LOVE TIPS: “12 reasons to pop the cork”

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Here’s a little relationship advice for couples: Create your own reasons to celebrate. DO THIS: Buy a case of champagne. Label each of the 12 bottles…

1. Her birthday
2. His birthday
3. For a nightcap
4. Anniversary (of meeting)
5. Anniversary (of wedding)
6. For a picnic
7. Before making love
8. Celebrate a milestone at work
9. Christmas/Hanukkah/holiday
10. The first day of spring
11. To take along while watching falling stars
12. For making-up after a fight

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LOVE TIPS: “Wedding anniversary gift ideas”

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Yes, of course, wedding anniversary gifts are important. But few people pay much attention to the presentation of these gifts. To help you express you love and your anniversary wishes in a special way…DO THIS…

Wrap your anniversary presents in wedding-themed wrapping paper. 

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LOVE TIPS: “Anniversary ideas”

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If you’re going to express your anniversary wishes in ways that are not commonplace and generic, you gotta think ahead a little bit! DO THIS: Start saving mementos of your life together. Create a “Memories Box.” Herewith are some specific love tips for you:

• Save movie stubs, theatre programs and restaurant receipts. 
• Restaurant menus also make great mementos. But most restaurants don’t just give ‘em away. What to do?? Take a photo with your phone.
• Save sand and seashells from your beach vacations. (This is easier than saving snowflakes from your mountain vacations.)
• Save labels and corks from wine bottles and champagne bottles.
• Save maps from your road trips.
• Save plane tickets, train tickets and bus tickets from your romantic excursions.
• Save pamphlets and brochures from the cities and towns you visit together. 
• And from the hotels and bed-and-breakfasts where you stay.

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Bestselling author, pretty good speaker, collector of romantic ideas.

ANNIVERSARY WISHES: “Happy anniversary quotes (Part 4)”

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Guys—have you been searching for special anniversary gifts for her? Gals—have you been searching for anniversary gift ideas for him? Well search no further! I’ve read-through hundreds of romantic quotes (saving you tons of time!), and I’ve chosen a handful that are especially good for expressing feelings of love—especially for communicating your loving anniversary wishes. 

“True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life REAL MEANING.” 

~ Nicholas Sparks

“LOVE is pretty amazing. It is not overrated. There’s a reason for all those songs.” 

~ Sarah Dessen

“ONE love, ONE heart, ONE destiny.” 

~ Bob Marley

“Is life like the LOVE SONGS? Or are the LOVE SONGS like life? No matter. I believe that you write your own life. If you want your life to be a LOVE SONG, you can make it so.”

~ Arthur B. Chambers

“Love is SPACE and TIME measured by the heart.”

~ Marcel Proust

“A true love story NEVER ENDS.”

~ Albert A. Benson

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Curator, “The Love Quotes Collection,” under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Romantics Anti-Defamation League.

ANNIVERSARY WISHES: “Happy anniversary quotes (Part 3)”

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Have you been shopping for anniversary cards? Why not create one yourself this year? Choose a romantic quote that expresses your feelings, and celebrate your wedding anniversary with a personal touch.

“Sometimes the heart sees what is INVISIBLE to the eye.”

~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“We’re all a little WEIRD. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—TRUE LOVE.” 

~ Robert Fulghum

“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the HEART can hold.” 

~ Zelda Fitzgerald

“I treasure every MOMENT, every DAY, every YEAR with you.”

~ Simon T. Unger

“Every heart SINGS a song, incomplete, until another heart WHISPERS back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a POET.” 

~ Plato

“And, in the end…The LOVE you take—is equal to the LOVE you make.” 

~ Paul McCartney

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Author, Romance 101

ANNIVERSARY WISHES: “Happy anniversary quotes (Part 2)”

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Looking for wedding anniversary gift ideas? Choose a quote…Have it rendered in calligraphy…Frame it.   You’re a hero!

“Love is composed of a single SOUL inhabiting two bodies.”

~ Aristotle

“Wedding anniversary: A day not only for celebrating the PAST, but also for celebrating the FUTURE.”

