Most Romantic Thing You Have Ever Done?

[Eudoxus]

I am particularly interested in answers from women.

If you could indicate your sex in your post, that would be fantastic.

I will have to sleep on my answer though...

[Zethariel]

Male.

Don't know if it counts, but this one time, when my girl was down, I brought a shovel from home. Together we wrote down her problems, I dug a hole and buried her depression/problems. INTJish, don't you think? xD

[creativestrike]

Female.

Surprise bj.

[07151129]

I'm a male. I bought one of those little heart necklaces with "I love you" engraved on it and stored it away for the happy day I would have a girl I felt worthy of giving it to.

I lost it though.

[Aminita]

I really must make and effort to be more romantic, I can't think of anything I've done that is :S

[AnaK]

I went on a cruise and the security officer was gorgeous and very sweet and shy. We stopped at a museum in Malaysia and the museum had a gift shop. I bought him a replica of an antique tribal blow gun.

[Dru]

i decided to be totally honest, unafraid and unashamed of my thoughts. in particular; i told them that they were flawless. not because they were without imperfection, but because i saw them as a whole, rather than a set of good or bad qualities, and everything about them from their self-conscious smile to the crook in their nose only served to give the whole more definition, more clarity to me.. and with that clarity, i saw them. real, true. and it was perfect.

i didn't put it so eloquently at the time, but it doesn't matter.

i'm not one for sentiment. i can't think of anything more romantic to me than that, because it was meaningful... truly meaningful, not "awe this diamond necklace symbolizes how much you value me because it's so expensive!"

female.

[zibber]

Travel 5350 miles.

[Nemesis]

Supersized the meal... added a milkshake.

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[AkaruiRain]

Play Pokemon all night.

Ohhhhhh yeeeaaaahhhh.

[Purgatid]

Not sure what counts as romantic.

I spent the night in a bus cubicle because me and the GF missed the bus. It was february and snow outside. She was cold, and so was I, yet I pretended I was not so she could have my coat and be warm the 6 hours we waited.

I make up little songs about girls I've fallen for, and sing them to her when she's away and we talk on the phone.

If I'm home and she's not, I make sure she's got everything she needs when she returns. Including a warm meal, a thick blanket and a book she likes.

I once had a co-worker whom I was into. We were having a smoke break and she complained about how guys would never take a chance on her because she's so competitive. It was pouring outside, and as she finished her smoke, I took her hand and dragged her out into the rain. She screamed at me that I was nuts and we're going to get soaked. But I didn't listen, I made her stay there until she gave up and said "you happy now? I'm soaked." And I replied "I'm taking it."
(didn't last though, turns out she's not only competitive, but also petty and immature)

I once dated a woman, older than me. We were invariably compatible. Personally, intellectually, sexually. So I asked her to marry me with this poem:

More Than This

I love the way the birds would sing
And breathe with every little thing
I adore the wind and raving sea
But those would nay compare to thee

I shed my tears and fill my head
With things of gray and running led
I use them all for purpose mine
But even then you are like wine

Drowsy soul and shuddering lips
Trembling hands and tilting hips
I walk amongst the mist of dreams
The world is filled with you it seems

Lay next to me and kiss my cheek
Your touch would make my body weak
Although I'm strong of will and wit
None other hand than yours would fit

I've asked before and will again
Though not like this, not with a pen
If you are mine and I am yours
Our kisses used instead of morse

So please o sweetest dove of mine
Dispense no doubt in fingers nine
Or what this poem promises do
Your hand in marriage I ask of you

(she turned me down and I didn't understand why until later, when it was revealed that she was not in fact who she said she was. She was already involved with someone, and had two kids with him. She had no plans on moving)

I once jogged 10 km to see a girl for 15 minutes while she was transferring between two trains. I was out in the middle of nowhere when she texted me asking if I was in the mood to say hi to her while was switching trains. Suffice to say, I was in love.

I can probobly come up with more. I've been pursuing love for 15 years, and 15 years is a much longer time than you think.

[therrirl]

I wrote a book about a woman. ;)

[Fubudis]

Male (derp)

In preperation for a temporary long distance arrangement, I gave my SO a gift corresponding to each sense.

