Romantic Antics: Creative Ideas for Successful First Dates, Adventurous Saturday Nights, and Playful Long Weekends

By Joy Decker

Joy and Kevin have gathered their best ideas for every stage in a lifelong love affair-from meeting to falling in love to courtship to marriage to raising kids. Romance is incredibly fun when couples... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580626017
• ISBN13: 9781580626019
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Inspiration for Romance

...moonbeams kiss the sea; What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me? ~Percy Bysshe Shelley I've yet to meet a woman who doesn't wish her life was more romantic. Men also enjoy romance, yet many books I've read focus on what the man can plan for the woman. In this book for couples, you can plan adventures for each other. Romantic Antics is divided into seven main sections that range from getting to know your new love interest to serious dating, courtship and marriage. The last three sections provide ideas for romance after you become parents, celebrating special occasions and cooking up romantic recipes. I loved the idea of cutting Rice Krispie Treats into hearts. Romantic Ideas I tried and Loved: 12 Days of Christmas - you could package up 12 presents or smaller gifts Lots of Ways to Say I Love You - try another language Message in a Bottle - a fun way to send romantic letters or poems One of the most enjoyable aspects of this book is the playful and personal writing style. Joy and Kevin seem to live for romance and are also the creators of a successful website dedicated to romantic ideas. I also loved their list of romantic movies and flower meanings. The idea for glow in the dark messages, moonlight picnics and romantic train adventures sounds exciting. As someone who lives for romance, I can highly recommend Romantic Antics. ~The Rebecca Review

Reward yourself or someone you love with Romantic Antics

I'm an author, romance/relationship coach and event planner. I know a good romance & relationship road when I see one. Ladies and Gentlemen: If you want to get and stay in Victory Lane in this Relationship Race of ours, Kevin and Joy Decker have certainly paved a road for you in their book Romantic Antics. Kevin and Joy leave no stone unturned--if they did you can bet it's because they hid something romantic and thoughtful underneath--in their treasure trove of inspirational realistic tips for the different stages of love relationships. From start to finish--dating, courtship, married and with kids--Romantic Antics delivers far from antiquated ways for couples to establish and maintain a loving, healthy, romantic relationship. Do yourself a favor when you read this charming book. First and foremost open your heart and let the tenderness and willingness of both Kevin and Joy inspire you. Romantic Antics has so many wonderful romantic (easy to do) ideas and suggestions it is certain to help keep love and romance alive in your relationship. I appreciate the variety of romantic ideas in the book. Especially how they embrace the inevitable changes--long distance relationships, kids, housework, cooking etc.--that can take place in relationships and marriage. Mostly I was impressed by the virtuous lessons of love taught on every page. By remaining cognizant to Kevin's and Joy's conscious effort to initiate and reciprocate their loving, thoughtful and imaginative gestures toward one another I never lost sight of the greatest lesson Romantic Antics has to offer us all. "Motivate with love, hence you'll be loved by & by the Motivated." For anyone who seeks to transform love into the enjoyable lasting adventure it is meant to be, I highly recommend reading Romantic Antics. Thank you Kevin and Joy for making me more romantic and creative than I already was. One can never be too romantic or loving.

Proactive Romance At It's Best (don't miss out on the fun!)

This is Proactive Romance at its best. My wife Cathy and I have been married for twenty-five years and are deeply in love and we feel that we know how to romance each other. I was in the Coast Guard for 22 years so we really had to learn how to be creative. And, in spite of all our experience, we've learned a lot from Kevin and Joy's book and we feel that these fun Romantic Antics will keep us young and alive and loving each other for at least another 25 wonderful years. Kevin and Joy have some great ideas that we know work from experience and the rest I feel instinctively that they are right on and I'm looking forward to trying them. I won't spoil your fun by telling you what they are. I will just recommend you get this great book.Proactive regards,Randy "Dr. Proactive" Gilbert, author of "Success Bound: Breaking Free of Mediocrity"

Jam packed with ideas!

Anyone who's dating or in a relationship should own a copy of Romantic Antics. It overflows with ideas for creating and nuturing romance in so many clever ways. And, the book details HOW to create romantic days, nights and weekends--from lists of romantic movies and songs, to what to take on a romantic roadtrip, to recipes with aphrodisiacs.The husband-and-wife authors share their own heartwarming stories of finding love and discovering new ways to keep their romance alive. The brief entries kept me turning pages for new ideas, and I know I will return to Romantic Antics again and again for suggestions. Get a copy for yourself, or someone you love.

Exceeds its billing

This book promises creative ideas for adding quality romance and delivers. I challenge anyone --- an individual seeking a relationship or a couple already in one, with kids or without --- not to discover a gold mine of ready-for-action suggestions, examples and reminders in any five minutes of reading "Romantic Antics."There's plenty to discover for romance "novices" and "experts" alike. The treasure trove features subtle actions that are easy to incorporate into everyday life as well as elaborate plans that can make special moments even more memorable. "Romantic Antics" runs about 300 pages and is a good read straight through, with a down-to-earth writing style shared by the husband-and-wife authors. But the book really shines because it can be returned to over and over, yielding enough ideas and insights to last for decades.Ultimately, "Romantic Antics" isn't flashy, gaudy or complicated, just a thoroughly successful attempt to help keep important relationships fresh and fun even through the daily grind. That's commendable, and why it's an easy book to recommend.