Romantic Gifts For Him

Go to Netherlands!

When I think about all the romantic gifts for him that I could buy, I consider the usual - boxers, candles, wine...

But when I asked my lover what he really wanted? He said he wanted me to go find myself. And come back to him once I found her.

Brilliant idea! I want to run away from the rut that says I need to “wait” for a man to fulfill my life and once I get him I can really start living. So I will start living elicitly - today.

Thats why I booked a trip to Amsterdam all by my lonesome. I’m not waiting anymore! Carpe Diem via los Cojones. And for those who don’t speak ‘Splatin’ that means, Seize the day by the … bolas! (you know – juevos, testiculars, - you get the gist.)

I want to run away from the men my age who will not pursue and will not show passion and this is a reasonable explanation for why I could be spotted a few weeks ago riding around in a 2-seater convertible with the top down on a 45 degree night with two young, (29 and 31) hockey players with their “jersey’s off". (good story).

I want to run away from my tattoo being called a tramp-stamp; it will never happen again. My tattoo has been reformed and is once again an amazing, colorful, one-of-a-kind work of art and it makes me feel so incredibly sexy!

I want to run away from the 40-something stereo-type of a woman who sits at home watching Springer instead of pursuing adventure on her own. So I go to the gym daily and sweat a lot, I ride my bike 30 miles to have beignets and chicory coffee and I take myself up the Poudre River to catch a rainbow and throw it back.

I will not wait for the man. The man may never come. And what a tragedy it would be to look back one day and say, “what a good wait-er I was” instead of, “what a good dancer-traveler-writer-reader-jumper-builder-remodeler-lover I was.”

I will run away to Amsterdam and know Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Anne Frank, Cafes, stone streets, winding canals, strong beer, and laid-back people.

I was mulling over the past. My choices are either to:

a. live with it regretfully

b. live with it

c. live with it extraordinarily

I choose C. I always choose C.

Maybe you can think of more romantic gifts for him than this - but I sure can't!