March 22 2009: QOTW: Perfect Romantic Experience
Filed under Q.O.T.W. & Relationships/Men
I’m curious to know what the most romantic experience of your life has been thus far. As prolific as my experiences with the opposite sex are, I’ve actually yet to have an experience that is simply 100% romantic. If I combined together little bits and pieces of different experiences with different guys, I’d probably get something that was close to a perfectly romantic date. Taking some past experiences for example:
- Being greeted with a single long-stemmed rose after a long time apart
- Spending a day together in a large bustling city, soaking in the atmosphere and seeing the sights
- A bottle of wine on the beach, looking up at the stars at night with the sound of waves in the background
- A walk home on a clear night through cobblestoned streets, hand in hand, stealing kisses along the way.
- Having them play the guitar and sing to you when you’re naked in their bed basking in the afterglow.
- Waking up at random intervals during the night at the exact same time, and having slow sweet sex
- Waking up in the arms of the guy the next morning.
Despite some of my lifestyle choices, I’m really actually a romantic at heart, and have always been. I believe in true love with my soul mate. I believe that love conquers all. I believe that there’s someone out there waiting for me, and that we’ll end up spending the rest of our lives together. And I believe it’s only a matter of time until I find him.
Question of the Week: What’s been the most romantic experience of your life so far?
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Awwww so sweet I’m jealous. :( I don’t think I’ve got experienced any of your above scenarios before and I really want to! I think the most romantic experience so far is reallllly minor compared to yours. But like… me snuggling in his bed and him making coffee for me and brings me ice cream. He gives himself a mouthful of icecream and kisses me. I need more romance x____x
Rilla on March 22 2009 #
I’m not sure what romantic experiences I’d love or hate, because I’ve never had any. Some things sound romantic, from sloppy movies for example, but I think that if I were in that situation I’d either find it too cheesy and laugh, or be embarrassed. I wouldn’t like to think it was put on for me, if he was going out of character to do it – that would just be such a turn off.
So, romantic things I’d probably enjoy would be not stereotypically romantic, but things he was doing especially for me, because he knew it would mean a lot to me. Probably all A Walk To Remember-esque.
Ann on March 22 2009 #
This is like the question on an application or evaluation form where I write “N/A”
I do love that you believe in true love and soul mates. It’s not that I don’t think true love exists, I just think it’s hard. And I’m sure the perfect someone is out there, but not waiting for me…i guess there’s a reason I always say hope for the best, expect the worse. Yes, I think deep down I’m actually rather cynical. We’re reversed :P
marilyn on March 22 2009 #
When I first started going out with my now ex, we went to this festival on a date, and the fireworks started up and he kissed me and told me he’d been wanting to do that for ages.
I believe all that too – for you, and me and everyone in the world :)
Carmen on March 22 2009 #
But what does that MEAN, “love conquers all”?
I’m an old maid/spinster stuck in a 20-year-old body. I don’t have romantic experiences.
Stephanie on March 22 2009 #
Snogging on a ski lift with noone around. *drifts back to the moment*
Mish on March 22 2009 #
Mine, thus far (in my little experience) would have to be having my (current) guy holding out the door for me and also paying for (almost) everything. =]
Maggie on March 22 2009 #
LOL… I don’t know as I guy that I had too many romantic moments created for me, but I’ve tried my best in the past.
1. A nice romantic dinner, old Victorian style hotel B&B with me as the masseuse.
2. My favourite is the present that keeps on giving. I.e. I would often try to find something a person loves. For example and ex loved cookies A LOT so I bought here some cookies from the ‘Cookie Man’ in a tin. Problem was I actually ate all the cookies, but I resealed the tin with a beautiful plush doggy as a way of remembering me whilst I was on a two month prac.
3. Suprise visit. I called up my gf at the time and pretended that I lost my watch and I thought I might have left it in her car. I parked my car in the next street and hid behind her car whilst she looked inside the car and then jumped out with a bouquet of flowers.
