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Can you feel it? The
love floating in the air? The romance wafting about the place?
Yes, it’s that time of
year. Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us. And I love it.
So many people are
critical of the commercial nature of Valentine’s Day but I think there is
nothing wrong with shining a romantic spotlight on your relationship. With all
the pressures of raising a family, building a career, staying fit and healthy
and performing all the mundane tasks required to maintain a functioning
household, romance can often slide away in the face all of those demands.
And, there’s no need
to be pushed into something clichéd, costly or kitsch to make the day special.
Moonlit walks on the beach, free. Handmade card, free. A playlist of my
favourite songs, free. Voucher for cooking dinner every night, free (I’ve been
making a lot of hints about that one!!)
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My husband and I
usually go out for a candlelit dinner (well they are a cliché for a reason – I
love candlelit dinners). We always talk about how we met. How we looked across
a crowded room (yes, our relationship is cliché central) and knew in that
instant something special had happened. How we lived on different sides of the
world (me, London; him, Brisbane) or different cities (me, Melbourne and Durham,
USA, him, Brisbane) due to career commitments for the next two years before we
could finally live together. How we got to know each other through letters (no
email or cheap phones/skype calls back in the IT dark ages) and what a lovely
way it was to learn about each other. I read those letters often for
inspiration for my stories and for how men express themselves when they are
first falling in love.
Yes, I’m a die hard
romantic. Lucky, considering the career I’ve chosen. So, this Valentine’s Day
I’ll have dinner with my partner of the last 20 years and think, isn’t it
lovely that we’ve taken time out of our crazy lives to gaze into each others
eyes and reminisce about how lucky we were to see each other across that
crowded room.
Jennifer’s latest
novel, The Billionaire’s Pursuit of Love
is out now available from Amazon, iTunes, Google, Penguin and Destiny Romance.
