How to be romantic to your girlfriend or wife sometimes does not come easy since it is usually the woman who is emotional to the point of knowing how to be romantic. So if you want to get to the habit of being romantic to your girlfriend or wife, read on.How to be romantic to your girlfriend

Small spontaneous gestures are romantic…like picking a flower by the bush you pass by, or stealing a kiss on a woman’s hand.

Public displays of affection or just about anything that shouts to the world how you love her is very romantic. Women love those.

Sudden “unplanned “ dates are romantic. Small thoughtful gifts “just because" are romantic as opposed to giving gifts on scheduled things like birthdays or holidays and anniversaries….those occasions merit a little more creativity like surprise vacations, “snatching “ your woman from school or work for a date or any unwinding activity is romantic.

Surprising your girlfriend by secretly asking her family and freinds about her favorite things is romantic. And so is knowing her personal preferences and revolving on these preferences for little surprises. Giving generic, off-the-shelf gifts are generally not romantic and sends a message that it is not well-thought of and just gping through the motion of giving something.

Flowers are always romantic…though you may want some variation as to how to use them…break them into petals and have them strewn wherever you might bring her, as stuffing in a gift box or on her car’s sunvisor.

There need not be spending to be romantic to your girlfriend or wife. Even just taking walks and devoting time and attention is always romantic.

Having terms of endearment or pet names is romantic and so is touching, caressing even as you talk.

Listening to romantic songs or watching romantic movies always helps, and it is also where you can get ideas, or endearing lines and just about anything on how to be romantic to your girlfriend.

The Greater Challenge: Keeping the Romance Alive in a Marriage

How to be romantic to your wife can really be a challenge when you have lived with someone for years and yet this is one of the most important but undermined gestures since this is supposedly a commitment of a lifetime.

It is when you let yourselves fall into that comfort zone trap of living together that you start losing the romance. However it is being together that can also give you the opportunity to be romantic to your wife.

Bringing her breakfast in bed is romantic. Or surprising her with a formal dinner at either home is romantic, complete with all the works, background music, slow dancing, dressing up for the occasion and turn an otherwise ordinary night into an awesome romantic evening.

Taking leisurely sunrise or sunset walks is romantic. Or spending a night just watching a romantic movie cuddled in bed.

Leisurely massages in the bedroom in low light, soft music and gentle room scent is romantic. Or having wine in such conditions.

Taking a vacation to get away from it all especially surprise ones is romantic.

Never forget to say sweet endearing compliments everyday, making her feel how lucky you are to have her.

Never stop treating her as you did when you were at the courting stage or as a girlfriend. That’s why the ideas above on how to be romantic to a girlfriend will always apply on how to be romantic to your wife.

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Author has majored in Psychology and has successfully mixed motherhood and career