"I need to be wooed."
My honey is a stickler for details. "But you're already caught."
Not the average evening starts with the dictionary and discussion of wooing. The traditional meaning as my honey pointed out is to seek someone's affection with a goal toward marriage.
"Hmm I see the point, but I'll make a second. Relationships need to be nurtured and wooing is one means."
Can I give tried and true a twist?
Every good tradition can benefit from new experiences and knowledge. We've made some environmentally-friendly suggestions, however you know your sweetie better than anyone so go ahead and personalize.
Flowers - how about an organic bouquet, picking a posy in the garden, edible bouquets made with fruit, plant a tree together
Chocolates or candy - consider fair trade, organic and minimally processed chocolate, regional favorites (whoopie pies, moon pies, fried dough, funnel cakes etc.), kettle corn is a tasty sweet too (to make your own add a little sugar to buttered popcorn and maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon or another favorite flavoring. I add vanilla to melted butter)
Love notes - written on garden path stones, printed in chalk-substitute on the sidewalk, set to music and sung to your sweetie
Steal a kiss - sneak up behind your sweetie during chores, in a private arbor or after climbing to the top of a mountain.
Dinner - skip the restaurant and go on a picnic or if you aren't normally the one who cooks and cleans surprise your sweetie with a meal on the table even if it's takeout.
Laughter - my honey used the word 'woo' as the basis for the sound a train makes, the sound a rider on a bucking horse makes, as a howl at the moon and finally as in 'woo baby, I'm exhausted'.
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