweetest and most caring man I have ever been with and we plan on marrying in 2 years after I get my BA in Social Work.
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