Once the holidays or her birthday is behind you, guys, the pressure to make your partner feel special is over for at least a year. Right? Wrong, Wrong, Wrong! Martians think of it like this: If your wife or girlfriend only had sex with you once a year, would that be enough? Probably not! Ladies don’t want to be made to feel special just once per year. It’s important to make her feel romanced all year long. Romance inspires a woman to want to be more sexual.
Ladies, on the other hand, give the guys a break. Most men think of romance differently than women do. It doesn’t necessarily come as naturally to men as it does for women. But keep in mind that most men want to make their partners happy. They may need for you to communicate your needs to them more directly throughout the year. Try these tips from MarsVenus.com to increase your weekly romance and you’ll be smiling all year long!
1. The biggest killer of romance is not enough time. At the end of a busy day you wind up in the same bed and comment, “Gee, when did you get here?” If Publisher’s Clearing House called and said your million-dollar check was ready, you’d make the time to pick it up. Make the time to make your relationship worth a million dollars.
2. Eat dinner together as often as you can. Couples who eat together create a ritual of talking and connecting over a meal. This frees up the rest of the evening for other romantic interludes.
3. The work week is full of unexpected plans. Remember when trying to add some spice that it needs to be easy, or else you’ll abandon your plans at the first roadblock. Keep it simple!
4. Turn off the TV!
5. Our readers tell us that women love a man with a plan. Plan a dinner, a trip to an evening art exhibit or even dinner at home. And give her plenty of notice because romantic feelings grow for women when they have something to look forward to.
6. Light candles and play romantic music … even if you’re not able to be intimate. This signals to your partner that you are thinking of them in a romantic way.
7. If you have kids, spend the few hours after they have gone to bed together talking about your day. Pour a glass of wine, sit on the couch and catch up.
8. Making time to have sex during the week can be difficult. Make a point to hug and kiss each other often when you’re too busy for sex.
9. Create a ritual of talking about your day together. You bring your partner closer when you share what you did for the 10 hours you were apart. This should not be a book report of your day, but rather a time of connecting your two worlds.
10. Establish a regular date night. This can be a time where you go out together, or stay home. Alternate plans, perhaps one week you plan it and the next your partner does. Keep in mind that for the date to be romantic, you don’t need to spend a lot of money. A romantic evening for many couples is as simple as a bowl of popcorn and their favorite movie. The point is that you plan time together. And try to do it without interruptions. Turn off the TV, radio and any other distraction. Romantic time is private time together — interruptions inhibit intimacy.
Remember: Romance blossoms when both halves of the couple put in time and effort to show each other how they feel. It doesn’t have to be difficult and it doesn’t have to happen every day, but couples who put forth the effort have happier romances to show for it

Take two ounces of the spirits of Reason Three Ounces of the Powder of experience five drams of Juice of Discretion Six ounces of the powder of Good advice and two spoonfuls of the cooling water of Consideration, make it into a pills and drink a little Content after them. One dose clears the head of Maggots and whimsies, then take another dose and drink a little Content and you’ll be restored to your right Senses…
The author of this tongue-in cheek recipe (or ‘receipt’ as then known) is unknown but the hand is very similar to that of Richard Angier of Coton born 1788. Various account books belonging to this gentleman and other records of the family’s extensive estates in Barton and Coton survive alongside this item in the Rayner Collection

Show your sweetie your heart belongs to them with one of these 25 ways to say, “I love you!”Order a custom-made cake with, “I love you” written on it.
Call in a dedication on your partner’s favorite radio station.
Have flowers, delivered in person by a mutual friend.
Post a dedication on www.topsmsmvideo.com Commission a billboard on your partner’s route to work.
Diamond anything, with a card, or engraved.
Send them a framed photograph, autographed by you.
Leave a message on their voice mail or pager.
Leave little love notes around the house where they will find them.
Write it on the bathroom mirror in fog-proof treatment.
Mail them a letter, postcard or greeting card.
Commission a sky writer to write it in the air.
Announce it over the public address system in any public place.
Send them a postcard from the heart.
Write them a love poem.
Build a web site dedicated to your love.
Take out an ad in their favorite newspaper or magazine.
Make a screen saver and have a colleague load it onto their work computer.
Create any one of the simple crafts on LYC and send it to your love with a note.
Send them a box of chocolates with a card.
Have an artist draw their portrait from a photograph.
Carve a heart into their favorite tree.
Buy them something they have always wanted.
