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CibbuanoDon't take love advice from terrible articles
January 21st 2009 22:28
In my opinion, the worst are the mediocre lists on how to improve your relationship or be more romantic. The internet is a great place for some things, but these lists, which feature predominantly in awful magazines, are some of the worst, with the author having spent little or no time rushing though it.
50 SImple Ways to Be Romantic
"# Write "I love you" in the steam on the bathroom mirror after he takes a shower.
# Offer a back massage with some good smelling lotion.
# Write a poem. Then use Google Translator to translate a poem into either French or Italian. Then handwrite it out with the translation on the back side. Or better yet, greet your partner at night and read it to them with passion and then hand them the translation."
# Offer a back massage with some good smelling lotion.
# Write a poem. Then use Google Translator to translate a poem into either French or Italian. Then handwrite it out with the translation on the back side. Or better yet, greet your partner at night and read it to them with passion and then hand them the translation."
Argh - I shudder at the thought of using Google Translate to fake-write a poem in another language. Here, I used Google Translate on a classic Chinese poem:
"GAO Wen-Sui quarter will return to Providence to mention the sword.
San affirmative steps to generation.
St. followed God God is still with sandwiches.
Sanikidze discretion沉酣peo ple smoked bone marrow.
Mao first ride since Kei Jimen dust tail.
Hu Bing killing over Xianyang City汉兵corpse.
Hero宣皇talk and laugh away any open."
San affirmative steps to generation.
St. followed God God is still with sandwiches.
Sanikidze discretion沉酣peo ple smoked bone marrow.
Mao first ride since Kei Jimen dust tail.
Hu Bing killing over Xianyang City汉兵corpse.
Hero宣皇talk and laugh away any open."
Romantic, eh? Mmmm, smoked bone marrow...
It's the mediocrity and cliche of the list that bothers me:
"# Surprise her at work and take her out to lunch, maybe take-out food in the park or maybe to a little diner, for a midday romantic interlude.
# Put together a little gift on his pillow: chocolate and a note that says "Your love is like chocolate: sweet and delicious."
Your love is like chocolate? My love is like hot, stinking tar: hard to wash off and unchanged by cold weather.
And then it's the mindless repetition:
"# Write a love poem for her."
"Write an old fashioned love letter and mail it. Be romantic and lavish. Have some fun with it."
"Leave a love note in her car telling her to have a great day."
Get out of here - those are almost the same thing, and it's taking up valuable space on the internet.
Notice, too, that each of those items is defined as romantic by the use of the word 'love'. What about a 'love toboggan' or a 'love BLT'? I've had one - it was very romantic and a little spicy because of a little Cajun love mayonnaise.
"Buy some underwear with special messages on it. Or buy your own and paint a special picture or message with fabric paints."
Now this I agree with. You must buy this pair of undies:
Well, that's not the one I wanted to post - the best pair of panties to buy are the ones that say "F*** My A**". Woo hoo! Romantic!
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Comment by Kleonaptra
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The most romantic thing a couple can do is work together - like do a household chore blitz first thing in the morning, so you can spend the rest of the day in bed. Pre cook some meals together, so instead of being apart in the evening because of cooking or kitchen duty you can spend the time chatting instead. Not much money around right now, but you dont need to 'get away' to focus on each other.
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Comment by Cibbuano
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Tania - toothpaste is a great move!
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Comment by Journeywoman
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I like reading love advice personally - it gives you an insight into the person writing it. Some of it is okay but like any other kind of advice it's best taken with a grain of salt. The internet's all about infotainment anyway....
Great post Cib.
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