You don’t bring me flowers anymore...

Sometimes, in long term relationships, romance tends to take a back seat to other things. Like paying the electricity bill, feeding a screaming baby, going grocery shopping and doing the weekly washing. Life can be so busy and tiring that stopping and making time to sweep your partner off their feet is bottom of the list.
It’s really disheartening not to have some form of romance in your life ... but it doesn’t have to mean rose petals arranged in a heart shape, champers or sexy lingerie. This week, I wanted to celebrate small gestures that make the whole coupledom thing worthwhile - things that say, ‘I really dig you’ without having to hire a skywriter.
Here’s a few of my favourite examples:
~ A friend’s boyfriend took their three-month-old baby out for a Saturday morning walk and let Mum sleep in. He brought all the ingredients for a fry up breakfast and cooked it when he got home.
~ An RC chick brought some scented massage oil and gave her boy a foot massage – and she didn’t even ask him to return the favour.
~ A couple I know send each other pictures of cute animals (pandas, polar bears and the like), just so they can go ‘ahhhh,’ at the computer at work.
~ One lovely boy drove for 45 minutes and turned up unexpectedly at a friend’s door late one week night, with a block of chocolate. Just so they could talk in person.
~ Another gal pal cooked her partner’s favourite meal, and a DVD of a movie he wanted to see.
~ A boy I know made up a ‘mixed CD’ of tunes he thought his lady would like.
*** Tell me – how important is romance in a relationship? What’s the most romantic thing you’ve done or had done to you?