ROMANTIC IDEAS: “The 32 Kinds of Romantic Surprises!”

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This list will help you with creating romantic dates and finding romantic gifts.

1. Big surprises
2. Little surprises
3. Once-in-a-lifetime surprises
4. Expected-but-not-right-now surprises
5. Out-of-character surprises
6. Mystery-event surprises
7. Bait-and-switch surprises
8. Shocking surprises
9. Total surprises
10. Sudden surprises
11. Unfolding surprises
12. Improv surprises
13. Expensive surprises
14. Inexpensive surprises
15. No-cost surprises
16. Surprise tickets
17. Surprise vacations
18. Surprise birthday parties
19. Surprise anniversary parties
20. Surprises involving a collaborator
21. Surprises at work
22. Group surprises
23. Public surprise
24. Private surprises
25. Intimate surprises
26. Outrageous surprises
27. Midnight surprises
28. Sunset surprises
29. Sunrise surprises
30. Sexy surprises
31. Funny surprises
32. Meaningful surprises

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1001 Ways to be Romantic

10,000 Ways to Say I Love You

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By Greg Godek 

Who? Oh, I remember him. Didn’t Jay Leno joke about his book 1001 Ways to be Romantic during his monologue?

ROMANTIC IDEAS FOR HER! “How Sweet!”

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Some relationship tips and love advice are for the gals only. [Don’t let him see you reading this!]

• Promise to be his one-and-only.
• Place a heart-shaped sticker on his phone to remind him to call you. 
• Blindfold him and take him to a new restaurant.
• Play “footsie” with him…under the dinner table…at a restaurant.
• Give him a red rose boutonniere to wear during your next date. 
• One gal wrote to me: “My hubby is a fanatical Dallas Cowboy fan. (But then, aren’t they all fanatical?!) I surprised him by dressing-up like a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader…and at halftime I “entertained” him!

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1001 Ways to be Romantic

10,000 Ways to Say I Love You

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By Greg Godek.

Look, up in the sky…It’s a bird! It’s a plane it’s—nevermind. It’s just Greg returning from Comic-Con.

ROMANTIC IDEAS FOR HIM! “How Sweet!”

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Some relationship tips and love advice are for the guys only. [Hide this list from her!]

• On her birthday, mail a “Thank-You” card to her mother.
• Promise to be her Prince Charming.
• Treat her like a princess.
• Give her two gifts: One gift in a box of Godiva Chocolates, and one gift in a Victoria’s Secret box. (Put the lingerie in the Godiva box, and put the chocolate in Victoria’s box.)
• Try something different: If you’re an expressive, loud person, try whispering our love to her. 
• On Valentine’s Day, save a box of candy conversation hearts—and give them to her in July.

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1001 Ways to be Romantic
10,000 Ways to Say I Love You

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By Greg Godek.

Greg is to blame for this blog. He sold 3+ million copies of 1001 Ways to be Romantic…but other than that, we really don’t know what he does with his life (besides writing this blog and romancing his bride).

Love Sex Romance, blog no. 2
Bring Food. Arrive Naked. (Part 1)

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She’s standing on your porch, ringing the doorbell, waiting for you. She’s holding your Favorite Food of All Time. (For the sake of argument, let’s say it’s a deep-dish pizza with pepperoni, sausage and mushrooms.) And she’s wearing…nothing. (She heeded the advice of some crazy author who suggested that she “Bring Food. Arrive Naked.”—to surprise and delight her mate.”

There may be a man who would not be gaga if his lover appeared at the door in this manner—but in twenty-five years of teaching Romance Seminars, I’ve never met one. 

And while this advice will certainly work for singles, it is really intended for marrieds. I understand from watching Friends and Sex and the City that this kind of behavior is commonplace in the singles world. It’s here among the veteran marrieds that these kinds of antics are lacking/desired/needed/fantasized about. 

Food Note: Anything fancier than a pizza is unnecessary.

Garment Note: High heels are allowed. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greg

Love Sex Romance, blog no. 3
Bring Food. Arrive Naked. (From the "Romantic Ideas" File.)

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I try. I really do. I try to find romantic ideas that are specifically for one gender and not the other. You know, Mars/Venus and all that crap. But ninety-nine percent of all romantic gestures work equally well, regardless of which gender is giving or receiving. 

I’d long thought that this idea [bringing food, and arriving naked] was really a guy thing. Because when I suggest it in seminars, the guys hoot and holler and stamp their feet. But then after the seminar, women would take me by the elbow and confide: “It would drive me wild if my guy did this for me! Give me a man in a trench coat with a plate of Godiva chocolates, over a guy in a tuxedo with flowers any day!”

Go figure.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greg

Love Sex Romance, blog no. 4
But is Romance COOL?? (Romantic Ideas for Him)

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Are you looking for romantic ideas for him? Well why didn't you say so?! 

It will help both of you to understand one of the major things that motivate men.

The male of the species is driven primarily by the desire to be cool. What about money, power and sex, you ask? They’re merely alternate routes to being cool.

The question of the day is, of course, “Is romance cool?”

• Romance is not cool if you define it as fawning, beseeching, insecure and obligatory. 
• Romance is cool if you define it as genuine, heartfelt, passionate, rule-breaking, risk-taking, confident-to-the-point-of-cockiness, outrageous, and creative. 

I know that many guys won't quite know how to be genuine, heartfelt or passionate. (Gals: Give 'em time!)

But most guys like rule-breaking and risk-taking. And they often like being outrageous and creative.  (Guys: Start where you're comfortable, and build from there. Practice makes perfect. Well, maybe not perfect...but a whole lot of fun. And that's good enough, isn't it?)

• Outrageous: Give her 10 pounds of M&Ms. Show-up after work dressed in a tuxedo.
• Creative: Write a list: "The Top 10 Reasons I Love You." Tape it to the bathroom mirror.
• Rule-breaking: Don't serve her breakfast-in-bed...Serve her dinner-in-bed.
• Risk-taking: Show a little affection in public. (Why should you care what "the guys" think?!)

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Greg Godek has come out of retirement to help make the world a better place by helping people to express their love more often and more creatively. 

Love Sex Romance, blog no. 5
Warp Factor 2.

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The speed of love is 1.7 miles per hour—that’s the speed of a slow walk. The speed of romance, on the other hand, is warp factor 2—that’s two times the speed of light. 

Love is slow. Love takes its time. Love saunters. 

Romance is fast. Romance is breathless. Romance races along, playing tag with its lover, waiting breathlessly, then bolting forward with a surge of passionate energy. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greg