Before we get started on our romantic journey, take the following quiz to see how well you fare on our Love-O-Meter scale.

The Love-O-Meter Quiz

Answer the following questions honestly.

• In the past year, how often have you given your romantic partner flowers?

  1. Never

  2. One to three times (birthday, Valentine's Day, and anniversary)

  3. More than three times

• How often do you compliment your romantic partner? (It can be about anything from cooking skills to appearance to a special talent.)

  1. Once a day or more

  2. A few times per week

  3. Rarely

• In a typical month, how often do you brag about your romantic partner in front of him or her?

  1. More often than not

  2. Rarely

  3. Every time we're out socially

• How often do you try to cook one of your romantic partner's favorite meals?

  1. Once a month

  2. Once a week

  3. Whenever the ingredients are on sale

• How many times each week do you do something nice for your romantic partner without expecting something in return?

  1. Once or twice

  2. Three or four times

  3. Practically every day

• How often do you and your favorite special person plan a “date” alone?

  1. Once a month

  2. Once a week or more

  3. Not very often, we're too busy

• How would you finish this statement? “A romantic evening should …”

  1. Always lead to sex

  2. Never lead to sex

  3. Lead to sex when the feeling is right

• How many times a day do you kiss, hug, or touch your significant other for no apparent reason?

  1. Not very often

  2. Once or twice

  3. Too often to keep track, so I don't

• How often per week do you and your romantic partner just sit and talk for twenty minutes or longer?

  1. Once or twice

  2. Three times or more

  3. There's never time, we always get interrupted

• How often do you notice something (music, art, nature, television advertisement) that makes you feel romantic or makes you think about your special person?

  1. Not very often

  2. At least once a day

  3. A few times per week

Write your score here:

Add your scores together here: ________

The Love-O-Meter quiz is designed to show you the many different aspects of a romantic life. You need to do much more than occasionally show up at your partner's door with a box of chocolates, a dozen roses, or a bottle of champagne. As you will soon see, it goes a lot deeper than that.

Being romantic also means being considerate, communicating, bragging about the special person in your life, taking time, and making time, as well as remembering those random acts of caring that make someone else's day just a little brighter.