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My husband called in all the favors he was owed at work to get us a private four course dinner in the cooking school dining room where he worked. The room was lit by candles there was a glass of wine waiting at the table and one of the instructors was behind a curtain playing guitar for the entire dinner.

Stayed with me shile in the hospital.

gourmet dinner, strawberries and champagne, fire in fireplace, bear rug.........fill in the blanks

Engagement ring in my spinach salad. (really)

Kidnapped me from work on a Friday morning, had packed my bags and swept me away for a weekend.

I had just met this wonderfully shy, quiet man and we had gone out a couple of times. He sent me a beautiful bouquet of tulips with a note saying that all he could think of were my lips. Needless to say, that was the beginning of a long and so far very happy marriage.

I think the most romantic thing I've ever experienced is the day-to-day love and acceptance and patience my husband exhibits to me and my four kids.

After a disagreement, my husband sent me 11 roses with the verse from a song that says" you'll notice there are only 11 roses, if you will hold them up to a mirror, you will see the 12th rose looking back at you".

Had a beautiful ring made for me for Valentines' Day.

I feel like such a jerk right now...I don't think anyone's done anything that would fall into my 'romantic' column at all. Not unless you count asking for that 'romantic' something.
Howeever, that doesn't mean I don't fantasize about a romantic something...Dinner cooked for me, wine poured for me, my feet rubbed and a full-body massage...an evening of ultimate spoiling for me. I guess I just haven't had that kind of partner in my life.... but perhaps with the help of Pamela Madsen's romantic evening picnic basket, perhaps I could start a new trend!!!

Made me his wife!

There's been a few, hard to choose just one

My husbands marriage proposal. It took place at an historic home in a national park. Sat me on the porch swing and knelt before me. One of the happiest moments in my life!

My husband who gives me foot rubs all the time. He tells me how much he loves and appreciates me and that his life would never have been the same without me. He is a very speial and wonderful husband.

Shortly after I returned home from the hospital, after undergoing a procedure that left me incredibly depressed and directionless, my husband earmarked a page in the Omega Institute catalog, circling in red, a description of a weeklong empowerment course, called Bootcamp for Goddesses-- While he cared for our six-year-old daughter, I chanted, drummed, danced, sweated (literally-- in a sweat lodge!), pretzeled into ungodly yoga positions and muscled my way into shape to return home a warrior in the form of the Shinto Sun goddess, the goddess card I had dubiously selected on my first day. It was as if he had handed me the sun....and the moon and stars.

Flowers by surprise....

Sad to say, I can't think of one romantic thing done for ME. I was always the doer rather than the receiver. I'm intentionally using the past tense because at the age of 58, almost 59, I haven't had a date or intimacy in close to 15 or so years, and it's not for lack of trying. I'm not unattractive yet somehow men don't seem to be drawn to me. Maybe Ms. Madsen can help? In the meantime, I just keep loving ME from the inside out.

He cleaned the oven for me on Christmas Eve after it caught on fire while heating the cassoulet. We sat on the floor, sipping scotch, while he cleaned and regaled me with stories of past oven fires (he is a professional chef).

There are many, many romantic memories. I am lucky to have known such thoughtful men.

One of my top faves: a former boyfriend and I went to dinner at a favorite restaurant. At the bar was a tiny table, table cloth and 2 chairs made from the remnants of a wine bottle (one of the tiny chairs even has the seat back in the shape of a heart!). I asked the bartender how I could get a set and he explained that I couldn't - it was made just for that restaurant. During our meal this boyfriend told me he intended to marry me. Weeks later this man presented me with an exact duplicate of the tiny table set we saw in the restaurant. He contacted the maker, pleaded his case and said the tiny set was to serve as an a reminder of a night he never wanted me to forget. 15 years later that tiny set is still on my mantel. This man I will never forget.

After dating about a year, husband took me to a Collin Raye concert and on the way home stopped at the church he was pastoring at the time. He said he forgot something and it was too cold for me to sit in the car so I had to come in. He led me into the sanctuary and proposed to me at the altar. Then he gave me his high school class ring-he had never given it to anyone in high school-- and said we would go pick out an engagement ring together. We did go pick out a ring, along with our 5 children -- we were to become a blended family.

Love me unconditionally and completely over many years

While my girlfriend took me out for the day, my husband had borrowed a cookbook from her and prepared from scratch a full course gourmet dinner complete with appetizer and cheese cake. When I arrived home later that evening he had it all ready and waiting with lit candles and champagne.

My very "reserved" husband often goes out of his comfort zone to publicly and privately make romantic grand gestures and I am very grateful for having his love and affection for more than 20 years now. :)

My husband [a non coffee drinker] gets us before me and makes me a pot of coffee.

Combed my hair after a shower.