Writing a romantic love note for your sweetheart is a great way to add some simple, sweet, spontaneous romance to your relationship.  We recently discussed how to write a romantic love letter, which requires a little more time and effort.  But a love note only takes seconds to write, can be done any time, and is the perfect way to show your lover you are thinking of them.

Just like love letters, a romantic love note can take many, many forms.  The classic version of the love note is to just scribble an encouraging or romantic sentence on a scrap of paper and leave it for your sweetheart to find.  It could be a little love note you leave in their lunch, a love note on their pillow at night, or a love note in any location where your sweetheart might stumble upon it and smile!

With today’s technology, there’s no reason why your romantic love note should be limited to paper and ink.  There are plenty of ways to use modern technology to send a quick, romantic love note, such as email, text messaging, or even instant messages.  Why limit yourself to old-fashioned methods when there are so many different options for sending your love note?

As for what you write in your love note, the options are endless.  Your love note could be deeply romantic, if you want it to be, but it doesn’t have to be.  Even something as simple and fun as “have a great day, I’m thinking of you!” can do wonders for brightening someone’s day and improving your relationship!  And have you considered writing a quick love note on a greeting card and popping it in the mail?  That’s another way to surprise your lover and show them how much they mean to you!

If you haven’t written a love note for your sweetheart recently, then now is the time to do it.  Romantic love notes cost nothing, are quick and easy to write, and are a great small thing to do to add some extra romance to your relationship.  Go grab a pen!

As a professional writer and a relationship advice dude, the topic of writing a romantic love letter is an exciting one for me. While I believe that showing someone your love them is more important than what you say or write, a love letter can occasionally be the perfect compliment to a romantic relationship. There are few better ways to show someone show someone how much you appreciate them than by writing them a heartfelt romantic love letter.

When it comes to romantic love letters, creating a good one is much like any other romantic gesture: it’s a heck of a lot easier than you think it will be. We’ve spoken about writing romantic love poems before on Romance Tracker, and love letters are very similar. Regardless of what your writing skills are, I guarantee you can write a great love letter that your sweetheart will remember forever.

The first mistake that a lot of people make when considering to write a romantic love letter is the form it takes. Not all love letters have to be scrawled out in cursive on a sheet of paper, although that’s fine if you want to do it. With today’s technology, there are plenty of other options available to you for writing a romantic love letter.

If it makes you more comfortable, there’s nothing wrong with using email to write your love letter. As contemporary generations become more and more comfortable with electronic mail, sending a romantic email love letter is nothing to be embarrassed about. In fact, many romantic partners might prefer an email love letter over the paper version.

Two other modern technology options you have for sending romantic love letters are instant messaging and text messaging (or SMS). Just because romantic writers of bygone days didn’t have these options available to them doesn’t mean that you can’t take advantage of them to send your sweetheart a love letter.

And remember, a romantic love letter doesn’t necessarily have to take the form of a sappy, poetic message. A short, simple romantic thank-you note or romantic greeting card can also be considered love letters, and are just as effective in showing your sweetheart how much you appreciate them.

As you can see, there are endless options when it comes to how you can put together a romantic love letter for your special someone. If writing out a long, romantic love letter and leaving it on your lover’s pillow is your style, then that’s great. But never forget that a love letter is something that anyone can write, and it can take many different forms . . . short, long, or electronic.

So what are you waiting for? You don’t have any excuse not to write a romantic love letter for your husband, wife boyfriend or girlfriend today. And I guarantee that no matter what you write, if it comes from the heart your love letter will be cherished by your sweetheart forever!

So, is your personal romance captivating enough to have a book of love written about it? We’ve all read a book of love at some time in our lives or heard a romantic love story that seemed destined to be the stuff of classic romance. But believe it or not, the millions of real-life love stories that happen every day in the world could just as easily be crafted into best-selling books of love.

The stuff that makes up a successful book of love—the deeply-felt romance, the conflict, the fear of loss—are present in every true love story, including your own. While you may think that the romance you share with your sweetheart isn’t remarkable enough to be turned into a romantic book of love, I guarantee that it could be written as a best-seller if the right authors got a hold of it.

No, your romantic story may not take place in an exotic location like a classic book of love, and it may not be between two famous people. But every unique human relationship has all the necessary dramatic elements to create a captivating book of love, whether you realize it or not.

There have been millions of unique romances throughout human history, and every one of them could have been transformed into a book of love that would keep you turning pages into the wee hours of the morning.

The reason Romance Tracker is telling you all this is simple: to help you realize that you really do have a romance fit to be written about in a book of love . . . whether you think it’s amazing or not! Because most love stories are subtle and under-the-radar, the world will probably never learn about them. But every single one, if written out in a dramatic form, could become a successful book of love.

