By Anita Lover

Alexa, play ‘Cry to me’ by Solomon Burke. 

As I watched Dirty Dancing for the 34th time, I started thinking about what I want to experience with love in my life. If you’ve read my Valentine’s Day article, you’ll know I wistfully observe romance and absolutely love it. 

My self-described romantic self has thus let her mind wander once again and I think about all of the things I have hoped for while seeing people. I never share these with friends or anyone outside of my own brain because #cringe, but you don’t know me and I don’t know you, so here we bloody go.

1. I want someone to spontaneously knock on my door without me knowing they’re coming and I want a surprise visit. Any delivery items accompanying them would be lovely but a good wine, dicking down or flowers would be lovely x not picky x 
2. While we’re on the topic, I want someone to turn up at my house when I don’t feel well, even though I’ve told them they don’t have to. 
3. I want someone to pick me up from the airport, with a lil homemade sign.
4. I want to be kissed in the middle of King’s Cross like nobody’s watching. 
5. I want to catch eyes with my luva across the room at a party and stare at each other like we have a secret.
6. I want to have that anticipation just before a kiss, knowing it’s about to happen.
7. I want them to gaze into my eyes, their mouth wide open while I wait to hear what they’re about to say. 
8. I want cringe good night messages and good morning ones. 
9. I want to not wear underwear and only my partner knows, all night long. 
10. I want to be pulled closer by the waist in a crowded bar as I’m weaving my way through.
11. I want to be kissed goodbye at the front door and then kissed again because neither of us wants to leave the other.
12. I want to dance together in the kitchen when the radio is banging a tune. 
13. I want someone to take their shoes off for me because my feet hurt from wearing those gorgeous, agonising highest heels yet again. 
14. I want someone to tell their friends about me when I’m not there, and then hear from the friends that this has happened. 
15. I want to be taken somewhere without being told where we’re going and see where the night takes us. 
16. I want to throw my pants off my balcony for them to catch.
17. I want to be kissed in the rain, even if it ruins my hair (not after a bouncy blow though, I have to be somewhat realistic)
18. I want to sit on the same side of the table in a restaurant even though there are perfectly good seats opposite.
19. I want to stay in bed on a Sunday and enjoy being between those sheets. Maybe a pastry could feature, a few cups of tea.  
20. I want a relationship that makes me embarrassingly giddy.
21. I want a level of romance that makes me CRINGE because I’ve become one of those relationship people.

Okay signing off now, the girls that get it, get it xx