Thursday, February 18, 2021

All Good Gifts by @karilemor #RomanceGems

 

As Valentine's Day comes and goes, we think about the gifts we give and get. Cards. Chocolate. Flowers. Jewelry. A sports car. WHAT?  No wait, unless you want to give me a sports car. I certainly wouldn’t refuse it.




But seriously, thinking about the years when hub and I would give each other gifts (we don’t any more due to finances and it’s certainly less stressful that way) and what I wanted versus what I got. My husband can, at times, be romantic, but most times Valentine’s Day was a quickly rushed purchase.

For the longest time, he would buy me a big heart-shaped box of chocolates. And most people would think that was great. But as a picky eater (and someone who hates nuts of any kind) many of the chocolates I didn’t like. Thus, he would get to eat all the ones I didn’t. Which was most of them.

Finally, after years of getting maybe three or four of the twenty plus chocolates in the box, plus the box of chocolate covered cherries I bought for him (his favorite) I let him know I really didn’t want chocolates for Valentine’s Day. I would much prefer flowers.

So then I’d get the rushed grocery store bouquet that he picked up when he got his beer. Better, but it took many more years before he (occasionally) went all out and got me my favorite – peach roses.

Honestly, though, I am very thankful I have a husband who stands by my side and supports me in all I do, even if he isn’t the most romantic man in the world. To his credit, he has done some incredibly romantic things (look back and see last year’s post in Feb from me)

This year, we are in sunny Florida enjoying the nicer weather instead of shoveling two feet of snow in ten-degree weather. That’s a lovely present in my book. What I would love more than anything is peace and harmony and health in a world gone crazy.

Stay positive, remember the blessings we do have, and read lots of romance!!

Kari

 


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12 comments:

  1. It's kind of a hard thing to come to understand that sometimes we have to ask for the kind of romance we want. I LOVE supermarket flowers, but even then I had to swallow and tell my dh that I wanted colored ones, not white. Enjoy the warmth and shoveling that sunshine!

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    1. Thanks!! Yeah, I've begun to realize he can't read my mind no matter how much I want him to.

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  2. Mine used to grab me the cheapest bouquet of mini-carnations he could get...until Irealized they were his mom’s favourite.Once I pointed that out...he saw the light! LOL

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  3. I purposefully specified romantic Alpha male. My discarded unromantic beta was not a good match, but romantic gestures take on many forms.

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    1. Lack of 'romance" is fine if they are rich in all the other things that matter.

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  4. I just had to explain to a male friend that if he was going to buy his roses from the supermarket, get rid of the plastic, wrap in tissue and add ribbon. I even did it for him to present to his current girlfriend. He did take her for a wonderful brunch and he did get her Vicky's Secrets. Many men are coachable but start early.

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  5. My husband does a good job! I always get flowers but I get a different kind each year. It's always a surprise which ones he choose. I looooooove him! this year he got me yellow tulips!

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    1. Very nice! Tulips are cool and it's great that he varies it up a bit.

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  6. Charming post, Kari! When Mr. H and I are younger we'd go out for Valentine's Day, swap cards and candy. But, like you guys, we gave all that up. (Am I allowed to admit that as a romance author?!! hahaha) It's the little things each day, the small romantic gestures, that mean the most to me now. Guessing we're on to something, considering we've been married almost 35 years. Enjoy sunny Florida and send us some sunshine!

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    1. Yes, the fact you've been married that long shows there is still romance around!!

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