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| Hello! My name is Crys-not really here . Welcome to the post-Valentine's Day edition of the Romance/Love Newsletter. |
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Non-traditional Valentine's Day
This year, my boyfriend and I decided that gigantic teddy bears and gaudy balloons weren't acceptable for Valentine's Day. I was downtown waiting for a bus on Valentine's Day morning, losing count of the number of guys walking past with these monstrosities in their arms. I sent him a text about how stupid it all seemed.
"I know," he texted back. "The bigger the balloon and the bear, the crappier the relationship, perhaps?"
Me: "That's what I was gonna say! Like, what do you do the rest of the year to have to get a teddy bear that big?"
(Flowers, on the other hand, are okay any day of the year  . . .)
I've never been into the traditional Valentine's Day plans. When my current boyfriend and I first got together, I made him take me out for dinner at a local Mediterranean restaurant for a four course meal. He also bought me a single rose. not because he knew I'd like it, but because he knew that's what he was supposed to do. We were both stuck in this mindset that if we don't do the traditional romantic things, there was something wrong with us and our relationship was doomed for failure.
Since then, we've mellowed a lot. This year was our third Valentine's Day together, and we spent it curled up on the couch, eating homemade pizza, watching Sleepless in Seattle and drinking wine. It was absolutely perfect. It was too cold to go outside anyway.
My point is, you don't need one special day a year to tell your special someone you love them, and you certainly don't need a fancy dinner for the sake of a fancy dinner. Non-traditional Valentine's Days are awesome, and best of all, you get a chance to celebrate in a way that matches your personalities. I highly rec commend it.
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Thanks to everyone who wrote in about my last Romance/Love Newsletter "Five Small Things:"
Great ideas! I think each of them have an "emotional" component that nurture love.  - StephBee 
Hi Crys! Thank you for the newsletter. Those 5 points are really good. One thing I always try to do is to say 'thank you'. Even for mundace things my husband does regularly (put out the rubbish) and things he does because he is better than me at doing them (deep clean the oven!) In return, he ALWAYS compliments me on meals - and they do vary! -blunderbuss
 I can't imagine why you thought of these 5 things . . . -Mummsy 
I liked your list of five things, and I agree with them, but keeping the house clean will never be my strong point.  You asked what simple things I do to help my relationship? Firstly, spend time just as a couple. This was much harder when our children were young, but still important. Spending quality time as a family is important too. I also try to encourage him to do things on his own, and things that just interest him (for instance he's going to see Slash in concert with his brother next month, without me tagging along, and sometimes he goes fishing with his mates instead of with me with the kids). There is no one thing that makes a relationship work, it's all the little things combined. -Elle - on hiatus 
Great newsletter. As I read you list of 'to do's, I could see a complete short or looooooong OUTLINE for a romance story..Easy to do: just add each part of the story using the 'to do's...........great idea. I always learn from this newsletter. -ANN Counselor, Lesbian & Happy  |
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Romance/Love: February 18, 2015 Issue [#6836]
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