To me, Romance is when two people complete each other and are not affraid to show it to each other and every one else. I have been with my Fiance for 5 years and I love her more and more each day she is my best friend and I love spending time with her and have learnt to put up with her crazy family (and I mean Crazy. Admitedly some people "fall out of romance" where they dont quite complete each other any more then it gets worse and worse (I just hope this never happens to me).

Those things your just described right there.. totally me and my BFF's :) Good to know we romance each other.

Romance is, doing the dishes, vacuuming or hanging out the laundry and not expect sex for doing so!

To me, romance is like seduction but more permanent. It's what you do when you want someone physically AND emotionally. Wooing comes to mind - writing me a poem, planning a getaway I'll enjoy, cooking me my favourite foods etc.

Then again, romantic might seem a funny word to use when my man unclogs the shower drain, but similarly it makes me want to jump him (after he's washed his hands...)

It really is the little things... being cooked for without having to ask or being asked (incessantly) what you would like to eat. just cook something dammit. Taking my car to the gas station to check the air pressure, oil or what have you. Noticing if something hasn't been done and doing it Bringing home picked flowers I could go on...

Things mean a whole lot more when you don't have to ask and when the person doesn't announce that they have done these wonderful things for you, like they need the acknowledgment straight away. It works both ways!!

Romance is being selfless to make someone else feel special and valued.

To me, romance is being there. As the old saying goes: you can pretend to care, but you can't pretend to be there.

Leaving special little love notes is places for me to find later on when he's not around. I have a few in my wallet, one reads "I love you more than anything or anyone, you are beautiful, sexy, hot and gorgeous - better than anything I ever imagined" Awwwwwww!

Romance is showing your partner that you care & think of them everyday, & not just because it's expected (ie. Valentines Day) - like you did when you first got together. Romance to me is like putting my wife's pajama's IN the bed when I switch the electric blanket on over winter - so they are nice and toasty warm when she gets changed into them.

To me, romance is:

Warming up my side of the bed for me on cold nights Staying calm and positive when I'm/we're stressed about something Rough-housing with my dog in the back yard and putting up with all my dog's annoying habits Snuggling on the couch, watching our favourite tv shows together Listening to me rant and rave about my day and fighting the urge to solve my problems, knowing that I just need to vent The smile that spreads across my partners face when I get home, just because he is happy to see me Always being supportive and caring and loving and thoughtful.

I wonder what my man would say?

Like I said on twitter : receiving a love-letter at 54 , made me blush(+) and the way she went about it , just blew one American Tourist away too. The thing is , 'she and I' work around Christchurch International airport , dealing in frontline Tourism. She knew this Tourist was waiting , for me to come out off the woodwork so to speak ; she asked this gentleman who's just walked off the plane from Sydney and his 1st time ever in New Zealand , she asked him to hand me her letter. In the letter : She thanked me over 'n over again for something I had done for her and she said she'd "owe me one" and follows up about how I have to cook her dinner as i once suggested I would. She owes me one but I have to cook her dinner!!?? uhmm?..that reminds me of that one saying that's been going around via the Internet : when a man and a woman go out for dinner ; he hopes to score but she already knows. and it's not even about 'scoring' ; crikey 'we're laughing too much to spoil it by having more but having said that ; she's the type like my brother's wife : He said to me : even if I wake her up in the middle of the night , she wakes up , looks at me and smiles! THAT is goosebumps material that is! That is how I want , you should want it and everybody should experience it (it , being ROMANCE and LOVE) ; THAT and THIS is Romance! Just grabbing her hand the other night , rubbing it as hers were really cold , means mine must have been really hot! :-) ...and for her to hand me THAT letter 1/2 'n hour later ... as for the American ; he didn't know what to think but he was very impressed and I'm sure it will be on the big screen near you before you know it ....it should be!! cheers , Marcel and be sure to say Hi to Gail for me :)