However often in the daily rush and work load people tend to forget about romance and so we have brought for you a list of things that you can do to keep the flame of romance burning in your heart forever.
Romance Checklist
Daily Romantic Checklist
1. Always compliment your lover.
2. Tell your lover how much you love him.
3. Say 'I love u' atleast seven times daily.
4. Spend atleast an hour together daily.
5. Give surprises or do some unexpected gesture.
6. Always call in to find out how things are with your partner.
7. Hug your partner first thing when you get up in the morning.
Weekly Romantic Checklist
1. Make it a point to spend a whole day together.
2. Do something which both of you enjoy doing together.
3. Cook her a meal.
4. Give your partner a surprise gift.
5. Give one another a good body massage followed with u-know-what.
6. Go out for a movie together.
7. Plan something special for the upcoming weekend.
Monthly Romantic Checklist
1. Plan to go out for a short trip during the weekend.
2. Go out for dinner atleast twice every month.
3. Make love more often.
4. Watch atleast two romantic movies.
5. Take your lover out for shopping and give her/him a beautiful gift.
Yearly Romantic Checklist
1. Think of an unusual way to celebrate your partner's birthday.
2. Make a new years resolution to be more creatively romantic.
3. Make Plans for your next anniversary.
4. Create a special 'Romance' category in your household budget.
5. Go out for a long vacation once in a year.
6. Plan out your next vacation.
Every culture through time has placed some degree of importance on romance, even though the word has carried a variety of meanings through the centuries. Romance and love were popular topics for discussion among early philosophers, like Socrates and Plato, and were often expressed in a number of ancient types of art, including literature, music, and visual art. Still today, the concrete definition of romance stays a mystery and is often debated and investigated by contemporary philosophers and doctors. Today’s artists continue to delve into the passionsof romance as well.
A common definition of romance is a powerful emotion of adoration, and passion within an intimate relationship. Not too long ago, romance was rarely affiliated with marriage, especially in cultures that honored arranged unions, but romance and impassioned pairs have been evident throughout history. Studies of various romances over the course of time have shown a number of common characteristics found in each relationship. Romantic couples typically express a genuine desire to share their time and depend on one another for their personal contentment. Most romantic loves are formed upon the passion that the couple first felt between them.
Romance is hard to define and practically impossible to predict, yet romance happens so naturally. In present day, romance most often alludes to that initial passion that creates a relationship. Romances today may include brief, passionate affairs, but are commonly long lasting vows of love by matrimony. Romantic involvements are often intimate and usually sexually involved, but romance is not directly connected to sexual pleasures. Romance deals with the emotions and sensations one person has for the other and what they do to make their partner feel their passion and extreme love rather than emphasizing bodily gratification.
Some suggest that romance is a dreamy emotion that could in no way result in lasting contentment, but just as many concur that without romance, no relationship can withstand. Romance is the passion that compels couples to place their significant other above all else, making them feel like royalty, something that can be achieved in a variety of ways.
When asking, “What is romance?”, be ready for a variety of responses. Some think that romance is a a relaxing stroll along a deserted beach, while others favor a romantic getaway for a couple days to revel in the
There are several different views and beliefs about romance, often affected by culture and even gender, but all through the course of history, civilizations from all over have considered romance as the single mystery that is impossible to solve, yet infinitely captivating to explore. Romance is the passion that distinguishes humanity.
companionship of only one another. Romance may even be described as nothing more than a genuine showing of pure passion.
The first thing to go in a troubled relationship is usually romance. When couples patch their relationships together in therapy, one of the first dilemmas that couples face is how to get the romance back into their lives. They look back nostalgically at the beginning of their relationship, a bit sad at the impossibility of capturing the magic of their first meeting. While this sort of thinking can provide my clients with important clues about what made them excited and happy at the beginning of the relationship, these memories rarely help the couple recapture the magic.
According to Helen Fisher, a prominent anthropologist, romance is the civilization of sex. Viewed from a cultural perspective, this is probably true. This is probably why relationship books rarely go into much depth regarding the nature of romance. Typically, most authors discuss the need for romance in a marriage. This is usually followed with a discussion of seduction and foreplay. As most couples will tell you, sex is not romance. However, most couples are hard pressed to tell you exactly what romance is.
As I mentioned before, nostalgically thinking about the way the couple behaved at the beginning of the relationship can offer important clues about the nature of romance.
According to Dr. Fisher, couples will generally report romance is:
1) The excitement of discovering someone new that you love.
2) A mutual feeling of being special or primary in the other person's life.
3) A mutual feeling of being understood in a way that was different or more special than in other relationships.
4) A bond that transcended normal relationships.
5) Sexual excitement and novelty.
One or both partners in a troubled relationship will complain that they cannot possibly recreate the romantic feelings they had when their relationship was new. However, older, successful couples will report an improvement in the value of their relationship with their partner and an improvement in their sex lives over the years. This is because they acquire the trust that allows them to teach each other and learn new things about what gives pleasure to their partner in their daily lives. Couples who are not willing to learn what gives their partner pleasure and accommodate them tend to get stuck in their inability to be responsive to the other partner's emotional requests. Relationships get stuck where there is a lack of trust and an unwillingness to become vulnerable in expressing one's needs. We sometimes need to move beyond our comfort level to accommodate a partner. Think of it in these terms. Healthy couples who are romantic are able to find novelty in their own relationships.
As I mentioned before, sex is just one ingredient of the feeling of romance. And certainly, in a healthy relationship, sex is an important element. Often, couples will become sexually bored and resentful because they are unwilling to communicate their desire for exploring new sexual territory. Often, sexual experimentation within the context of a committed relationship will indeed provide the excitement and novelty that both partners seek. When the romance has drained out of a couple's life, one or both partners feel resentful or hurt. Proposing sexual exploration will often provoke feelings of bitterness or vulnerability, making sexual exploration too hard a challenge for the couple. All too often, before this aspect of the relationship can be recovered, trust and respect have to be re-established first.
So what is romance? If you look at the remaining four perceptions that describe the feeling of romance, we see that romance is the ability for both partners to communicate reciprocally their feelings of being mutually bonded and special to each other. Looking for the magic formula for romance? Simply say these words to cast your spell: Darling, you're the most important thing in my life. Nothing else comes close. I don't care what else happens; we're going to get through this together.