Commission a love song, sung just for them.
Commission a romance novel with you both as the lead characters.

Love Letters
Love can be expressed in a myriad of different methods, but the most timeless and most treasured will always remain the classic love letter. In a recent project here at 1millionlovemessages.com we accepted entries for love letters from our users to reflect the current state of romance through the written word. The result is a collection of many user-submitted love letters reflecting the entire range of romantic emotion! Use these letters as a starting base for your next romantic moment, or just be inspired or reflect on the romantic nature of other couples. Either way, we’re sure you’ll treasure these words as much as the person to whom they are written.
28 Creative Love Letter Ideas
1. An Audio Tape Letter
Well my Fiancée sent me a audio tape, when I first saw the tape I thought it was broken, then I looked carefully and realized that it had a little tab, saying “Pull me” I pulled the tab and started to read what was written on the actually magnetic tape. My fiancée had actually written to me on the tape with a gold pen. This really touched my heart, and all I could think of was, what a wonderful, fun and LOVING person she is. I LOVE her to bits, I wish the same to all the romantics out there that share the same thoughts as me and my fiancée do.
Submitted by Darren Solanki
2. Message In A Bottle
When you’re in a long distance relationship, all you can rely on is letters, cards, emails, and telephone calls. But my boyfriend came up with a creative way to send me a letter. I got a package from him one day and I found a bottle with a letter inside! It was really cute and melted my heart! Who isn’t charmed by received a message in a bottle!
Submitted by Anonymous
3. Dated…
This is not so much an idea, but something that I did for my love. I never believed in love at first sight until I met Micheal. It wasn’t quite love at first sight, but following our first date, there were feelings inside me that went far beyond expression. I didn’t want to say something that I may regret later, or more likely, something that would scare him away, but I had to let it out or I would simply explode. I sat down and wrote him a letter telling him of my feelings for him. I told him that I thought I was falling in love with him and that I thought he was absolutely wonderful. I put it in an envelope and mailed it to my own home, but with his name on the envelope. It was only a couple weeks later when he expressed that he felt the same feelings about me, and so I pulled the letter out of my drawer and handed it to him. Noticing the post-marked date, he read the letter with complete astonishment, and was totally charmed to know that I had fallen in love with him on our very first date.
Submitted by Megan
4. Secret Admirer
I find that the most romantic gestures take a little time to do. Write a glorious infatuation letter, even better type it to conceal your handwriting. Try to make sure there are no tips to give you away, but put hints in it that would make her think it might be somebody else she knows. Use things you might know about her job, or places she might go, but things other people can also know. You might even scare her by telling her you followed her home. Sign it Your Secret Admirer, and send it to her by mail. Send flowers anonymously. Candy, Poetry, whatever you can think of. I set this up for a month, and when I let on who her secret admirer was, I never felt so gratified. It made her feel good that she thought she was still desirable, and when she found out it was me it made it all the better.
Anonymously
5. A letter hunt
My boyfriend told me that he would leave me a love note on my computer for when I got home. Well, he did just that and more. He sent me running around the house finding these little “clues” to where the real love letter was. After running up and down the stairs, finding clues in the cookie jar, ice cream container, under my pillow, in the bathroom, on the tv, and so on-he led me to the wine cellar in the basement where there sat a dozen roses with yet another “clue” as to where my love letter was. He had taped it to the back of the teddy bear he gave me for x-mas. It was the sweetest thing in the world even though I felt silly running through the house like I did.
Submitted by Anonymous
6. A Single Rose Love Letter
Who says that flowers are only for girls? Guys love them too. I bought a beautiful rose for my boyfriend and plucked almost all of the petals off of it. Attached to each petal, I wrote one sentence on a small piece of paper (rolled up) telling him how much he means to me. I placed the petals face up so he couldn’t see the messages. When he opened the box, he saw the left over plucked rose, a small note explaining what’s behind each petal, and the petals underneath. I can honestly say that the reciever will cherish that gift forever. :o) My boyfriend did, and right after he confessed his love for me. To this day, he still takes out the dried rose petals to read each note that explains how much I admire and love him.
Submitted by Cathy
7. Say it with their name
Send your partner roses according to how many letters there name has. For example: “manny”. You would buy 5 red roses and with each rose you would write a message starting with the first letter of their name. For example M: My love. You will never imagine how much I love you. Then for the second rose you would write: All that I ever have wanted is you and only you. then you would finish until you get to the letter Y. Before writing the note you must underline the first letter of every message. It will spell out his /her name. Then leave it where he/she will see it or just have it sent.