~ James K. Lambert

“For love is IMMORTALITY.”

~ Emily Dickinson

“Love doesn’t make the world go’ round. Love is what makes the ride WORTHWHILE.”

~ Franklin P. Jones

“Doubt thou the stars are fire;

Doubt that the sun doth move;

Doubt truth to be a liar;

But NEVER DOUBT I love.” 

~ William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you STRENGTH, while loving someone deeply gives you COURAGE.”

~ Lao Tzu

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William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson send their best. 

ANNIVERSARY IDEAS: Today’s Topic: “Happy anniversary quotes (Part 1)”

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Herewith, a collection of happy anniversary quotes. For your anniversary card (custom-made??)…tag on an anniversary gift…love letter… 

“Love grows more tremendously FULL, SWIFT, and POIGNANT as the years multiply.”

~ Zane Grey

“Immature love says ‘I love you because I NEED YOU.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I LOVE YOU’.”

~ Erich Fromm

“CHAINS do not hold a marriage together. It is THREADS, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.” 

~ Simone Signoret

“There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than A GOOD MARRIAGE.”

~ Martin Luther

“Most people count the years. Lovers count the MOMENTS.”

~ Marcus N. O’Brien

“LOVE is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of MARRIAGE can contain it.”

~ Boris Pasternak

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“1001 Ways to be Romantic” and “1001 Love Quotes.” Oh yeah!

ROMANTIC TIPS: “The problem with Valentine’s Day (Part 4)”

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And one more blog in a (seemingly) never-ending series of relationship tips and romantic insights that have been recommended by 4 out of 5 doctors.

The trouble with Valentine’s Day is that . . . It’s simply unbalanced. I don’t mean mentally unbalanced—although being infatuated does make one a bit mentally unbalanced (but that’s another story)—I mean that Valentine’s Day is economically unbalanced.

Here are the stats: 

• Last year, in America, the average man spent $149 on Valentine’s Day for his gal. 
• Meanwhile, the average women spent $32 on Valentine’s Day for her guy.

Seems unfair to me. Unless, of course, the women’s liberation / feminist movement has been rescinded, and we’re back in 1959. Hold on…Let me check on that—and I’ll get back to you on this tomorrow. 

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Chief investigator, studying the effects of gender roles on the gift-giving habits of men versus women for Valentine’s Day. Or—If men are from Mars, and women are from Venus, is this a valid rationale for a lack of parity in gift-giving between the genders. 

ROMANTIC TIPS: “The problem with Valentine’s Day (Part 3)”

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(And yet) another in a never-ending series of relationship tips and romantic insights that might help—or at least couldn’t hurt— your relationship.

The trouble with Valentine’s Day is that . . . The already-romantic don’t really need it . . . the adamantly-unromantic just don’t want it . . . and the romantically-impaired are annually punished by it. 

Let’s face it: Valentine’s Day simply doesn’t work. If it did, I’d be all for it. 

Let’s give a sucker a break and let these guys off the hook, okay? The dozen roses they buy? A feeble attempt to make up for lost time. The expensive box of Godiva Chocolates? Romance inspired by guilt. 

And let’s have a little more respect for the women. I mean, really, ladies: Are you honestly pleased with roses grudgingly given, with chocolates hastily grabbed, with trinkets ordered on the internet, with a “custom love letter” penned by a hired ghostwriter? Are you really willing to settle for so little? Do you really have so little self-respect? 

You deserve better. He deserves better. Go share a bottle of wine, then talk for a little while, then make love. There. See?? Everybody’s happy. 

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Director of the Save-The-Romantics Fund-Raising Initiative, helping the romantically impaired since 1981.

ROMANTIC IDEAS: “The problem with Valentine’s Day (Part 2)”

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Another in a never-ending series of relationship tips and romantic insights that address topics of interest to men and women alike.

The problem with Valentine’s Day is that it’s pink and red and frilly. In other words, it’s feminine. 

