We know you independent women types won’t want to admit it, but what chick hasn’t wanted a guy to do something terribly dorky, ridiculous, sweet, ingenious, or downright stupid just to impress you? I’m still hoping one day I’ll open the door to my apartment to find the floor covered in acres of flowers (to my current significant other – hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge).
So, what brilliant male moments of romance have won us over? Since gratuitous displays of affection on this magnitude happen only in our dreams and on the big screen, we’ve scoured our not-so-hidden collection of romance films and smut novels to come up with this list:
| Name | Amorous Act |
Why We’d Be All Over Him |
| ROBBIE HART, The Wedding Singer  |
Serenades the girl of his dreams with an original song on an airplane. And conned his best bud into paying for the ticket. |
He wants to grow old with you when you are bunion ridden and plump as a pumpkin. Winner. |
RICK BLAINE, Casablanca |
Tells her to get on the plane. |
In an age of the man-child who needs constant attention, this is refreshing. A love that isn’t clingy? Done. |
| SCOTT PILGRIM, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World  |
Defeats 7 deadly exes. |
Some guys can’t even handle one. |
| MARK DARCY, Bridget Jones’ Diary  |
Loves you just the way you are. |
You’re stupid enough to run into the snow in your leopard print underwear and he still wants you. If he leaves, it’s totally your fault. |
Westley, The Princess Bride |
A literal undying love, defies death to be with the girl he loves. |
As if resuscitating himself isn’t enough, he knows the key words to any woman’s heart: “As you wish.” |
NOAH, The Notebook |
Writes his love a letter every day for a year with no reply. Then, after a decade of no contact, rather than shooing her away, he takes her on a romantic canoe ride around the lake, as if no time has passed, after which they have hot, hot sex. Fifty years later, he’s still head over heels, reading her their love story every day, until her Alzheimer’s ridden mind remembers who they are. |
Did we mention the rowing and hot, hot sex? Sign us up. |
Are you dating a real-life Casanova and want to gloat and boast you’ve hit the jackpot? Or is there another fictitious grandly romantic gesture we’ve missed? Chime in on the comments below.
I was standing with a small group of people in a very crowded bar. The guy next to me takes a drink from his beer and the beer then dribbles out of his mouth. I thought ‘OMG he is so drunk, he can’t feel his lips’ but didn’t say anything so not to embarrass him. A few minutes later, he did it again. I looked at him and said ‘Do you have a problem?’ He said, “I’m drooling over you.’
I’m embarrassed to say it worked. A year later we were married and celebrated our 28th anniversary this year.