Submitted by Ledy Dejesus
8. Floating love letter
Save the next empty wine bottle, the next time you surprise your partner with that bubble bath, write a love letter and stick it in the bottle, cork it and float it in the bath water : )
by Anonymous
9. Love Notes
I love leaving little love notes around the house, but you want to make sure that you leave them where your love one will find them. Two ways this can be done.
(1) buy magnetic letters (bookstores sell) and place them on the refig., they are bound to go there sooner or later.
(2) use a soap bar and write your romantic message on the bathroom mirror. It won’t do damage to mirror and is easy to get off with a little water.
by Nicholas
10. Say it in a BIG way!
The other day I made a large envelope and a large note that said, “I love you in the biggest way!” I even went out on the Internet to download pictures of stamps and blew them up in size. Then I had the apartments where she lives call her to the office to pick up an “important” letter…
Submitted by Mike Johnston
11. Book of Love
This is something I did for my boyfriend, and he loved it! I thought of My ten favorite things about him, then wrote a letter about each one and how much it meant to me. I put all the letters (after I’d spent tons of time perfecting and decorating them) together into a little book, and give it to him for our anniversary. Big success!!
Submitted by Sabrina
12. Letter a day…
If your loved one is going away for vacation or a short trip, take a pink colored notepad and for each day that he’s gone write a separate love letter, so that he can read one everyday and be close to you. (I tried it– and it worked better than I thought!)
Submitted by Loving
13. Love Letter Ideas
I like to send my boyfriend a letter (snail mail) every week. However, I want every letter to be as new and exciting as for him as the first, so I try to be creative. Some ideas:
- send a letter in a bottle (be extra careful with the packaging so it won’t break)
-write a letter on the back of a 100 piece jigsaw puzzle, then take it apart and let them put it together
-instead of sending a written letter, send a video cassette of yourself telling everything you want your special person to know.
Submitted by Anonymous
14. Love Letter Ideas
I’ve found that one way to easily make an ordinary letter or package more special for somebody, is to decorate the package or envelope that you’re sending. When one of my loves sent me a teddy bear, she lined the inside of the box with gift wrapping paper, and I still cherish that box to this day. If you’ve got a letter you wanna decorate, and you’re not a good artist, then get some stickers. Too many of us forget about stickers after about grade school, but you can attach a cute or lovable sticker to anything at all, and whatever it touches will become special. A lot of restaurants and stores will have sticker dispensers that have those shiny, metallic stickers, they are superb. But don’t just get the envelope, hit the letter itself, and be sure to perfume those pages. Perfumed pages are incredibly sensual. A good way to accomplish this is to put perfume on your wrist before you start writing. As your wrist moves across the paper, it’ll be scented. Yet another thing you can do to make a letter more romantic is to write something on the flap, so the first thing your love sees when they open the envelope is an, “I love you” or something else. Before they even begin reading, they’ll already be smitten with love.
Submitted by Klancy Kennedy
15. In A Different Language
Write your loved one a long, romantic, handwritten letter in a different language (friends come awfully handy if you don’t know that much). Give it to him/her with something you treasure (in my case, he gave me his lucky pen). They’ll have a memorable time getting the letter translated, and they’ll be inspired to do the same. *smile*
Submitted by Gemma
16. Laundry Surprise
If your loved one does your laundry, write a love letter and leave it in a pocket. On laundry day he/she will find it while checking for forget me’s. Make sure to write his/her name on it so he/she will read it, not just toss it in the waste.
Submitted by Anonymous
17. Word Power
When sending your loved one a card or letter, handwrite a word find puzzle on the envelope with the words “I Love You” hidden and ask her to find the hidden phrase. Nice little treat!
Submitted by James
18. A Simple Letter of Love
A simple letter to show them how you feel usually makes them smile. My boyfriend and I are in high school and we were kind of fighting. Well, one day I went all day without seeing him at all. When school got out he was waiting for me by the doors and he handed me a letter and told me to open it. I opened it and all the way down the paper it said, “I love you.” Then at the very bottom it said, “Hope this makes up for the times when I didn’t say I love you or it didn’t seem like I did. I’ll always love you a million times more than what you think.” I looked up and he kissed me right in front of his friends and sister. It was so sweet! See what a simple letter can do to make things better?
