Keep love burning… Always

One of the best ways to banish boredom from your relationship is to be spontaneous and break the predictability of your usual routine.

Namrata, an artist, was pursuing a diploma course through evening classes. One evening to avoid boredom in class and at home, she let her imagination run wild. She devised a plan. Before she left for her class, she gave her husband an envelope on which was written. DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 7.30 p.m. X-RATED MATERIALS TO FOLLOW.

Inside was this note:

Darling,

The purpose of this is to tell you how much I love you and how important you are to me. All through my boring class, I will be thinking of you and how I can't wait to come to your arms. Now, for further instruction go to the third drawer of your desk With love from the most important person in your life.

Namrata

In the drawer, her husband found a box with various items and instructions.

• Light these aromatherapy candles. (Two candles with a matchbox were enclosed)
  
• To provide a romantic atmosphere, put this red cellophane paper around the boring white lights in our bedroom. (Red cellophane paper was enclosed).
  
• Spray my favourite perfume to provide a heavenly scent. (Perfume was enclosed.)
• Run a hot bath with lots of bubbles for your sexy wife. (Bubble-bath was included.)
• Shave and prepare yourself for lots of love. (Shaving cream and a razor wrapped in ribbon was enclosed.)
• A cassette of Richard Clayderman (their favourite tape) was enclosed with a note attached: Play it as soon as you hear the doorbell ring.
• Have everything ready by 8.30 p.m.
• Remember-you are the most important person in my life, and I LOVE YOU!

It was an exciting night for both of them. For once, she wasn't bored in class. And she kept thinking about how her husband would be preparing for her homecoming. On that day she felt as excited as a to-be-wed bride.

Till today, her husband keeps the notes she wrote to him on that memorable night.

What does the above experience reveal?

• Once you take a risk and create that first surprise-from whispering sweet nothings on phone to hiding all of his pajamas so he has to sleep naked-you'll never be bored again.
• Although there are many things in life over which we have no control, all of us are capable of creating lasting memories. When we are old and grey, we are only left with our memories. And what we remember best are those events that had a special meaning-those crazy, out-of-character experiences-not whether we served the perfect dish, the way our house looked or what we wore for that party. What we'll always remember is how we `felt' and how we `lived.'