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Moms View Message Board: General Discussion: Archive February 2004: The most romantic gift or thing your husband has ever done?
Mine is when my husband proposed (again) to me after being married 4 1/2 years. He asked me to marry him again on our 5th anniversary. We had a beautiful vow renewal on a day cruise with family and friends.
When we had been married about 8 years we sat down to exchange gifts. I am an avid scrapbooker and got some nice things, some books etc, BUT not what I wanted. Well we drive to see family the next day, we sit down to open gifts there and he had ordered my gift (the new cutting system) and had it shipped to his mom's so he could suprise me
On my 21st Bday, we had planned to have some people over. Dh said he would have to work late but he would be home by dinner time. I too thought I would be home late so I called everyone to tell them we would have to do this another night. I went to work just like it was any other day. I worked for Wal-Mart and the Store Manager held a meeting with the whole store and embarassed me, then gave me the rest of the day off. I was really bummed to go home by myself so I stopped to pick up ds from daycare but they weren't there so I went home. The slider was locked, and it was never locked so I had to go in through the garage. When I went inside dh had layed out on the table a dozen long stem fire and ice roses. The candles were lit and dinner (lunch) was ready and on the table. He had wine already poured. He was dressed up, he even had a tie on. There I was in Jeans and my Wal-Mart vest. As we sat down he said oops I forgot the rolls, I jumped up to get them and inside the bread box was a ring and some earrings. Shortly after we ate and cleaned up my son was dropped off. Dh had talked to my work and daycare before hand to set all this up. He had even talked to everyone that was coming that night before I called and told them not to come they would ignore my message and show up anyways. No one has ever gone through that much trouble for me before.
romantic valentines---what is that, LOL. My hubby and me have just been married a year so maybe he will get better!! Last year he gave me a lizard, i was devastated!!! Boyfriends i have had -- hmm i got a crock pot one year and a car cleaning kit one year, i have NO luck with valentines!!
I guess mine's kind of weird, a little different. But the most special things that come to mind for me have to do with him being so caring and considerate when it comes to my illness.
I guess the most romantic thing he did was propose to me!
My dh is wonderfully romantic. he's done a lot of great things, but these are the top 2:
WOW.... you gals are sure lucky. My dh isn't the romantic type. He was sort of romantic when we were dating, of course, but that went out the window once we got married. Come to think of it, he never really proposed to me either. We just knew we were getting married and just did it. One thing for sure, my dh will be hearing about your postings.
While we were living in Frankfurt Germany, and not too long after I had our second child, my husband surprised me with the anniversary present of a weekend in a castle on the Rhine. He booked the tower suite in the Castle Schoenburg. It was so beautiful!! Our suite covered the entire top floor of the tower, and sat atop a steep, winding staircase, but we were young then, and it was an adventure. We had bedroom, sitting room and bath, with a terrace overlooking the Rhine River. Our huge feather bed was a draped four poster, and the walls and floor were of ancient stone.  Here’s a description of the Shoenburg Schloss: High up on a hill overlooking the Rhine river, close to where the Lorelei rock used to lure sailors onto the rocks, there is the Schoenburg, a middle aged romantic castle, built in the 10th century, one of the most expressive German castles on the Rhine river. Behind its ramparts and towers the Schöönburg is the perfect castle hotel, intimate and elite. The facade is a fairy tale picture of towers and battlements reached by crossing a narrow wooden bridge. Many of the original features, the stone walls and pillars, archways and old beams have been carefully restored so that history and luxurious comfort are both in evidence. Outside, vineyards slope down to the Rhine river and ivy clings to the castle walls. Cobbles worn smooth by feet through the ages wind through the castle to the hotel at the summit. The terrace view is superb, dropping steeply to the Rhine river below. The bedrooms are shaped by the unusual castle buildings with fairy tale drapery over the beds, lovely traditional furniture, and splendid views through lead-paned windows to the beautiful Rhine river valley, the terraced vineyards and the medieval town within an impressing town wall. Tower rooms sit atop steep winding staircases and several rooms have balconies overlooking the Rhine river. The bathrooms are tastefully renovated and offer all modern comfort. In the evenings guests gather for a drink in the magnificent salon with stone walls, a handsome fireplace, crossed swords old pictures in antique frames and shelves of leather bound books before dining on specialities of the Middle Rhine river valley or indulging themselves with the gourmet menu. Dinner is served either in the knights' dining room or, if the weather permits, on the Rhine terrace with its spectacular view of the river. Prestigious wines are listed. This is a marvelous base for exploring this part of Germany and to start off for tours of the Rhine river valley and its surroundings.  What made it even more romantic, was the fact that during this time the Germans were enforcing DRIVER-LESS SUNDAYS because of the 1970s Fuel Crisis. That Sunday morning, as we heard the church bell begin to ring down in the town below, we stood on our balcony. We watched as horse drawn carriages filled country roads coming from all directions. We decided to walk down to church ourselves, and after the service we were offered a ride back up the mountain by a lovely local couple. The slow clop of the hooves climbing that Sunday, and the lack of traffic sounds was dreamlike. Entering the castle courtyard in a carriage, made me feel that I’d stepped back in time. It was truly one of the most romantic weekends I’ve ever spent.
The love letters that Dh writes to me....
I don't know if this is romantic, just sweet I guess. I take a bubble bath every night and during Hurricane Isabel, I wanted a hot bath so bad, but without power or hot water, it didn't look possible. He boiled water on the stove and made a nice hot bath for me. He carried pot after pot upstairs and filled up our old cast iron tub for me! I thought that was incredibly thoughtful!
Those are all such sweet stories! Bea, your weekend in Germany sounds so relaxing and beautiful! The pictures of the castle are amazing!
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