But get her a poofy thing that sits on her dresser behind her jewelry box, never to be touched or moved again, and she'll melt in your arms. Personal Stuff Romance is personal. To be romantic, you must be personal and do personal kind of things. It's sort of romantic to buy a mooshy greeting card for your loved one, but to be really romantic, you should sign it. As far as birthday presents and so forth go, you can make the gift personal by carefully considering your beloved's interests and choosing a gift uniquely suited to her personality.
Flowers always works.
Your Time One of the required ingredients of romance is your time. Nope, there's no way out of it. An important part of romance is selective blindness. You must not acknowledge anything about your beloved that could possibly be construed as a fault. If she's rude to someone without cause, prattle on about how much nerve that other person had for being such a big fat jerk.