Now, there’s nothing wrong with “feminine”—heck, guys love “feminine”!—but there is something wrong with only feminine. And that’s what Valentine’s Day has evolved into. Look at the ads, look in the store windows: Pink and red and frills as far as the eye can see. Not a hint of masculinity to be found. 

Is it any wonder that guys head for the hills on Valentine’s Day?!

NEXT: “Okay, now what??”

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LOVE TIPS: “Little Things Mean a Lot”

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Forget the diamonds and Ferraris and trips to Paris…It really is true that little things mean a lot. (Bunches of scientists, wearing real lab coats, have studied this. [Who knew that scientists could be a source of romantic ideas?!])

• Little things that bring a smile to her face: A kiss upon waking up. A romantic text.
• Little things that remind him of you: Slip a photo of yourself into his brief case or lunchbox. 
• Little things that will bring a tear to her eyes: Tape one of your wedding photos to the bathroom mirror. 
• Little things that have special meaning to just the two of you: Write a note using phrases from his/her favorite TV show. 
• Little things done on a consistent basis: Open doors for her.
• Little things that are really special to him/her: Chocolate. Not just any chocolate—but the exact type and brand of chocolate. (This makes a big difference to true chocoholics.)
• Little things that are really special to him/her: A new book by his/her favorite author.
• Little things that are really special to him/her: Create a playlist of favorite love songs. 

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Executive Vice President in Charge of Little Things.

ROMANTIC IDEAS: “Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Robin Williams”

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I’ve always believed that romance and humor go together. They go together like like milk and cookies…like day and night…like yin and yang…like Bogart and Bacall…like John and Yoko.

Robin Williams, in a thoughtful mood during an interview:

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”

What you say to your partner is important. The way you say it is important. The ideas (positive, supportive, caring, exciting, soothing, loving) that you share with him/her will change the world. 

Robin Williams, making a profound aside in the middle of a stand-up routine:

“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.”

“A little spark of madness.” Sounds like a great definition of love to me.

Robin Williams, in “Dead Poets Society”:

“Language was invented for one reason, boys: To woo women.”

I’m not sure if that’s true from a strictly anthropological point-of-view. But most women love it when you express yourself, your feelings, to them. 

Robin Williams, in “Flubber”:

“I love you with all my heart. With every cell, with every molecule, with every atom. I love you on the subatomic level.”

You know, if you can find great romantic lines in a Disney comedy, you can find them anywhere.

Robin Williams, in “Dead Poets Society”:

“…poetry, beauty, romance, love…these are what we stay alive for.”

It wouldn’t hurt to stop and reflect on this for 10 minutes, once-a-week.

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A card carrying member of the Robin Williams Fan Club since Mork and Mindy  (1978).

ROMANTIC TIPS FOR HIM: “Foreplay (Part 2)”

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Sex tips in a step-by-step format. Take notes.

• Approached properly, foreplay begins first thing in the morning and builds throughout the day. 
• Yes, I mean that literally. 
• You wake up, roll over, and face her: The way you look at her is important.
• You wake up, roll over, and face her: The way you touch her is important.
• You wake up, roll over, and face her: The first thing you say to her is important.
• Shower together. Wash her back. Slowly. 
• Make small gestures throughout the day: Bring her a cup of coffee. Leave a note in her purse. Take out the garbage without complaining. 
• Stay in touch throughout the day: Via phone, email, text and Facebook. Maybe Skype.
• There are a few additional aspects to foreplay…But we’ll get to them later. 

Hey, don’t take my word for it…Here’s what Doctor Ruth has to say about foreplay: “Why is it that men understand that a car engine needs to be warmed-up before racing, but they are baffled by the fact that a woman’s ‘engine’ needs to be warmed-up before taking it out for a spin?”

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ROMANTIC TIPS: “The problem with Valentine’s Day (Part 1)”

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The problem with Valentine’s Day is not that it’s a “Hallmark Holiday” (a holiday concocted by the florists, jewelers and greeting card makers just to make a buck). No, the problem with Valentine’s Day is that it’s not a holiday at all. I mean, do you get the day off work??

