50 Shades Of Love

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Celebrated on Feb 14 all over the world to express feelings of love, affection, appreciation and friendship, (yep, I received my first V. Day card from a female colleague at work), it is a day often associated with romantic love. And of course, marketers take full advantage of this fact. Cupids, hearts and roses rule the day and couples get into a frenzy over finding the perfect gift.

For my part, I sat down and wrote a list.

50 Shades of Love

1. Dreaming
2. Plucking flower petals – will he won’t she
3. Waiting
4. Believing
5. Freaking out over trivial stuff
6. Finding it hard to trust – oh, tender love
7. Needing reassurance
8. Expecting proof 90% of the time
9. The telephone is the new BFF
10. Sudden sartorial elegance – or a version of it
11. Not seeing flaws
12. Oblivious to danger
13. Refusing to differentiate between reality and fantasy
14. Happily Ever After seems like a real place
15. Not worried about the price
16. Ready to travel anywhere even for a short rendezvous with the “sweety”.
17. Talking gibberish ..er.. “love talk”
18. Intrusion of sloppy words in the vocabulary – baby talk
19. Emotionally vulnerable
20. That significant other – always the first priority, even if it is a matter of life and death
21. Fearless but fearful
22. Nothing seems impossible
23. Heightened intuition
24. Everything is viewed through the eyes of love
25. Reality is an illusion, most of the time
26. Only (s)he matters. Everyone comes second
27. Food is not important, unless you’re cooking for her/him
28. No sacrifice too big for the one you love
29. Age is a mere number
30. Conviction that the one you love is perfect
31. Believing you can’t live without her/him
32. Unconditional
33. Bringing out the best in each other
34. The best time of your life
35. Blind to flaws
36. Thinking life is a bed of roses
37. Noticing only the rose not the thorns
38. Smiling for no reason
39. Talking to yourself
40. Pure happiness
41. Enough
42. All you need
43. Believing you know what you’ll be doing ten years from now
44. Addictive
45. Endless with zero boundaries and limits
46. Infinite patience
47. A miracle
48. Forever
49. Pure bliss
50. Romantic love letters

Is that a good list for 50 shades of love? What did I leave out?

And since I mentioned love letters at no.50 – I’ve got a lovely infographic to share with you – “Romantic love letter – What you should know” that will be useful long after Valentine’s Day is gone.

So get off that digital device, take a paper and pen and get started with your love letter!

Again, Happy Valentine’s Day! Say I love You to everyone you care about! ♥