So the next time you read a book of love and think that your romantic love story could never be made into a best-selling book, think again. With the correct treatment, every love story could become a blockbuster book of love or even a romantic movie!

So, do you really need a love quiz to find out how well you know your wife, husband, boyfriend or girlfriend?  Even if you’ve been with that special someone for many years, it may surprise you to find out how much you don’t know about them.  Learning about your lover is a lifelong process, and every romantic relationship can benefit from greater communication and familiarity that a love test can bring. 

In addition to that, putting together a love quiz for your sweetheart can be a fun, playful exercise that lets you and your lover laugh together.  You shouldn’t look at a love quiz as a contest or keep score of who gets more questions correct.  Instead, have fun filling out the love test and reading your answers back to each other when you’re done.   

So, what kind of questions should you include in a love quiz?  Well, it could be anything that has to do with your relationship, personal attributes, likes and dislikes.  Below are 35 questions you may want to include on your love test or use as inspiration to write more of your own.  Once you’ve written your own special love quiz, make two copies: one for you and one for your lover.  Then spend some time filling it out your love test and comparing answers.

35 Fun Love Quiz Test Questions

1. What is my favorite color?
2. Do I have any birthmarks?  If so, where?
3. What color are my eyes?
4. Do you remember the first thing I said to you?
5. Where did we meet?
6. If I were stranded on a desert island and allowed one luxury item, what would it be?
7. What was your first impression of me?
8. What is my middle name?
9. What is one of my fears?
10. What is one of my dreams?
11. What is my best feature?
12. Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules?
13. What’s your favorite memory of me?
14. If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be?
15. What;s my favorite type of music?
16. Am I shy or outgoing?
17. What is one thing I need to improve on?
18. Do I have any special talents?
19. What is your favorite body part on me?  Why?
20. Can you read me by looking into my eyes?
21. Do I prefer simple or luxurious?
22. What is my favorite type of food?
23. What grade was I in when I had my first kiss?
24. What size shoe do I wear?
25. Where was our first public kiss?
26. What is my favorite type of flowers?
27. Do I prefer coffee or tea?
28. French vanilla or mocha?
29. Upon taking a final exam, would I study or cram and use cliff notes?
30. When I get a sweet tooth, do I go for chocolate or sugary candy?
31. Am I right or left handed?
32. If I had to lose one of my five senses, what would it be?
33. What is my favorite holiday?
34. What was the first thing you ever gave me?
35. Where was our first picture together taken?

Here’s a fun romantic idea I got from the special someone in my life who surprised me last year with a terrific, thoughtful gift that made me feel great. Being romantic comes naturally to some people, and she knows that showing an interest in your lover’s history is a great way to make them feel like a special and important part of your life.

If you’ve been in a romantic relationship or marriage with your sweetheart for any significant amount of time, I’m sure you’ve gotten a chance to see plenty of pictures of them from their past. Looking at baby pictures, school yearbook pictures, and silly old family photos of your lover is a fun way to learn about their past and laugh with them. And reaching the point where you’re comfortable enough with your significant other to show them your most embarrassing pictures marks a very important time in your relationship!

If you’re able to get your hands on a few dozen loose photos from your lover’s past, why not take some time to secretly put together a fun scrapbook of memories for them? Even if you’ve never made a scrapbook before, it’s very easy to do. Your local craft store probably has an entire section dedicated to scrapbooking, complete with lots of fun stuff to make a book with every theme imaginable.

For an even bigger surprise, you could do what my sweetheart did for me: ask your significant other’s family for fun pictures that they may have stored away to add to the scrapbook. Your lover will be amazed when they open the scrapbook of memories you made for them and see pictures they forgot even existed!

Dedicate a few private minutes every day to working on your surprise romantic scrapbook, and in a few weeks you’ll have a great romantic gift to spring on your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband when they least expect it. I guarantee your romantic scrapbook will be something that your special someone will love and save for the rest of their life. When you give it to them is strictly up to you!

Thank-you letters are a quick and easy way to show your appreciation to others for their thoughtfulness, and few other romantic ideas are as affordable or affective at letting someone know how much their actions mean to you. Especially in today’s impersonal, fast-paced world, a few short, simple, hand-written thank-you cards are wonderful romantic ideas that will make a person feel great.

But unfortunately, many of us limit our thank-you notes to friends and colleagues who have done something special for us, or to people who give us gifts. Sending thank-you letters to gift-givers and other people is great, but when is the last time you sent a romantic thank-you note to that special someone who does more for you than anyone else in the world?

In many romantic relationships or marriages, especially ones that have gone on for some time, it’s easy for partners to take for granted all of the wonderful things their significant others do for them on a daily basis. While some of us wouldn’t think twice about firing off a thank-you card to a colleague who helped us with a business lead, we might overlook the fact that our sweetheart does much more significant things for us every day.

