― . . .and a soda on the side (Molly Jones), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fluffy Bear, among 100% of the population (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― . . .and a soda on the side (Molly Jones), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― got yourself a fish biscuit! (nickalicious), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fluffy Bear, among 100% of the population (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link
Yes, because the "appreciation" statement you quoted above is completely correct and pretty much a given. There's nowhere to really go from there except concrete examples.
As for just assuming, for some people (traditionally men of a certain age and generation) the act of working a soul-killing, unfulfilling job all day in order to bring home regular paychecks is a kind of evidence...but it's not particularly romantic and it's actually terribly sad and unnecessary outside of, say, the gold mines of Cripple Creek, Colorado, and it would take a pretty grimly understanding kind of wife to accept that sacrifice and consider it "evidence" enough.
― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Three In A Bed Socks Romp (kate), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
LE CUET!!!!!
― Allyzay lives aprox. 200 feet away from a stadium (allyzay), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pork Cheops (willpie), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pork Cheops (willpie), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pork Cheops (willpie), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, spontaneous actions can create a body of reference for future romance.
― Fluffy Bear, among 100% of the population (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link
seriously, are these a universal aphrodesiac? it's well documented that i would trade all i have and myself as well for a decent g.c.s.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― . . .and a soda on the side (Molly Jones), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:48 (seventeen years ago) link
CHRIS, WHO TOLD YOU THE SEAN PENN THEORY?? Was it me? I can't remember.
― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay lives aprox. 200 feet away from a stadium (allyzay), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Three In A Bed Socks Romp (kate), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Three In A Bed Socks Romp (kate), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link
i've known this since i was 12.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost yeah, of course, romance must be experienced through the agency of another, that's what relationships and romance and blahbittyblahblah are for god's sake, I mean the statement makes utterly no sense as it is phrased.
― Allyzay lives aprox. 200 feet away from a stadium (allyzay), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Fair enough, but I don't think the question implies that and I see no reason why the female perspective isn't legitimate or that targeting the question specifically to women isn't legitimate.
The really interesting question that you bring up would be to ask the ladies what they feel is romantic for THEM to do for their SOs.
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay lives aprox. 200 feet away from a stadium (allyzay), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Analz.
― Three In A Bed Socks Romp (kate), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link
In other words, if we take "romance" as (mostly) defined in this thread, then of course men like it, if "it" is something unique to them or their partners. Finding the right lever to move a person is the whole POINT!
― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay lives aprox. 200 feet away from a stadium (allyzay), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link
My mother thought it was incredibly sweet and said so. The thing is, she only found the watch. When she finally discovered the note about three years later (!), she pretty much burst into tears, she was so touched.
There's just something about unexpected romantic gestures even if it's three years late.
― Roz (Roz), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link
*Obviously no one I'd ever intended on marrying. That would be foolish.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fluffy Bear, among 100% of the population (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link
But then again, this might just be because when I was younger, if boys gave me any kind of gifts, my mum would make me give them back, because in some old fashioned way she thought they were trying to buy my favours. (Bear in mind, my mum grew up in a country where you can buy a wife with 3 goats or whatever.)
So I guess, to this day, I'm still suspicious of *things* as tokens of esteem or affection.
― Three In A Bed Socks Romp (kate), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link
I would totally marry him.
― . . .and a soda on the side (Molly Jones), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link
3 goats, eh?
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link
I basically agree with this, though like I said there are exceptions and it really does depend on what it is, what is the circumstance, so on and so forth--I mean going and purchasing something thoughtful or that you know the other person would like to surprise them for it IS an expression, just as much as going and making someone dinner or writing them a song would also be an expression. It all very much depends, I think. There are some guys (and girls and hermaphrodites) who just blank out and go grab some random "romantic" trinket because they forgot your birthday or anniversary or CHRISTMAS etc, and that ISN'T romantic or thoughtful at all--but I think you can tell the difference between the two gestures as well.
Though I am lolling at your mom making you give back gifts to people :D
― Allyzay lives aprox. 200 feet away from a stadium (allyzay), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link