Submitted by Tiffanie Merrill
19. I Love You Blanket
Find out his favorite colors and make him a blanket preferably fleece and on one side using felt letters write something like “cover you in kisses” or “I Love you” or “Wrapping you in my love” or something like that. I’m giving it to my BF for christmas I hope it goes well!
Submitted by Anonymous
20. Rescue Me!
I did this for my boyfriend and I’s 1st anniversary, He loved it. OK, I got a big glass bottle with a cork on top. You glue sand on the out side, make sure that it looks like the bottle has been laying on the sand for a very long time. and glue shells,sea weed etc. Then some how get some one to draw you. (make sure you like) Then write a nice letter about how you two got together and how you feel now. Then roll the papers up and place then in the bottle. Oh an extra tip.. drop some perfume on the cork. Enjoy!
Submitted by Emily Aguilar
21. A Letter To Remember
Before your wedding write a letter to your husband to be and have them write one to you. Write about anything. But, focus on your relationship with that person. Then put both letters in a safe deposit box. On your 25th anniversary exchange letters that you wrote to each other.
Submitted by stacy nelson
22. A Ransom Note
Champagne, games, and roses are nice but can get very boring after a while. Instead, get creative and do something off the wall. My girlfriend has this stuffed animal that she adores and keeps on her bed. So I decided to kidnap the stuffed animal making a ransom note from cutting letters out of the news paper.In the letter it said ” give me a McDonalds cheeseburger and a six pack of beer or your stuffed pig is pork.” Then I took a picture of it on a plate with an apple by it and a fork and knife by the edge of the plate. I then placed the ransom letter and picture on her door. Of course when she saw it she new it was me but we had a fun time with it. She would make playful and sarcastic comments and of course I played back. Needless to say I gave the stuffed animal back making myself look like the hero and she rewarded me with a nite of love. However, your mate must have a good sense of hummor or you might spend the nite on the couch.
Submitted by brian
23. Candy Bar Card
For my boyfriend’s birthday, I got a big poster board and I wrote him a letter using candy bars. It said things like you’re better than the Three Musketeers, and meet me at 5th Avenue so I can see your Whatchamacalit. Then at the end I put little hugs and kisses. He absolutely loved it and still has it.
Submitted by carrie lynn
24. Covered In Love
Write a surprise love letter to your significant other on a bed sheet (the one you use to cover up with).
Submitted by Sarah
25. Butterflies
I was getting ready to go out with an old girlfriend I had not seen in five years. I was waiting for her to show up at my apartment and was very nervous. When she arrived I couldn’t believe how beautiful she was, more than I had remembered. She looked wonderful. Anyway we had a spectacular evening of dinner and dancing. After she left that evening I couldn’t stop thinking about her so I decided send her a letter the following week. The letter had small stickers of butterflies I had placed all over it with a message that read “These are the butterflies you gave me last Friday when I heard you walking up the steps to my apartment. I thought you might like them back.” She absolutely loved it!!
Submitted by Anonymous
26. An Overlooked I Love You
Once, when my boyfriend and I were having a rough time on a special day, I cut out nine small paper hearts, wrote one letter of “I LOVE YOU!” on each, and colored them pink and red. I put the hearts in an envelope with a sheet of paper. On the paper I had made outlines of the hearts (from when I colored them) with nine overlooked reasons why I love him, one in each.
Submitted by Anonymous
27. Message In A Bottle
For our one year anniversary, I wanted to do something special for my boyfriend, but I wasn’t sure what to do. Then, while shopping at a craft store, I came upon a beautiful, blue bottle with a cork. Inspired by the recent movie, “Message in a Bottle”, I wrote my boyfriend a three page letter reviewing the past year, and expressing my everlasting love for him. Then I tied the letter with a ribbon, put it in the bottle, put the cork in tightly, and then dated it. When I give it to him, he won’t be allowed to open it…he will have to wait until the following year. A year later, as he opens the bottle from the previous year, he will be presented with another message in a bottle. Hopefully, we will be together long enough so that he will eventually have many, many bottles!!
Submitted by Anonymous
28. Being There For Your Love!
Write your love a love letter using kiddie stickers that say things like “terrific” or “top notch” or the like. It’s a colorful way to spice up an ordinary love letter and will be sure to make his/her day that you put in the extra time.
