I’m watching More to Love on Fox. I watched 2 episodes before I couldn’t stand it anymore. Have you seen the show? It’s a “plus size” version of The Bachelor. I got annoyed at first because so many of the women were saying things like “I’ve never had a date because of my weight” and stuff like that. But that’s an aside. Back to the real post.

So Luke (the dude) and one of the girls is on a date. They go back to his room. There are candles, there are rose petals on the bed and there is champagne. Except for the champagne, what I think when I see that is not “Oh, romantic.” No, I think, “Trite.”

I had a dream the other night. I generally don’t remember my dreams so I’m surprised that I remember this one.

So, in the dream, I was getting ready for a date. Wanna know what I was wearing? Of course you do! I was wearing this gorgeous dress this totally gorgeous dress with a cropped cardigan over it and some great booties. I can’t find pictures of either the sweater or the boots. I think I dreamed about this dress because I’d just seen it on their website and loved it.

Anyway, the girl arrives to pick me and instead of bringing me flowers, she showed up with a gorgeous box. It was probably 6″ x 2″ and it was a fabric box, covered in a beautiful soft floral print that reminds me a lot of Monet. Actually, it reminded me a great deal of a Michael Kors dress from last year, but whatever.

In the box was the greatest first date gift ever. A box of Peeps!

That was romantic to me because it meant that she had paid attention to me and, at the very least, read my blog so she knew I liked them. AND she read enough not to be a cliche.

Tell me what is romantic to you? How would someone make your heart melt on a first date? If you have a partner, imagine! Or else tell me what she really did that made you melt.