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A few months ago, I decided I was going to write a violin solo for my girlfriend. After a long time I finally composed it. Then, I spent a long time hand writing out the pages of score for her to play. I put the hand written score in an orange envelope and gave it to her. It was a love solo I wrote for her. Romantic? Like the idea?

Sounds good!

Sounds like good news ! I wrote a big, virtuoso piano piece for my wife as a wedding present - had no money to give her anything else. When young I used to think it a good idea to dedicate musical works to women with whom I fell in love but I soon flagged that idea away. Most women here were as hard as nails - didn't want romanticism whatever else they wanted.

What else did they want ?

Let me quote Ovid:

Quid tibi praecipiam teneros quoque mittere versus?
Ei mihi, non multum carmen honoris habet.
Carmina laudantur, sed munera magna petuntur: Dummodo sit dives, barbarus ipse placet.
Aurea sunt vere nunc saecula: plurimus auro
Venit honos: auro conciliatur amor.

Translation:
Do I also teach that you send tender verses?
Ah me, poems are not honoured much.
Songs are praised, but its gifts they really want:
Barbarians themselves are pleasing, so long as they’re rich.
Truly now it is the Age of Gold: the greatest honours
Come with gold: love’s won by gold.

A truly wise man.

Benedict:

I don't know - still a mystery - whatever it was I didn't have it.

mrenaud:

A truly cynical man more likely. Fortunately counter-examples exist - not in huge numbers, but they do exist.

I wrote a Christmas song for my then fiancé and wrapped it up and put it under the tree with his gifts. To this day he considers it the best Christmas gift he ever got. (Now that could just be saying something for my other purchases over the years.... ....or maybe not) We were at his parents house during the exchanging of gifts and his Mom cried at the sentiment of it. Noone in his family is a muscian of any kind, but they understood the value of that gift!

I also wrote a song for our wedding for the lighting of the wedding candle part of the ceremony. We've been married now almost 16 years and those were two of the most romantic gestures I've made.

Nice move Liberal!