10 Sweetest Ideas for the Romantically Challenged Will

Help Thrill Anyone’s Sweetheart on Valentine’s Day

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Boston, MA, February 3, 2004 – When those old Valentine’s Day standbys, chocolates

and flowers, feel stale or inappropriate, many lovers get stumped about how else to demonstrate their adoration.  A new web site, www.whatsromantic.com, helps those

who are “romantically challenged” to come up with fresh ideas for the one day of the

year set aside for romance – and indeed for the other 364 days, too.

“The word ‘romance’ draws a lot of blank stares,” says Dina Lynch, who with her partner

of three and a half years Peter Eisenberg is surveying women and men on the most

romantic thing anyone has ever done for them. “People guess what their lover would

want and often end up with disastrous results.  Both partners feel hurt, misunderstand

and definitely underappreciated when a romantic gesture flops.”

In time for Valentine’s Day brainstorming, the 10 sweetest (and successful) examples the

duo has collected so far are available in a PDF download from www.whatsromantic.com.  Hundreds of other anecdotes will appear later this year in Lynch and Eisenberg’s

forthcoming book, 427 Ideas for the Romantically Challenged™.

Some memorable experiences that came up in the survey don’t cost a dime, like the

boyfriend who parked by a deserted dock, played “Come Away With Me” on the car

stereo and slow-danced with his sweetie under the stars.  Another woman said, “The

most romantic gift my husband ever gave me was the money to get my MBA degree

plus his commitment to care for our very young daughter and the household while I

attended school. To me, nothing says ‘I love you’ more strongly than making an

investment in your partner's life goals.”

Lynch, a 42-year-old mediator who specializes in workplace conflict and Eisenberg,

the 38-year-old owner of a market research company, consider themselves romantically clueless.  Whenever Lynch has wondered out loud when they’d get married, Eisenberg

would reply, “When I think of a romantic way to surprise you.”  Hence the survey and

the forthcoming book.

Those who wish to share their most romantic experience can take the What’s Romantic? survey at www.whatsromantic.com, while those who can’t think of anything creative to please their partner can go to the same address to download the free report,

“10 Sweetest Ideas to thrill your sweetheart.”

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Dina Beach Lynch or Peter Eisenberg
617 553-0423
www.whatsromantic.com
info@whatsromantic.com