At least don’t go to Hooters ~skt

I could have written this. Not as well as you did, but it’s my thoughts almost exactly! I so agree with the expensive gifts and flowers…especially if that’s not something you want in the first place!!! There’s way more to romance and togetherness than silly gifts and I think you’ve expressed that perfectly! Love the post!

Jessica

Silly gifts are fine…expensive gifts I’m too practical to be crazy about. If we had tons of money, I might feel differently For now, I think that just getting him to pay attention to me is the best thing in the world. And, he does! Without me asking.~skt

Lovely Wife doen’t hate diamonds, but would rather have some new electonic gadget or an HDTV instead. (We recently bought her an ipod, not the shuffle or nano ones, the video ipod.) A romantic evening for us is when both daughters are elsewhere and we have a DVD neither of us have seen, and we get Chinese or Cracker Barrel to go. Neither of us would know how to dress for or act in a truly fancy restaurant.

Romance for us isn’t anything like it is in commercials.

I totally understand JAM. True romance is just getting to enjoy each other’s company!~skt

You wrote about my marriage as well, a few details a tad different – but Leon picks up my slack more often than not. And when I told him years ago, don’t go spending “our” money on flowers (we share everything, just our way) he took me for real. I wish I could put it in words as well as you just did, maybe I should just hand him this and say, “read Shelly’s; ditto me.”

No one needs to ghost write for you Marcia. I’ll cut down the tree for free, but you will have to pay my travel mileage. ~skt

I’m ticklish, too, but he’s figured out how not to tickle. Maybe your wife thinks you are a keeper, too?~skt