Regardless of whether or not your girlfirend, boyfriend, husband or wife has hinted that they might like a gesture of gratitude for the time and effort they put into your relationship, it helps to keep in mind that everyone–and I mean everyone–appreciates getting a “thank you” every now and then for the things they do. I don’t care if you think your love would think it’s sappy or silly to receive a hand-written note thanking them for being a great partner. I guarantee you they’ll love it!

And your thank-you note to your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend doesn’t have to be for any specific, special event, either. Why not write to your sweetheart just to say thanks for loving you? Or for being there every day? Or for anything at all?

What form of a thank-you note you use is up to you. You could grab an inexpensive romantic greeting card on the way home from work and add a few short words of your own, or pen a long, flowery, romantic letter if that suits your relationship better. You know your special someone better than anyone else, and oftentimes a few short words are just as powerful and moving as a long letter.

Speaking of a few short words being just as powerful . . . I need to wrap this post up! Now go write your special someone a thank-you note, doggone it!

One recurring theme here on Romance Tracker is using modern technology to add old-fashioned romance to your relationship. In spite of all that the modern world has done to make human relationships more impersonal, there are still many great romantic ideas for using technology to add more spontaneity, fun and excitement to yours.

True romance is really about taking things slowly and paying close attention to even the small details, and the Internet and email are about doing things as quickly and simply as possible . . . but used correctly, they can help nurture and build your relationship. After all, you’ve used the internet to find this post about making your relationship or marriage more romantic, haven’t you?

Much like sending romantic text messages, a spontaneous romantic email is a simple and effective way to tell your wife, girlfriend, husband or boyfriend you are thinking about them at any time of the day. Many of us have gotten sick and tired of seeing our inboxes full of forwarded emails and unoriginal jokes, but an original, romantic email isn’t spam at all. And it doesn’t take much time or effort; something as simple as “I’m busy with work right now, but I’m missing you!” can make your sweetheart smile for the rest of the day!

If you want to get a bit more romantic, why not do some research and send your significant other a single line from a romantic poem every day? Or maybe a beautiful, romantic image you’ve found on the web with a note telling your lover how it reminded you of them?

E-cards are another great way to send lighthearted or serious romantic messages to your sweetheart over the Internet. There are plenty of on-line companies that let you send an ecard for free (just Google “e-cards”), and you can usually personalize them with your own special message. E-cards are a quick, fun way for your to tell your lover you’re thinking about them, and they’re guaranteed to put anyone who gets one into a great mood!

So what are you waiting for? You’re on the Internet right now, so nothing’s stopping you from sending your lover a quick romantic email. Promise yourself to use the Internet to tell that special someone you’re thinking about them at least once a week, and I guarantee your relationship will be better for it!

One of the many great things about coming up with romantic ideas in a loving relationship or marriage is that it’s a lot like depositing a bunch of money into a savings account. Just as your money pays you interest in the bank without any effort on your part, the romantic memories that you and your lover make together will pay you back for the rest of your lives. And if you’re following the daily romance advice we post here, you’re definitely depositing a lot of romantic capital into your loving relationship’s joint account!

But in spite of the fact that you and your lover made those wonderful memories together, are you certain that your significant other knows which of your many romantic memories are the most special to you? Those loving experiences may hold a special place in your heart, but romantic moments aren’t meant to be buried away and never mentioned again. Are you building up interest on your romantic memories but not collecting any of the profits?

Well do something about it today! I’ll let you in on one very simple, very effective way to show your lover just how much they mean to you and how special those memories are to you. It’s as easy as this: sit down with a pen and paper, write out a list from one to ten, and fill in your favorite romantic experiences you and your lover have had together.

Sounds simple? Of course it is! The most effective ways of adding romance to your life always are. And writing out a list of your favorite romantic memories will do not one, but two things to improve your romantic relationship. One: it will help remind you of the many wonderful, satisfying, romantic experiences you’ve had with your lover. Even the most successful romantic relationships experience lulls, and we all need a reminder every once in a while of the great reasons why we fell in love with our sweetheart.

And two: making a list of your favorite romantic memories will be a wonderful surprise for your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend, too! When you share your list, you and your partner will have a terrific time reliving those memories and being reminded of even more romantic experiences you’ve had together.

And who knows . . . it might even inspire your lover to make out a romantic list of their own! So go grab a pen and paper and start making out your list of your favorite romantic memories right now. Your lover, and your romantic relationship, will thank you for it!

Let’s face it: very few of us are Shakespeares, and the idea of writing a love poem for your lover might strike you as melodramatic and laborious. True, there are people who have spent years studying poetry and and romantic ideas and are still lousy at writing a love poem (yours truly included!). But even if it’s silly and amature, writing an occasional short love poem for your lover is a great way to show how much you care and add some fun and romance into your relationship or marriage.