(submitted by Amy)

Need new ideas to spruce up your love letters? Or, maybe you need to go over the top to get out of the “dog house.” If so, find the perfect solution with these creative love letter ideas!Write a small but romantic love letter (about 5 lines in length or less). Then, get your local newspaper and circle all the words you need (in order) to include in your letter. Then leave the paper with a special note on top telling them to put together the words to form the letter.Write a line or two of a 20 -30 sentence love letter on bits of paper or index cards. Hide the cards in various places and leave a hint on where to find the next part of the letter. The really adventurous might try leaving bits of the letter around your city.On your shower wall, before your love takes a shower, write a lipstick (guys buy some for this purpose) love letter.This one might take a bit of time and two video recorders. Tape a few hours of TV shows. Watch the shows and pick out words that have been said and create a love letter out of them. Then re-record only those words in the correct order to make a video love letter. Alternately, you can use two tape recorders and do the same thing.Similar to the idea above, take lines from your favorite love songs and record them to make a beautiful love letter!At set periodic times of the day send one line of an e-mail letter to your love.Get a few bags of Hershey’s Kisses candy and spell out a short love letter on the floor for your sweetie to find.On a plastic white or light colored plate, write a love letter creatively in permanent pen. Make dinner and leave the plate in place of your normal serving ware. (Make sure to switch it back before putting food on it.)If you have a projector and an empty white or light colored wall (garages are perfect usually) write your letter in dark ink on a piece of paper and project it on the wall for them to find.If your partner likes to read, leave a love letter in their book for them to stumble across

Give A Rebus Love Poem

To many people writing a love poem can feel like a daunting task. With a few creative supplies, and a great idea, you will find that it’s not quite as unbearable as you may have thought.
You’ve heard the saying “pictures say a thousand words.” Use this to your benefit and create a rebus love poem for your sweetheart. Start collecting different pictures you can use. The following sources are excellent things to look for:stickersstamps & inkmagazine clippingsnewspaper clippings
Once you’ve collected enough “pictures,” you can start making your rebus poem. Remember, the entire poem doesn’t need to be from pictures. You can do something like this as well:
You can make your rebus love poem even more unique by the paper you choose. Newspaper, colored file folders, posters and card stock are just a few ideas. Think about what emotion you want your partner to feel when they read it and go from there! Here are a few ideas to begin with:
Homemade Card
Take a piece of construction paper and fold it in half. Write a short sentiment using your pictures on the front like “I love you!” On the inside create your rebus poem.
Huge Token
Purchase a presentation board from an office supply store. Decorate the outside of it. On the inside write your rebus love poem.
Elegant Sentiment
Your local craft store should have a memory book section. Within the section you will find many various styles of “decorated” papers. Purchase a few and create your rebus love poem on paper.

Everyone has a story to tell. In fact, most people delight in sharing the little things that happen to them daily. But, when it comes to undertaking something such as actually writing their own love story, most people balk at the idea. So imagine the surprise your partner will feel when you’ve taken the time to record the very significant part of your lives on paper. For ideas and tips, read on…
Where To Start
First compile all relevant information such as:Where and when you met.Where and when you first kissed.Where and when you proposed.Where and when you were married.The first time you knew you were in love.Where and when you shared these feelings with your partner.Where and when you had your first date.How you felt when you were on your first date.
Next, you’ll need to sort the information chronologically, from the first event.
It’s much easier to put the story together when you write about each event memory on an index card. For quick reference, highlight what the event/memory was, and the date it happened on the top. Then, in as much detail as memory allows, write about what happened, including all your senses such as touch, sight, smell, etc.
Once you have all the events memories written, and in order. Start writing your love story. It will be a fairly easy job if you’ve done the steps above.
Creative Ideas For Your Story
It’s one thing to sit down and write your love story, it’s quite another to take the time to put creative effort into it. Some ideas couples have done range from video taping the story with pictures, to creating their own professionally bound book with pictures. The possibilities are truly endless. To help you get started, here are a few ideas:Tell the story in a fairy-tale format. Starting with, “Once upon a time…”Create a puppet show with puppets to represent each of your characters. Save a copy of the play for your partner to read later.Write your story in diary format. Get a blank journal and create entries for each of the days that are relevant for your love story.Make a timeless treasure by writing your story in calligraphy on a heavy paper. Dip the pages in tea or burn the edges to give it an “old” look. Roll it up and tie a ribbon around it. You may want to give your partner a round tube so the letter doesn’t get ruined.Create a love story scavenger hunt. Write parts of your story with clues to find the next section. This is especially fun if the clues are hidden in places relevant to your love story!