A hand made a story book about how we met (we were kitties in the book) for sight. I gave her one of my shirts I had worn for smell, I made her a mix tape for hearing, a stuffed cat that I made at Build a Bear for touch, and some chocolates she liked for taste.

She still broke my heart that summer.

[SteppingStone]

One time I made eye contact with a female. I'm suave like that.

[jmiz06]

I like screwing around with sayings and putting a spin on them.

ex: feeling "fireworks" on a first kiss. fuck that. i went and bought fireworks and had my friend SET THEM OFF before our first kiss.

ex: blind date. yep. a girl allowed me to blindfold her and take her on a date. i HIGHLY recommend it, although it takes a tremendous amount of trust to be able to get someone to let you do that.

[Coralaisly]

Female

He had stayed home from school ill. I ditched school and made him soup with tons of vitamins and protein. I dug the bed tv tray thing I had out and packed everything I needed to make a beautiful display into the car. While the soup was cooking I did my hair and makeup and put on my nurse outfit (keep in mind I adore Bettie Page).

He got sick a lot that year. Poor thing... ;)

[dontmesswithme]

I'm a woman.

I wrote a song for someone.

[ProfessorMurder]

I'm a guy.

A girl that I had hung out with a few times, and liked quite a bit, asked me to hang out on Valentine's. She said we could go to her dad's since he would be gone (come on, that's obvious, even to me).

We had great chemistry and made little gifts for each other whenever we got the chance to see each other.

I made a three tiered, fold out, hand drawn Valentine's card. It took me eight hours to make. Plans changed and we went to my house and all I got was an awkward hug at the end. I asked her to go out and she said, "I would but I'm seeing someone." What the f*ck?! I was so f*cking angry.

Here's what it looked like. The first page was an eye, second was a heart, third was a big letter U:

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[XFire35]

I hand sew and made a soft toy in the style (it wasn't great :P) of a character from a Studio Ghibi film he likes.
I hand drew and coloured in oil pastels something from an in-joke and the same character as ^^

[Seablue]

Woman.

I wrote letters. Approximately 2500 pages in one year. Probably would have done it even if I hadn't been in love though (it was friendship at first), so I'm not sure if that counts. I also wrote poems during that time but that's just usual procedure for me when I have a crush/am in love and I never show them. I probably could have done more romantic things for that person but it was unrequited love so anything too "romantic" would have been creepy. (God knows I became creepy enough during that time, but anyway...)

Aside from this, I'm not sure... Usually I just show my love by trying to find "the perfect gift", remembering their favorite drink or being available when people need it, small gestures, etc... Not huge things...

Oh, two others things.

I didn't commit suicide out of love. At the time, I really wanted to die... But who knows, maybe I wouldn't have had the guts to go all the way. So I'm not sure if that counts.

And also a strong symbolic gesture when I was 16, the first time I was in love, but it would be too complicated too explain. In short, the girl I was in love with stopped talking to me and I still helped her "replace" me. But like I said, it was just the one symbolic gesture.

[storm eyes]

Let him keep the Harley Davidson.

[Ilara]

I'm not big on romantic gestures. I'm more about day-to-day loving actions. I don't ask or expect to be the recipient of 'romance', either. I would like to be the recipient of love and caring and kindness, but I can do without the 'romance'. Most of the time I don't know how to react to that sort of thing anyway.

I think the most 'romantic' thing I've ever done was welcome him home to a beautiful home-cooked meal and an evening of one-on-one time. But I do that regularly because it makes him happy, makes me happy, and is enjoyable.

Or perhaps taking him out for a moonlit kayak ride would count as more 'romantic'. Depends on how we're measuring the romance factor here.

I'm female.

[mllebrie]

I bought a guy I liked a jar of Nutella--his fave food, apparently--with Polish labeling. (We were in Poland, with about 10 other folks, interning for the summer.) I ended up thinking he was a douche and taking it home with me. Not that I can read it. :(

[subwayrider]

I'm a male.

I wrote a piano sonata for her.

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Travel 5350 miles.



What did you do?

[oddi]

Made him dinner. Gosh I cant think of anything else I should work on romance I guess but I'm female. Do men need romance?