Many people shy away from writing romantic love poems for their lover because they think that it involves stringent rules and techniques that have to be studied for years to understand. True, if you’re planning on becoming the next Poet Laureate of the United States, it’s probably a good idea to read a few love poems and take a poetry class. But if you want to write a short romantic love poem for your lover to express your feelings, all you need is the desire to do it!

Famous romantic love poets sometimes spent years putting together their verses, but a free afternoon is all you need to write something lovely and fun for your significant other that they will treasure for years. As for what to write your romantic love poem on, that’s up to you; you could scribble it on a scrap of paper for your lover to find on a pillow, or put it in a card, or even inside the cover of a special book you’ve bought for your lover. Remember, the romantic love words themselves are more important than what they’re written on!

Here’s the number one rule for writing a romantic love poem for your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband: have fun with it! If you start thinking about what a horrible writer you are, and rewrite a love poem over and over again, you’ll have a much harder time at it. If you’re not confident in your abilites as an amateur love poet, keep it short–even a single stanza will suffice.

And there’s no rule that says a romantic love poem has to be dramatic. If you can pull it off, great! But a love poem that is short, silly and humorous can be just as romantic as a love poem that is deep and touching. Write what fits your personality and relationship,and your romantic partner will love that you took the time to put together something so special just for them.

There are many different techniques and forms you can use when writing a love poem, but we won’t go into them here because, honestly, they aren’t that important. If you want to write a romantic love poem in which the last words of every other line rhyme, go right ahead. If you’d rather write one that doesn’t incorporate rhyming, that’s fine too. You see, the point of writing a romantic lvoe poem for your lover isn’t to create a masterpiece that will be read by millions; the point is to show your lover that you think they are special enough to do something new and unique for.

So find a comfortable spot, sit down, and try writing out a short romantic love poem for your lover. I promise you that no matter how bad your love poem is, your significant other will feel like the most special person in the world when you give it to them. And making our lover feel special is one of the most important parts of building a better romantic relationship!

In the days before microcircuitry and LCD screens, lovers professed their romantic feelings for each other by dipping quills in ink and penning poetic love letters accented by elaborate script and even the occasional teardrop stain. The most prolific romantics–like the fictional, lovesick Cyrano de Bergerac–spent long hours coming up with romantic ideas and authoring flowery testaments to their objects of affection before sealing parchment with rose-colored wax and sending the correspondence off with a courier as quickly as one could be found.

Old-fashioned romantic love notes . . . with a modern twist!

Whether by horseback, secret delivery in the dark of night, or even tied to the leg of a pigeon, the romantic love letters of long ago overcame obstacles of distance and oppression to reach their objects of affection. While hand-written messages of love are still a necessary and important part of healthy romantic relationships or marriages today, the contemporary romantic no longer needs to order a fresh bottle of ink or keep a courier on hand to deliver sporadic thoughts of love that innevitably pop up during the course of the day.

Some may complain that modern technology has made romance too cheap and easy, but digital innovation, if used sparingly, can help build a better, more romantic relationship with your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband.

Most people today have cell phones, but I’ve met far too many who are hesitant to try text messaging or who think they would have no use for it. Expecially in a romantic relationship, texting can provide an important, unique forum for you and your lover to communicate in a fun new way.

Skip the small talk . . . and get right to romance!

Instead of making a romantic relationship less personal, text messaging can actually increase the amount of communication by allowing couples to express feelings that they wouldn’t otherwise. If, for example, you have a sudden thought at work of a romantic moment you shared recently with your lover, in many cases you won’t have the time or the privacy to call and talk about it. But text messaging allows you to send a very brief, very private message to your lover without anyone around you having a clue.

In addition, text messaging lets us send little romantic sentiments to our lovers without having to surround our message with the empty small talk and uncomfortable pauses that might come with a phone call. Just a few short romantic words are all that are necessary in a text . . . but we would never dream of calling our lover, saying those same few words, then hanging up right away!

Put thought into what you send . . . but don’t overdo it!

So, what kind of romantic text messages should you send to your lover? That’s up to you. You could decide to send a snippet from a romantic poem or a flowery message every day, but often all that’s necessary is a simply “I love you” or “I’m thinking about you.” Even short, sporadic messages like that will show your lover that they are on your mind and help improve your relationship.

One thing to keep in mind, though: it is possible to overdo text messaging. Because it’s so easy to do, it can be tempting to send text after text during boring lulls in your day. Don’t give in to this urge; it can be expensive if you’re paying a few cents per text, and no matter how much in love someone is they can still get annoyed by too much romance. Try to limit yourself to a few romantic texts a day, and you’ll be amazed at the positive difference it makes in your relationship.

So what are you waiting for? Go plug in to a great new way of using technology to add more romance to your relationship today. Get texting!