4. Another present that kept on giving. Let’s just say that his particular present was in the making for 2 months whilst I was on Prac.
i) A biggass hippo, I was in a country town and the hippo was staring me in the face everytime I walked past on my way into town, a month in me as a broke uni-student with no work for 2 months decided that the Hippo needed a home.
ii) I have a *thing* for wooden boxes I bought a new-ish wooden box which was a “magic puzzle” puzzle. I fixed it up fixed the inside of the box because whatever they lined the material with, it sucked. I proceeded to make 20 or so ‘affirmation’ cards with things I loved about her to put inside.
iii) An anniversary card? I used photoshop, some past photos of us and made a small comic strip about how we met and a lame-ass poem inside.
iv) The grand-daddy of presents… I folded thousands of stars (so asian).. BUT I bought an old spice rack from Vinnies in town, I tin of black-chalk paint and from the local craft store some silver paint. I restored the spice rack by painting it in black-chalkboard paint, hilighting bits of the rack with silver paint. I then bought some thick cardboard and proceeded to hand cut a name for the Spice Rack, I painted it in pastel colours to give it that ‘chalk’ board coloured look. (It was painful cutting them out as the letters were only small)
Anyway there were literally 30-40 different coloured stars but all were coloured co-ordinated with ’3 shades of one colour’ in each jar’ Each Jar was labelled with clear labels with things I loved about her. I.e. Honesty and Openness (or something like that) each jar was also tagged with ‘authentication certificate and a ittle about the label. Anyway you get the picture, I remember all the effort I put into it and well….
I can go on and on, I can make someone sick from the hopelessly romantic things I have done. The sad thing was after all of that, I have vowed never to do them again. And I haven’t … and maybe that’s what’s wrong.
Michael on March 22 2009 #
Sounds like your romantic encounters have been better with mine and I have found my soulmate already. Sure he is sweet and romantic but I still feel a pang of jealousy haha
Bobbi-lee on March 23 2009 #
Spending two weeks together traveling around one of the most magnificent countries in the world and waking up in each other’s arms every morning. Definitely the best two weeks of my life. And I agree with you about love conquering all!
Manda on March 23 2009 #
I have never had a romantic experience >.< I have never been on a date, actually, so the closest I have ever come to a romantic experience is eating ice cream with a guy on a terrace, with the sun glaring in my face XD
Emsz on March 23 2009 #
Wow, these are really nice. The most romantic thing that’s ever happened to me was having my boyfriend J make me an entire dinner and dessert, much to my surprise and delight. I hope he does it again someday, but now that the beginning-relationship-glow is gone, I don’t have much hope. ;_;
Rebee on March 23 2009 #
Hehe, I’m in the situation as Emsz and a few others. I’ve never experienced anything romantic. Not even the slightest bit romantic, since I’ve never dated and have never hung out with any guys I liked (the only guys I’ve hung out with were friends, so….yeah…).
Not that I’m depressed about my situation though. While I think it would be nice to have a boyfriend, I have a pretty good feeling I should enjoy every moment of my singleness as much as possible. ^_^
Noellium on March 23 2009 #
If something is big enough to pinpoint, then it’s most likely both not in character for the guy and not that regular***. I like small little things like a hand on my back and soft kisses and stuff like that, (along with moments of passion and strong kisses and the like, not just the soft stuff). Likewise, it’d be hard to pinpoint any specific moment.
I’d rather have a guy that makes me feel special and wanted everyday than a guy that goes over-the-top every once in a while.
***I’m not saying to take things for granted, either.
Skye on March 24 2009 #
Wow, that’s already quite the list! I tend to hate the sort of “sensitive” guys who go in for big gestures. so while there are a few in my past, the romantic moments were never with guys I actually loved. While I wouldn’t mind the Romance Movie moment now and again, overall I’d much rather be with the right *person* and appreciate his (many) more mundane, everyday small gestures.
Tara on March 24 2009 #
The evening we went to eat in a restaurant when he came up to visit me at University. He held open the door for me as we were leaving and then shut it behind me with him still inside. He got quite a laugh from the diners for that one, the jerk-off.
But then we sat on a bench by Lincoln Cathedral, when it was all lit up in the darkness, not doing anything. Google it, it’s a very beautiful sight. That’s as romantic as I want it to get :)
Rebecca on March 26 2009 #