101 Ways to Show Your Love

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(1) A kiss on the tip of the nose

(2) A kiss that’s longer than it needs to be, this one on the lips

(3, 4) Two kisses, or even three

(5) Silently

(6) Forcefully

(7) Unrequitedly

(8) Charmingly

(9) To the point of ecstasy

(10) While on ecstasy (hands held tight, cheeks rubbed together, sweatily)

(11) Soberly

(12, 13, 14) Loudly, obnoxiously, in a way that makes everyone else stop and stare

(15) By saying something that’s never been said before

(16) By saying something that’s been said many times before

(17) By saying something that will be said again

(18) Saying it again

(19) Saying nothing

(20, 21) Flowers or chocolates

(22) Your own favorite flavor of pie (chocolate cream)

(23) Staying when you shouldn’t

(24) Leaving when you should

(25) Not knowing what you should or shouldn’t do but picking something to do anyway

(26) Ragu

(27) Roast chicken

(28) Subsequent homemade stock

(29) Chocolate chip cookie dough in the freezer all the time

(30) This made me think of you

(31) I think you’d like this

(32) I think of you, I think of you

(33, 34) Listening to a story you’ve already heard before and not saying you’ve heard it before

(35, 36) Lying by omission (and the other way too)

(37) Telling the truth also

(38) Brushing hair

(39) Painting nails

(40) Taking makeup off gently

(41, 42) Reminding someone of someone else’s birthday is love shown double

(43 through 48) Sending a card, flowers, money, a small package, a tiny glass-blown animal, a book of poetry

(49) Love notes

(50) All kinds of notes

(51, 52, 53) Putting a picture in a frame, in a wallet, on the fridge

(54) Asking for help

(55) Will you come over?

(56) Can I come over?

(57, 58) Coming over, going over

(59) Leaving a voicemail late at night when you’re walking home

(60) Praying to God

(61) Scratching behind the ears

(62) Scratching there, no there, no a little up, no a little down, maybe to the right

(63) Remembering

(64) Forgetting

(65, 66) Forgiving when you should and when you shouldn’t, which is technically never, because you always should

(67, 68) Wear sunscreen and for that matter all the other annoying things mothers say

(69) Going for a walk

(70) Telling a story in the dark

(71) Letting cold feet get warm against you

(72) By shedding tears (all kinds)

(73, 74) Confoundingly and in ways that are difficult to understand

(75) Simply

(76) Lighting a candle

(77) Leaving a light on

(78) A wink across a crowded bar

(79)Drinking beer on a Sunday even though you never drank beer on a Sunday before

(80) Making other people drink beer on a Sunday

(81) Concert tickets

(82) Making promises, extra points for keeping them

(83) Dancing around the living room

(84) I’m back at kissing but I’ve thought of 80 things in between which is pretty good

(85) Not making it to the bedroom

(86) Giving a hickey

(87) A set of keys

(88) A chain with two initials on it

(89) A locket

(90) Jewelry generally is an excellent way to show your love

(91) A hard to find record

(92) Dancing around the living room (I know that’s twice)

(93) A spoon for ice cream out of the pint

(94) A mug

(95) A cup of tea, want one?

(96) Writing a poem or a list of 101 ways to show your love, which in a way, is a poem

(97) Doing the dishes

(98) Saying you’re welcome instead of no problem

(99) Falling asleep with mouths pressed together

(100, 101) Gratefully and without expectation

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