[Zethariel]

Made him dinner. Gosh I cant think of anything else I should work on romance I guess but I'm female. Do men need romance?

I think it depends on the person, but I generally find it awkward. I always struggled to think of something that would not be bland and "been there done that". Yeah, I'm impaired if it comes to just making a gesture, it has to be epic or non-existant.

Seeing the answers here, others also tend to go for the unique stuff, instead of just chocolate and a flower -- at least the men do >w>

[Danky Jr]

Zeth to be truly romantic just be yourself, and don't think about it, just do what your instincts tell you cause your instincts are the best tool out there to get ya laid cause thats what all basic primal instincts are survival = reproduction. The less you think and more confidence you show when you give something to a girl the more she'll like it just because it is from you and not necssarly because of what it is, and if she's concerned about what it is then she's probably gonna be a bitch 90% of the time

[Zethariel]

Zeth to be truly romantic just be yourself, and don't think about it, just do what your instincts tell you cause your instincts are the best tool out there to get ya laid cause thats what all basic primal instincts are survival = reproduction. The less you think and more confidence you show when you give something to a girl the more she'll like it just because it is from you and not necssarly because of what it is, and if she's concerned about what it is then she's probably gonna be a bitch 90% of the time

My social instincts are dead or at least warped. And the ultimate goal is not to get laid, mind you -- at least for me, it is the satisfaction of my partner. If that includes getting laid, all the better. And I would not link love and being romantic to the equastion you suggested.

How do you expect an NT to think less?

[VF1J]

I gave someone a bar of chocolate.

[jonnyb]

I took a gal for a ride in a small airplane to watch the firework show on 'State Day' from the sky.

[pcmodder]

Female.

Surprise bj.

marry me :p

we need more women like this ;D

[Zethariel]

Bring some decent wine you both like to take the edge off a bit, Alchol is the key to not thinking, so for a NT you could stop thinking for a bit with that.


The Key you entered is invalid -- I don't drink alcohol :D

Another thing I remembered was making 2 intelocked hearts from paperclips and sticking it to her board. She seemed to like it.

[Tigey]

I agreed to dance with a guy I had rejected. I am nice like that :D

[peppersasen]

Another thing I remembered was making 2 intelocked hearts from paperclips and sticking it to her board. She seemed to like it.

Oh, how I wish I had a boyfriend to give me gifts like this...

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I can't remember doing anything romantic in real life. Only stuff in my head... :blank:

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Because I end up freezing around people I like. It's very awkward.

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How could I miss this? This eye is evil awesome. Cool gift. Very quirky. :wacky:

[jmiz06]

Here's what it looked like. The first page was an eye, second was a heart, third was a big letter U:


That is a really creative/awesome idea! I would totally scratch her name out and save that one for a new flame. Sounds like the other girl wasn't in the position to fully appreciate that

[strategist]

When I was still in The Netherlands I had ordered a bouquet of roses on Valentine's day for my girlfriend who lives in Canada. She was pleasantly surprised and kept the roses for a very long time.

[MyotisLucifugus]

Does buying a bunch of MGS blind boxes for a die hard Solid Snake fanboy (who looks like Otakon, LMAO) count as "romantic"? He gave me the Voigt-Kampff edition of Blade Runner for Valentine's Day one year, so it's not like he was a roses-and-chocolates kind of guy to begin with.

[FloatOn]

Woman

Well I'm not a romantic one but I love romantics and when me and ex were together we acted like total teenagers, going out in the middle of the night just to drive around with the windows down, find a dark and secluded spot in a field somewhere and have..well you know lol. Buuut if you've already done that then i suggest a twist!

bring her to a field in the middle of the night but already have like a picnic basket (in or out of the car) and maybe bring like a romantic movie (her favoriate movie would work best ;) on your laptop. And after the movie and dinner, you're in a dark and secluded place, that can lead to other things... ;) Plus it spontaneous and there's a sense you might get caught so it makes that much more fun!

[Yuri]

Make out in the library...

[MusicalINTJ]

Male

I allowed someone else to overspend on my birthday dinner/wine. lol

I've had many romantic journeys where it just involves driving and making love in parks. I can't think of any one gesture.