What is the best small romantic gift to give?

Our romantic readers have responded to what is the best small romantic gift to give and the winner is flowers getting 40% of the votes. Second place was a tie, all receiving 20% of the vote, those answers were Wine, New Underpants, and a picture of the two of you.

Opening Doors

One of the lost art of chivalry is opening doors for others. You should always open the door for you partner no matter where you are going. A good way to practice this is to start opening doors for everyone. It is just polite and will make you look good in everyones eyes. Not only will you look like a saint in the persons eyes you are opening the door for but all the other people who see it will think you are a well mannered person. Once I opened the car door for my wife and a women pulled up beside us and thanked me for keeping romance alive. It made me feel so good that day that I have made it a point to do it from now on. Opening doors might not get you in the building faster but it will give you lots of points with the person you love.

Worst Pick up lines ever!! (Click this title for more)

Guys we need to cut out the corny pick up lines. Never have I heard of a one-line opening that worked well. Especially the ones that jump straight into “I want to have sex with you” Do yourself and all the ladies out there a favor and introduce yourself and tell them you would like a chance to get to know them. If you get a phone number or some conversation congratulations you are doing wonderful. These corny pick up lines only get you punched or kicked in the groin so if you’re into the abuse thing here you go. Check out the link attached to the title of this post for some of the worst all time pick up lines in the history of modern dating. Below is in my opinion one of the worst of the worst.

“I may not be a Flintstone, but I can sure make your bed rock” Scary that someone would use that.

Take your Vitamins

We all understand that vitamins are good for us. However, do you realize that they are important to a vital sex life also. Keeping health is essential for you to remain sexual active but some specific vitamins help directly with your sex life.

Vitamin A - Lack of this vitamin will decrease you sex hormones

Vitamin B-1 - This vitamin helps with your energy without it fatigue sets in and we all know what fatigue does for our sex lives.

Vitamin B-3 (Niacin) - Aids in the functions of sex hormones and your stress reducing hormones. and less stress means a better chance at making love.

Vitamin C - This vitamin helps with the absorption of iron into the blood this helps the blood carry oxygen and other needed things to the organs. With a good blood flow to the organs, you won't need that Viagra.

You can get most of these vitamins through a well balanced diet, or you can pick up the specific supplements at any place that sells vitamins.

Have your own little Thanksgiving for the two of you.

If your like us, you spend your Thanksgiving going from one partners parents to the next. Eating and roaming the country side. While I am not in the least bit saying you should skip these family gatherings, I am suggesting you make your own little Thanksgiving dinner on the night before or after. Pick on of the nights and make a little dinner for the two of you, heck you can even use left overs if you brought some home. You could also make a specific dish for the two of you to enjoy this time of year. Sit around and tell each other why you are thankful for their being in your life and don't just say the big things, use the little ones to show how much you value them. Things like "I am so thankful when you get up a little earlier to let me sleep in" or "I am thankful that you pushed me to apply for my new job" Spread them out through out the whole day and retrace the entire year. Sure being thankful shouldn't happen just once a year but when the word is in the title of the day you can't help but make it a focal point.

Give a late night call.

Have you ever laid awake thinking about the person you love. Well next time you are sitting their wondering about them, give them a little call. Pick up your phone call them and tell them you were thinking about them and just wanted to call and say Hi. Don't do this if you know they have to get up early the next day. Most likely they will feel great that you called and a smile will grace their face. This works great if you are on a business trip or away from home for a long period of time. Springing a call on a person at the spur of the moment tells them you really care and makes them realize that your mind is on them. You can even do this when you are in the same house if one of you stays up later then the other pick up your phone and call them just to tell them you love them. You will most likely get extra snuggles once you get into bed with them. Don't keep them on the phone long let them get back to sleep and there is a good chance they will dream about you.

How often do you say "I Love You"

"I Love You" the three little words that say so much. The question lies in do you use it to little or too much? I hear both sides on this question and it seem like if one partner says they use it to much the other says that they use it to little. We have a sort of "I Love You" war going on here and both sides are not wrong or right. The trick is to find a balance a middle ground that can make both sides happy. Give a little, take a little is they way we find the exact formula. We need to use the I love you sparingly, it is not just for every reason in the world, if you partner takes out the trash or does their normal chores you don't have to shower them with kisses and I love you's . On the other side of the ball don't respond to a candle lit dinner that includes your favorite dishes with "Thanks, that was good" is not an appropriate response for what that partner has done for you. Think about the times you need to say "I Love You" and don't use it out. It is a special statement that carries so much weight but used wrongly it just seems diluted.