Comments on: Out of the Way Romantic Acts

By: Debra

Debra — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:23:48 +0000

On the receiving end again! Two young former editors (one visiting from San Fransisco) from the now defunct EvaMag invited me to join them for a drinks at Barnes & Nobel. I was so pleased they thought of me:)

I made a Slytherin sticker for my boyfriend to put on his new (to him) grad student office door. He thinks his building looks like a mini-Hogwarts.

By: Debra

Debra — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:33:07 +0000

Oh yeah, I’m the type of person who waits until the absolute last minute to get up in the morning. Sometimes, when my boyfriend is still home, he will have a nice lunch & snacks packed for me:) He hands it to me on my way out the door. I get to feel that love and surprise throughout my day.

By: Debra

Debra — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:30:11 +0000

My boyfriend and I hung up pretty valance curtains in Marsha’s office, and put beautiful big yellow mums in a glass of water on her desk. The mums are now 2 weeks old and still looking good.

I’ve been spending more time with my parents:)

I had a nice hot dinner waiting on the stove when my boyfriend got home from night school. I wanted him to come into a cozy, good smelling house and to feel the warmth of love.

I’m in the process of working on art to leave behind for strangers.

I received an OOTWRA out of the blue yesterday! An artist I interviewed last fall sent me an e-mail. It said, Hi Sir, Happy Birthday, Thanks, Sonia. That gave me some much needed giggles. I love absurdity:)

By: Mac

Mac — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:06:54 +0000

Chalk up two for the guys who love to make their better halves feel well-loved!

By: Jeanna

Jeanna — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:52:52 +0000

Ryan found random pictures somewhere on the Internet (imagine that) that included the phrase “You are beautiful” on them. For example, one picture is of a warehouse and on the side of the building it says “You are beautiful”. Another is a picture of a shopping cart with a label on the handle that says “You are beautiful”. Another one is a picture of a bed with “You are beautiful” written on the pillowcase – just completely random pictures with that phrase somewhere in the picture. He printed the pictures and he leaves them in random places (the dashboard of my car, the bag I take to work, in my luggage if I’m going out of town, etc) with a lovely note written on the back. They’re always a complete surprise and extremely thoughtful – they immediately make me smile.

By: Karla P

Karla P — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:16:48 +0000

My husband, Bill, likes to buy me flowers. . . always has. At times he has bought me more than one bouquet in a week. Not to sound ungrateful, but like anything, when there’s an abundance, you start to take things for granted. The impact just wasn’t as strong after a while. “More flowers. . . great. Thanks, hon.”

Once, we were arguing (about something stupid probably) while we were running errands. He ran into the grocery store and I waited in the car, stewing about whatever he had said to annoy me. After a while, I looked up, and saw Bill walking out of the store with a bouquet of flowers. When he got to the car and gave them to me, the card said, “For being you.” Putting your anger aside to let the person you’re with know you still love them (even when they annoy the heck out of you!) is always welcome, and certainly out of the way!