OK, lets be nice now - whats the most romantic thing your partner has done for you???

[Flumpybumpy]

My DH took me to Paris for my 21st and New York for my 30th. My actual birthday was while we were there so he took me to Tiffany's on 5th Ave and bought me a lovely necklace then somehow managed to get the staff in Tiffanys to sing Happy Birthday to me!!! Ahhhh

FB x

Nowt recently. Used to the flowers thing all the time though - I'd love some beautiful lillies - now I get cheap supermarket ones that are past their best and usually only when DD or DS remind him. Used to get jewellery too but as that was tat most of the time I don't mind about that. Underwear - I could drown in the stuff but I don't care about underwear and I know it;s for his benefit anyway. He tells me he loves me and how gorgeous I am all the time so I guess I should be grateful....

I don't do anything romantic for him either though ....apart from getting up early to make his lunch 'cos otherwise he wouldn't get any. I think that's above and beyond personally.

On our wedding day he secretly arranged for a friend to come and sing me a song, made me blub.

On Valentine's day one year he climbed to the top of a willow tree and cut me a bunch of twigs covered in pussy willow (which I love)it was freezing cold and they were all all frosty, also made me blub.

Can't think of anything recently but then I havn't done anything for him either.

when i was in hospital recovering from appendicitis he brought in mango and papaya for me to eat, all chopped nicely. that's how i knew our relationship was serious. they're a bugger to peel, mangos.

Good point about not doing anything for him either. Maybe I should try.....

polish me tonsils for a start

or just maybe a romantic dinner with candles etc....

On my first birthday, he rang up my favourite restaurant in Australia and sweet-talked the chef into giving him their recipe for wood-roasted strawberries and saffron ice-cream which he was going to ask the restaurant in England to make. Unfortunately, my mum got ill so birthday celebrations were cancelled, but it was the most thoughtful thing anyone has ever done for me!!!

Sorry - my first birthday with him!!

Mine once wrote me a long letter telling me all the things he loves about me and also going over the history of how we met and why he liked me when we did. It was a lovely letter. He also apologised for having been a bit of a shit at times (which is true) and ended it by saying I am his best friend in the whole world and he wants to grow old with me. I still have it and occasionally sneak a read - he is not a big one for flowers and such. Oh, the other lovely thing I remember is one ill-fated holiday we had years ago in a shit-hole of a rented cottage in Wales, it was freezing cold and I had the flu - somehow or other he found a Winnie the Pooh book and read stories to me until I fell asleep. He did all the voices too.

When we got our Ridgeback puppy, Ruby, about 5.5 years ago (much anticipated, tiny lead/collar hanging up in hall for weeks before etc!) we were over the moon, dh kept nipping out for a pint of milk and coming home with some new toy for her!

The day after we got her he disappeared for half an hour, when he came back I was in the kitchen sitting on the floor playing with the pup. She ran out into the hallway to meet him and he was muttering and faffing around out there for a bit. Then suddenly she bounced round the corner with a little bag in her mouth and dropped it in my lap (really ), when I opened it it was some beautiful Ruby earrings for me!

I blubbed for ages as I thought it was the loveliest thing EVER!

Flew 4000 miles to ask me to marry him. We had known each other five weeks. We were married three weeks later and have been together for almost 15 years.

Let me sleep in on Sunday.

Bought me Christmas cards this year with sweet little messages 'from the children'.

Takes the kids every Saturday morning so I can go to pilates.

Works very hard so I can be a SAHM.

came to visit me when I was working overseas (we had been dating less than a year) went shopping, returned to hotel accompanied by shop's security guard and deposited something in hotel safe- snuck said thing home with him. So at xmas I received some beautiful blue black pearls that I had admired very much while I was there but would never in a million years expected to get. Mind you he did wrap some garlic peanuts from a flight we took while we were there in the travel bag for the pearls to tease me, that was a little bit mean.

bewilderbeast I LOVE your name!

Found and bought me my favourite childhood book- same pressing and cover. I had a cry over that one.

Paused in the street in Cardiff, kissed me and said 'this is where we first met' (and it was)

Bought me roses on my due date.

Other than that, he's not typically romantic, but he treats me wonderfully, so i can't complain.

Proposed to me in the Whispering Gallery at St Paul's Cathedral

Said our honeymoon was a surprise and just told me to pack clothes for a hot country. He didn't tell me were we were going until we got to Heathrow and then told me we were off to LA for a stopover that night and then off to Hawaii for 3 weeks.

My DH did that for me too Carlsberg, I had no idea until my wedding night (also a surprise venue) when he presented me with a Mauritus guide book - didn't get to read it though

He has done some lovely things...

he writes silly little poems on cards

he got me a beautiful locket on our first christmas together and had put little pictures of my mum and dad in it (my mum had died that year)

he took out an ad in the local paper when DS1 was born to say how much he loved me and to thank me for giving birth to our son but

some very fond memories - he can be a shit at times but he is very thoughtful at other times.

He brings me a cup of tea in bed every day except saturday (my getting up with the kids day).

It may not be the grand gesture, but it is much appreciated...

I haven't got a very romantic dh, but the one thing he always used to do was lie on my side of the bed to warm it up, while I used the bathroom before bedtime. I've always hated a cold bed. Shame he doesn't do it anymore.

Proposed to me in a gondola at night in Venice

When we moved into our new house, he led me to believe that we were moving on Thursday, and I got home from work on the Wed to find the house empty. He (with some help!) had moved all our stuff into our new house without me knowing

I like reading threads like this (even though my exh would never have figured on one)

then realised that my BF has been romantic over Xmas....

1. bought me a football Tshirt for my team - it is romantic considering he supports their greatest rival - said it made him feel sick buying & wrapping it
2. I worked over Xmas - he didnt - he cooked a stew & brought it over for me when I got home from work, & cooked on the other nights too

might not sound a lot but am not used to romance

DH is not romantic - he is very practical, but, once as a valentines day present, left beautifullt giftwrapped underwear in the right size on my side of the bed, without saying anything. Was a lovely surprise, I appreciate nice undies!

When we were first married and very skint I had 'flu, and was so poorly I couldn't stand up for 5 days, crawled from the settee to the loo and thaht was about it. He came home from work with a video recorder we could ill afford, and a selection of videos for me to watch to beat my boredom. We were in a rented flat at the time, and the heating was on a timer in with the rent. I was cold, and he bought a me a fan heater to top up the heating. Not grand gestures, but really loving

I'm more romantic than DP anyway, but i was inspired by this thread to pop a little note in his lunchbox for tomorrow, telling him how much i love him and what a great Dad he is.