Diane Geiger – Post 5: Courting Detroit
Posted By: Diane Geiger TenHoopen
Posted: 11/4/2008
Courtship and kindling romance run hand-in-hand. Here are some (fairly standard) tips for fanning the flames:
- Give compliments; be expressive regarding what you respect and admire about your partner
- Spend the day together
- Share a romantic meal
- Do something different together
- Reminisce about the days of your early courtship
- Care for your partner, especially when they need some extra support
- Perform a "random act of kindness"
- Share your dreams for the future
- Do a project together
- Write love notes
- Celebrate together (anniversaries, accomplishments and milestones)
- Remember that “love” is a verb
We can incorporate these ideas in our ongoing courtship of Detroit.
Celebrating Detroit can include acknowledging and attending significant events (like the recent Book-Cadillac grand re-opening, as one example).
We can get involved in projects and with organizations who are working to make our dreams for Detroit's future a reality.
On a recent romantic do-something-different venture of my own, I stole away to downtown Plymouth for a few wonderful hours spent exploring shops and cafes I’d never been to - amid the colorful autumn leaves.
Tomorrow: Ambivalence kills romance