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What was the most romantic time you had with your partner?
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What did you do together? What made the day or evening special? How did he or she make it a night to remember?
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What’s something you find deeply romantic, even if it’s a little unconventional?
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I’ve been thinking about what makes moments feel truly special and romantic. Sometimes it’s not the grand gestures, but little, unexpected things. For example, I think there’s something incredibly intimate about sharing a quiet, peaceful morning together - just staying in bed, cuddled up, no words, just enjoying each other’s presence. :D
I’m currently single, so it’s the kind of moment I imagine a lot, even though I’m not experiencing it right now. But I think it’s beautiful how romance can be about those simple, quiet moments instead of something extravagant.
What’s something you find romantic or intimate that’s maybe a little unexpected or unconventional? :)
Top Comment: For the most part I don't think the big gestures are romantic, I think romance is in all the small real moments. My husband and I went out for a walk and it started unexpectedly pouring with rain, we sheltered under a tree which helped a little and he wrapped me in a giant hug to try keep as much of the rain off me as possible. It was so adorable. I still call that tree the romantic tree.
Men of Reddit looking for love, what are some romantic things you wish women did more?
Main Post: Men of Reddit looking for love, what are some romantic things you wish women did more?
Top Comment: we live in a busy world. if she were to stop in the middle of what she was doing and come over to cuddle and tell me a joke or a compliment., my happiness meter would explode. and my day would be one to remember.
The experience of romantic love. What is it really like?
Main Post: The experience of romantic love. What is it really like?
Top Comment: Like building a nest, a home, something unique and secret that makes you both feel together and hidden from the world in a special bonded way. When you lose them, it's like being turned out of that safe space and watching it burn. Sometimes it's your partner torching the place, sometimes the space has gotten spikier and painful, or it's collapsing on itself and there's nothing either of you can do. Even if you build something with somebody else, a new nest is a different flavor that suits different needs and there's the memory of the first place but you can never go back. Love changes you, it softens you in ways you never knew you could be soft, and it hardens you in ways you never wanted to be hard. If you try, and grieve, and remain soft for what was, sometimes you can take the hard parts and learn lessons that hopefully make you kinder and wiser and able to move forward. I am beginning to believe that love is meant to hurt us in a way that breaks us open and makes us trust pain. Everyone closest to you will hurt you somehow, they can't help it, they're human. You'll hurt people too, you're flawed and always learning. Love is the ultimate teacher, perhaps. The lessons take in a way nothing else can. Sometimes you're lucky and you build something just right, something you both can maintain, something that lasts.
Could anyone please share romantic, love filled experiences with your partners?
Main Post: Could anyone please share romantic, love filled experiences with your partners?
Top Comment: A few weeks ago we were at dinner for his step mom’s birthday. We were sitting across from his cousins and someone mentioned moose and made some comments about wondering how they were so huge and terrifying. Animals, botany, and ecology are my thing - I was a vet tech for ten years, picked up some certificates in animal behavior, worked an exotics hospital, was a park ranger for several years so of course I got stoked and went on an exited rant about moose history. Coming out of my education high, I realized the entire table was giving me that blank, glazed stare that meant I was talking for too long about a topic no one else was really interested in and was like “oh wow, sorry for the rant!” And my fiancé grabs my hand and goes “isn’t she amazing? She knows everything, seriously, ask her anything!! Watch!” He looks at me and he goes “babe, what’s the difference between elk and deer?” And the look on this man’s face as I rattled off information still gives me butterflies to this day. Like I’ve never felt so seen, and he does this regularly.
What's the most romantic thing ever done for you?
Main Post: What's the most romantic thing ever done for you?
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When my husband and I got together, he did plenty of romantic things but nothing that ever just stood out to me if that makes sense.
About 3 months into our relationship, I noticed he was buying me flowers. A LOT. And specifically sunflowers, which were my favorite flowers. I never told him that either, I just assumed he picked a flower and assumed it my favorite. No big deal as I love flowers in general. At my job at the time, I had Tuesday’s off every week. Every Tuesday he would bring me a different bouquet of flowers. Mainly sunflowers, but he would switch it up. Ive never had a man do that for me so it was definitely questionable but in a good way. I eventually asked him, why are you buying me flowers so much, and why only on my off days? Am I missing something basically?
He explained to me that he noticed a necklace hanging in my car that my father bought me when I was 18. It was a sunflower lock necklace that opened on the inside and said “You are my sunshine.” I remember him asking me about the necklace and I explained to him that my father gifted it to me and I hadn’t removed it since. I didn’ think anything if it, but that’s how he figured out that sunflowers were my favorite.
He then explains how he noticed all, and I do mean ALL of my tattoos had flowers incorporated into them. As somebody with 13 tattoos, you can imagine that’s a lot of flowers. It became clear to him that I genuinely loved flowers, even outside of the romantic stance on them.
Why did he buy them for me only on my off days? He said he noticed with the first bouquet he bought me, that I spent a lot of time trimming the leaves and stems and arranging them in a vase, basically putting a lot of care & time into them and he wanted me to have time to set up my flowers without rushing so he felt off days were the best time to do so.
I cried for 2 days. He didn’t understand why it was such a big deal to me, but coming from somebody who was an abusive relationship before him, I’d never had somebody pay that much attention to me and apply that much effort to show that he pays attention to me & all my little things.
When I get angry at him, I think about that exact conversation with him and remember how genuine and kind he is and how thankful I am to have somebody like that in my life.
Why do people prioritise romantic love so much when it is the most conditional love out there?
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Time and time again I see people put romantic love over familial and platonic love and I can't seem to understand why
At its core romantic love is in general the most conditional type of love there is. Your friends don't base their friendship with you on something as superficial as looks. The love from your parents is some of the most unconditional love you can get. Yet people will neglect their friendships and even run away from their family for romantic love that will probably last a couple of years maximum anyway
Why is that? What is it about romantic love that makes people value it so much more then other forms of love. Is it because friendship and familial love is easier to find so we take it for granted?
I've just never really understood it. I've never been in love with someone romantically so maybe I just don't "get it" but I want to hear why people will put it over other forms of love
Also I know this post has a lot of generalisations I'm talking from my experience.
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How do relationships work? (romantic)
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I’m confused by the concept of a romantic relationship. I know what they are, but how do they start/unfold in a way that feels meaningful? How do you manage to find the right person in general? I don’t understand how somebody could get comfortable enough to confess their feelings. Identifying them alone is already hard. It all sounds so complicated. What is the point of love?
Would highly appreciate all answers.
Top Comment: From my observation, most of them are social games. Both sides want a romantic partner, and somehow they choose each other.
Are men naturally romantic?
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I have always been the romantic partner in every relationship I am in, I’ve always had to ‘teach’ or ‘mother’ the man i am with.
I’ve been told men just aren’t romantic creatures and that those sweet gestures whether it be small or big that are done by men in movies like writing love letters and such are fiction and that’s it.
Are there any men here that can say they’ve never needed to be taught how to love. That goes out of their way to learn to love their significant other without having to be asked ?
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