We have “real” holidays that celebrate gluttony (Thanksgiving), consumerism (Christmas), and hot dogs and explosives (Independence Day)…

…And we also have a variety of other important holidays, including the celebration of weather-predicting rodents (Groundhog Day), tall vegetable matter (Arbor Day), and, of course, pair-bonding and reciprocal expressions of affection characterized by an excess of dopamine secretions in the brain (Valentine’s Day). These three “holidays” are, as everyone knows, have been consigned to Second Rate status: They do get listed on the calendar, but they don’t get recognized in any official capacity. 

Sorry, you’ll have to celebrate the most important thing in the world—love—during off-hours. 

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Apologist for Cupid.

RELATIONSHIP ADVICE: “Create Romantic Moments”

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Not all romantic ideas are big, dazzling, outrageous events. 

It’s about romantic moments. Not days, or weeks or years. Moments. We remember moments. Images. Images infused with emotion. Snapshots—perhaps short video clips. But certainly not feature length movies. (Try to recall your last birthday—the entire day, minute by minute. You can’t do it. Your memory simply wasn’t designed to do that.) 

When it comes to love, most people find that focusing on the moments is a great relief. Don’t worry about “relationship issues,” don’t study the “Seven Habits of Highly Romantic People,” don’t plan for the future. Just create a little romantic moment this week. Then create another romantic moment next week. Then create another one two days after that. Then skip a week and surprise her with one on a Tuesday evening. 

Moment by moment. That’s how a lifetime of love is created.

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Romantic since 1960.

RELATIONSHIP TIPS FOR HIM!  “Foreplay (Part 1)”

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Geez, the way some guys complain about foreplay, you’d think it was a dirty word. [Well, it can be dirty, but that’s a different topic.] 

• Foreplay.
• Women love foreplay.
• Actually, they need foreplay.
• This isn’t just my opinion. It’s biological. Wired-in. [You could look it up.]
• So get with the program.
• So take it slow. Put her first. 
• Maybe just ask her directly how she likes to be stimulated. 
• If you feel awkward doing that, then do this: Write her an erotic love note, and explain that you’d like her help to learn how to arouse her better.
• Hey…If you give her more of what she wants, why would she not give you more of what you want?! I’m just sayin’.

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Where-oh-where is Doctor Ruth when we need her?? The younger generation—the Millenials—haven’t even heard of Doctor Ruth…she of diminutive stature, utterly unique vocal quality, and the superhuman ability to talk about sex without blushing. And here we are, half-way through 2014, and still, no one has taken Doctor Ruth’s place—as the voice of sex, the person you believe, the person who “owns” the branding of “America’s Sex Expert.” If I weren’t so wrapped-up in the Romance-Thing, I might consider going after the title of “Sex Expert.” The problem is that even though I know all that stuff, I still have a tendency to blush when talking about it in public. 

RELATIONSHIP ADVICE: “Write It Down!”

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A relationship tip for lovers: Express yourself in writing.

• Put your feelings down on paper. 
• Yes, you can put your feelings down in any digital format, too. 
• But really, you ought to write and mail a real (analog) love letter and mail it…once a year or so. 
• Leave written clues that lead her to a restaurant where you’re waiting for her. 
• Give him a lottery ticket. Attach a note: “You’re one in a million!”
• Give him a lottery ticket. Attach a note: “I got lucky when I met you!”
• Hide a love note among a bunch of flowers. 
• Write a note that begins: “I know we’re soulmates because…”
• Write a note that begins: “I fell in love with when…”
• Write a note that begins: “You’re me lover and my best friend because…”
• Write a note that begins: “When I think of you I smile because…”

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Observer of the human condition.

LOVE ADVICE: “Quirky (Part 1)”

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And some romantic ideas are a little more odd than others.

• Get a local artist to draw caricatures of you on some eggs. Put them in the refrigerator. Wait for your partner to notice. 
• And then get egg-caricatures made of both of you.
• Play hooky from work—and spend the day together.
• Place a heart-shaped sticker on his phone to remind him to call you. 
• Keep mistletoe hung over your bedroom doorway all year long!
• Shower together.
• Shower together by candlelight.
• Hide a little gift for her so she’ll find it during a walk together.
• One guy half-buried a box of Godiva Chocolates in the sand on a beach.
• One guy hid a single red rose between some loose bricks in a wall.
• One gal slipped Red Sox tickets into her boyfriend’s Big Mac.

