For a woman, romance is life, or at least it should be and I can hear all you guys screaming now. "How are we supposed to know what she wants?" If you are clueless about how to pick up clues, you can always use the direct approach.

Sometimes the best way to know what she considers romantic is to ask her. But you may have to be indirectly direct; for example a statement like, "what you think is romantic honey", may be too threatening and you are likely to get a vague or ambiguous answer. A more indirect statement such as, "what do you think most women consider to be romantic, or what are some things you would buy for yourself if you won a thousand dollars and could only spend it on yourself or you would lose the money, or something like, I have been thinking we should take a vacation, got any ideas where we should go and so on and so forth".

If you think that is still too direct, let your ears be your guide. The next time you hear her say, "that sounds like that would be fun, or isn’t that pretty, or you see her staring at something and studying it carefully, write it down, discretely for future reference.

Are there universal romance themes, ideas and activities? Things that every woman would consider to be genuinely romantic. Probably not. There are just too many women for anything to be a 100% sure thing, but there are probably a few things that are pretty safe bets such as: