What's the most romantic thing anyone's ever done for you?

[nickblainesmistress]

I feel I've set my expectations high after years of watching tv shows and films with grand romantic gestures, so I'm interested to hear of real life scenarios! My husband is lovely but he is all talk and often spoils nice surprises by blabbing about it in advance. Anyone been swept off their feet in real life? Or does it only happen in the movies?

My husband drove all night from France to meet me at the Hilton Park Lane before he had to fly to America for work. A night to remember.

5th date with new man - tells me to pack a bag for an overnight trip and bring my passport. Loved not knowing where we were going etc

My bf collected me from the hospital after an op and sat up all night while I was struggling with the pain meds wearing off. That’s romance :)

Someone I spoke to on the ph for the first time from old caught the next plane from Geneva then drove from the airport for 3 hours to meet me.

My husband is pretty romantic generally, buys flowers regularly, sends me ‘I love you’ texts every day when he gets to work. All cringe stuff.

Our 2 month dating anniversary he booked a hotel and did the whole wine and dine bit. Funny story that there was a threesome going on in the room next door so we were kept up all night by them. That’s a whole other story though.
It’s the little things too like it sounds silly but if it’s icy he makes sure he defrosts my car for me before he goes to work.

A lovely man I'd been chatting to via text and phone for a few weeks asked if he could drive 30 miles from his home to mine to give me a goodnight kiss. 3 cups of tea, constant chat and one chaste kiss later, he drove home with our pending first date in the diary. I loved his approach. 3 days later he had a catastrophic stroke and was never able to speak again.

Loads of lovely things but here's a couple that stand out. Both share a common theme. In the very early days of us dating and I was going to Paris with my family for Christmas. I was travelling by Eurostar on my own so he drove me to Marylebone and handed me a gift bag before I boarded the train with instructions to open en route. In it was a half bottle of chilled champagne with a glass, lovely chocolates and a silk nightie.

Other one was that he was away for my birthday so left a card to open on the day. The card had a clue and I ended up searching the whole house for one clue after another. One showed a passport, then a suitcase, a picture of Eurostar etc etc the last one a little package with travel tickets, hotel booking confirmation and a Rough Guide to Paris. We went together the following month.

Oh cajenchick that's so sad 😞

Last summer I had an early Friday at work. My plan was to just go to the beach and relax with a book and a tub of ice cream, but my fiancé turned up at work unexpectedly with a massive bouquet and a car waiting outside. I had no idea what he had planned, but he basically took me out for lunch (and a sail) on a boat before taking me to the airport. He surprised me with a weekend trip to Paris. Best weekend!

A couple of years ago, on my birthday, my fiancé woke me up really early. I had no idea where we were going, but it ended up being a beautiful morning of having breakfast in a hot air balloon. I had talked about wanting to go on one, so it was a really amazing surprise.

A bit old-fashioned, but I thought it was really romantic of my fiancé to have asked my dad for my hand in marriage before he proposed to me. I'm really, really close to my dad, so his opinions and blessings matter to me a lot.

Lastly, my fiancé is a solicitor, and he regularly featured in various news outlets in my country. On my birthday last year he had a live interview on national TV, and at the end of the interview he said to the hosts "Just before I leave, I hope it's okay that I take a second to wish my fiancé a happy birthday. I feel bad about being away from her on her special night tonight"

I'm a very romantic person myself so I love his gestures, and I love surprising and doing nice things for him as well.

I had always wanted a lovely dolls house as a child and never got one. Ex boyfriend bought me a huge wooden one with all the lovely bits and pieces. Even as an adult it meant a huge amount! X

And what lovely romantic things have you all done for your boyfriends?

Aw these are lovely! Cajenchick that's so sad, you must have been devastated for him.

An ex (still on very good terms) travels a lot with his career, as a result we were apart a lot. Where he could he would fly home to see me even if it meant he was only at home for 12 hours. At the time I was playing for Steelers, he absolutely hated rugby but if he was free for a home/local game he would always come and watch me play.

Christmas 1999 my lovely husband asked me if I would spend the next millennium with him and for the New Year bought me a beautiful eternity ring.
Where have those 20 years gone??

@ShatnersWig why not start your own thread and you can find out?

My DH is wonderful. He takes me on lots of surprise weekends away and buys me flowers frequently. All of that is, of course, lovely...but when I’m in pain he’ll sit up all night with me, rubbing my back and holding my hand, making me drinks etc. He tells the paramedics every single last detail of my condition and sits with me (sometimes for hours on end) in hospital. If he knows I’m not feeling good, he’ll drop whatever he’s doing at work and walk the youngest DC to school and put washing on/cook dinner etc. All these things are the most romantic to me. Flowers and trips away are great but when he looks after me so selflessly, that’s true romance to me

Blimey....I’m getting soft in my old age!

Bugged I get the feeling, based on many of my friends, it would be a short thread, actually! But I was more thinking why not just talk about romantic things we do "for each other" rather than "have done to us"? That's all.

Shatters The question was what romantic things have been done for us. I have plenty to list if the question was about what romantic things we have done for our partners. Romance works both ways

Oops , Shatners not Shatters. Apologies !

Dh who was Bf that the time asked me if I wanted to go on holiday as he didn't know what to get me for my birthday.We'd been together for 8 weeks so wasnt expecting anything other than a card.We had a lovely week in spain a couple of weeks later.

My DP has done some wonderful and generous things for me over the years (and I like to think I have done the same for him!), including buying me some lovely gifts but the one that touched me most was last year on Valentine's Day. He normally ends up travelling with work through most of jan and Feb so had missed Valentine's Day every year we've been together (not that it's a big day to celebrate but it would still be nice to have dinner or something as we don't have an anniversary to celebrate). Last year he was unexpectedly able to be home and got back earlier than me. I walked into the kitchen to find a giant 3 tier homemade chocolate cake coated in homemade chocolate ganache and strawberries. He's exceptionally gifted in a lot of areas but cooking is my thing (because I love it) and he has no interest in it at all, so he rarely cooks dinner and he's never baked in the time we've been together. It was a complete surprise as I hadn't even realised he would be at home, let alone turning his hand to baking.