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Q: Did you really travel cross-country in a Winnebago to do book signings?

A: Yes, yes I did. 

Q: Would you recommend this to other authors?

A: No, no I wouldn’t. 

Q: Why not?

A: RVs are in a constant state of rattling apart. Unless you’re Joe Fix-It, don’t do it.

A: 18-ton-vehicle. 9 miles-to-the-gallon. Gas estimated at $3.80 per gallon. Boston to Los Angeles: 2,983.8 miles. You to the math. 

A: A note from the Accuracy Squad: It was a Holiday Rambler. Not a Winnebago. 

RELATIONSHIP ADVICE FOR LOVERS: “Couple Communication”

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Here are 10 quirky questions to ask each other. Why? To help the two of you get inside each other’s heads (and hearts). Knowing these things will help you find romantic gifts—and create romantic experiences—that your lover will love.

• What 3 nouns best describe you?
• What 3 adjectives best describe you?
• What 3 adverbs best describe you?
• If you could save time in a bottle what would you do with it? [Inspired by Jim Croce’s song.]
• What do you want to be remembered for?
• What are your prized possessions?
• What did you want to be when you grew up?
• Would you rather be rich or famous?
• What’s the most fun you’ve ever had with your clothes on?
• What’s the most fun you’ve ever had with your clothes off?
• If you were going to write a self-help book, what would you title it?

“One always loves the person who understands you.”

~ Anais Nin

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What 3 nouns best describe him? — Author. Father. Husband.
What are his prized possessions? — Wedding photos. Collection of every episode of “Doctor Who.” 
What did he want to be when he grew up? — Astronaut. Cartoonist. One of The Beatles.

RELATIONSHIP TIPS: “Skills for Lovers (Part 1)”

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Some romantic ideas and gestures take a little practice. But it’s worth the effort. Here are 10 miscellaneous skills that lovers need to know:

• How to cook your lover’s favorite meal.
• How to be affectionate while being sexual.
• How to share your feelings without dumping them on your partner.
• How to do the laundry without destroying her favorite blouse.
• How to be supportive without being controlling.
• How to listen actively instead of passively.
• How to grow together instead of growing apart.
• How to be independent without being distant.
• How to be dependent without being co-dependent.
• How to keep your big mouth shut.

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From Mr. Godek’s curriculum vitae:

Skill: How to be affectionate while being sexual: Check

Skill: How to do laundry without messing it up: Check

Skill: How to cook her favorite meal: Still at the boiling water stage

Skill: How to share feelings without dumping on her: Mostly

Skill: How to keep my big mouth shut: Working on it

RELATIONSHIP ADVICE FOR COUPLES: “Stuff to do in Bed”

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We all spend a quarter of our lives in bed. So why do most people only use their bed for only two activities?? (True romantics ask oddball questions like this.) (It may be odd, but it often leads to some great romantic ideas.)

• Serve her breakfast-in-bed.
• Heck, serve her dinner-in-bed. (Nobody does that!)
• Bring her tea.
• Bring him coffee.
• Toast each other with champagne.
• Read the Sunday funnies together. Use funny voices.
• And yes—here it comes…The “Stuff to do in Bed” that you were expecting…
• Make love by candlelight.
• Make love like it was your first time together. 
• Get silk sheets.
• For her: Lingerie is always appreciated.
• For him: No, your old underwear and ratty T-shirts don’t arouse her. Get a nice robe or some fancy (but still manly? boxer shorts. 
• Get a book on massage. Learn how to give a great massage. 
• Note: There are 2 kinds of massage: Relaxing massages and arousing massages. The receiver gets to choose. (But international law forbids anyone from receiving more than 3 relaxing massages in a row.)

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Husband. Father. Romantic. Author. Romantic. Trekkie. Romantic. Baby Boomer. Romantic.