Love Is A Verb....

.....As well as a Noun.





That phrase has been at the top of the list in my thoughts to live by for almost 30 years now. When I write it or say it you can see there are those that get it, both male and female, and there are those that don't have a clue. In simple terms it means that you need to show your feelings for your lover as often as you say them.

Now at this point I direct these comments to the guys, because as the years roll by we forget how to be creative. Science has proven, on numerous occasions, there is a direct correlation between the male sex drive and male creativity. At a young age there is nobody on the face of the earth more creative than a teenage boy in pursuit of a young woman. At that age we need to become creative because we do not have the resource material at our disposal that young girls have. They don't give us a book of "Guaranteed 'Get Lucky' Lines" in "Home Ec" or "Sex Ed" class, but every guy on the face of the planet knows you get that book...that cursed book, that they give out to you girls when you hit about 12 or 13 years old. Say it with me guys: "1001 Ways To Cause Him To Take A Cold Shower", now available in paperback, dvd and blu-ray disc.

Laugh if you will but that book has done more damage, and inspired more creativity, throughout the years than any other book in the history of mankind. Without that book how many 14 year old boys would have been shipping out tomorrow? How many Midwestern boys would have contacted deadly malaria or other incurable diseases that could only be cured with a tall glass of Dickens Cider? Think about it? How many bottles of Boonesfarm, Slo-gin, or Wine Coolers would have never been sold, if not for that damn book?

Anyway, I digress....

This piece today is to help my fellow man, to regenerate his creative juices, to put words to paper, yes guys I said words not pictures, in hopes that these ideas will promote a creative streak that is sure to get you lai....'er, that is sure to enhance the way you and your lover communicate. So guys, get out your crayons and take notes!

SIMPLE IS MORE EFFECTIVE:

That is the absolute truest statement that can be made when talking about men and romance. The reason simple works so well is that way we can't screw it up. It does no good to be creative and then look like a fool doing it. Keep it simple, keep it inexpensive! (Got your attention now, didn't I?)

1. The number one complaint with most women about their men is that men don't listen to them. You come home and either want to talk about you, you, you or you take a disinterested view on what they have to say. Try this, tomorrow when your significant other mentions something casually about a friend or family member, go write it down and put it in your wallet. Wait 4 days and then pull it out and ask her about it. Did it work out, how is she, show her what she said was important. You will sweep her off her feet.

2. Tonight, after dinner, get up and clear the table, tell her to sit and relax, you'll take care of it. Load the dishwasher or do the dishes together, or do it for her. There is no greater way to say I love you.

3. While she is in the shower tonight or in the morning, sneak her robe out and put it in the dryer for 5 minutes. Make sure it is toasty warm for her when she gets out of the shower.

4. Stop by her office in the middle of the day and take her, her favorite candy bar or snack.

5. Put a brief love note in her shoe. Nothing fancy...just I love you, have a great day.

6. Stop on the way home and pick her some wild flowers. Now gentlemen let me be specific here, by wild flowers I mean from a field. Do not come home and hand her a bouquet of cut flowers with a card hidden inside that says "Forrest Lawn Cemetery", it'll spoil the whole mood. Women don't always want $40 roses, they want to mean enough to you for you to stop and pick some free ones yourself.

7. If flowers are her thing, again stop by her work and place a single rose on her front seat. If you want to have extra fun deny doing it when she gets home and ask to see her cell phone. No don't do that!

8. Start a date night. One night out of the week with no kids, no work, no cell phones, just you and her. Alternate weeks as to who decides what you will do. Try new things, go roller skating in the park, it doesn't have to cost a lot of money, it just has to allow you both to dream again.

9. Rent "Play Misty For Me" or another old time scary movie, turn off all the lights, light a single candle, cuddle and watch the movie.

10. Hold her hand while driving together, get lost in her eyes the way you did when she was 25 and compliment her. Be her Knight in shining armour.

11. Send a card to her Mother thanking her for having such a wonderful daughter.

12. Spent an evening massaging her feet and her shoulders, without a single move towards an erogenous zone. She may help direct your hands.

13. Buy her a $10 ring at a store or flea market. Think back to the times when you struggled together to make ends meet. Those were the best of times.

14. Stop home on your lunch hour, and set out her favorite beverage or treat so it's ready when she walks through the door.

15. Save every card she ever gives you from now on.

16. Walk up and kiss her in the mall and let everyone stare, then tell her you don't care.

17. Let her know that the most beautiful sunset you two have ever shared pales in comparison to how beautiful she is in your eyes.

18. Ask her how she feels about something? Seek her guidance, her input.

19. Buy her something sexy because she still wears it well.

20. Help her with the laundry.

21. Write her a poem, even a lousy one.

22. Clean the bathroom.

23. Make her laugh.

24. Tell her you love her!

There you go guys. I've got you started now it's up to you to custom tailor your actions to HER needs. If you master that, then you'll have mastered "Love is a verb"......