What is a romantic moment? Is it a gesture? A gift? A thought? Passion? Yes, to all of the above. By learning the desires and needs of your partner you can understand what is romantic to them. The key to this is open and honest communication.

It matters not whether you are male or female; both sexes have a desire to feel special. Women want their men to listen to them and to take them seriously. Men want to feel that their interests are shared. Isn’t it important then to help each other and the relationship grow by sharing these things with each other? You need to take time together every week to talk about these things and learn about each other.

Discover your loved one’s interests, share them, and make them special by making each occasion unique. For example if your partner likes to dance, plan a special evening. Go the extra distance by making it a unique experience; a moonlight dance followed by a much wanted gift. Even if you have a romantic meal at a restaurant, each event should be a different occasion in itself.

Explore each other’s desires. Would he like an all over body massage? Would she like a bubble bath and rose petals on the bed? Make love until dawn and the stars turn to dust. Learning about each other should never end, even after years of marriage people change, there are always new adventures to be had.

Live each other’s dreams together. Find out what your partner’s dreams are. Help them to grow, to achieve these goals. Each of you write down five things that you dream about and exchange your lists. Talk about.

When a couple is emotionally attracted, there is a very powerful bond between them. The bond created through emotional attraction is very obvious to people outside of the relationship. The visible signs of emotional attraction include a certain look that the couple gives each other. Some people call this the look of love. It is a sort of passionate and focused gaze, which communicates an emotional message to each other. The emotion of love is shared in this type of attraction and speaks louder than words and maybe even louder than actions. The look of love is one that says it all.

Emotional attraction combined with physical attraction almost leaves a couple in a state of bliss so powerful that they are nearly intoxicated with love. Emotional attraction to the point of intoxication is not a common type of feeling. Feelings of love and emotional connection are almost too much to comprehend in such a situation. A mere touch of your partner’s hand in this case may be enough to make you feel weak with passion.

To be attracted emotionally means to be attracted to a person’s emotions in an innocent, yet passionate way. This type of attraction means that you are in love with the way a person feels and you deeply relate to them on this level. When they are sad, you are sad. When they are hurting you are hurting. When they are happy, so are you. It is almost like you mirror the emotions of the person who you attracted to. You actually share their emotions and this makes the two of you deeply connected in an almost spiritual way.

Romance does not always involve emotional attraction. Some people are just physically or intellectually attracted and this creates different sort of bonds between people. Oddly enough, a couple can be physically intimate, yet not connect on an emotional level at all. This can be a sad realization if one person is looking for that deeper emotional connected feeling while the other is content with only the connections of the physical side of things.

When planning a day at the beach with your loved one, here are some of the best things that you might want to bring with you:

• Bathing suits or bikinis and towels (a wet towel bag is very practical)
• Large beach umbrella (one that sticks into the sand ideally, so that it does not blow away) It would not hurt to bring hats too.
• Sunscreen and after sun lotion or gel ( if there are any bugs out… you may want to bring insect repellent too)
• Sunglasses (a must!)
• Flip Flops that you can walk in the water with
• Reading material and or MP3 player maybe (keep in mind you may have to leave it when you go swimming… so use your judgement here)
• Journal, pen, pencil, eraser (some of the most creative ideas come to you at the beach and you might want to write these things down. Maybe you will feel inspired to write poems and letters too)
• If you are artistic, bring watercolors and paper to paint with or pencils to draw with.
• Digital Camera (great to capture memories with, but watch the sand and the water again…you will have to leave this when you swim so use your judgement here too)
• Romantic Picnic for two in a cooler with lots of ice. (pack this at home and make it good!!)
• Wine and wine glasses. You may even want to bring wine coolers or beer. Also, pop, juice and water are all good to bring.
• Snack food (fruit, veggies, chips/dip etc.)
• Beach blanket to lay down on.
• Fold up chairs (very handy)
• Frisbee, badminton set or volleyball (it is fun to play sports in the sand)

All you need to add to this is yourselves and your love for each other and you will have an amazing day at the beach! Have a fun and romantic day! Don’t forget to collect a couple rocks or shells from the beach as a memory of the romantic day together.