With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, men all over the country are scrambling to find that perfect romantic gift for their wife. Each year it gets more difficult to top the gift you gave her the year before, or to find a truly original romantic gift. Read the list below for gifts that are both original and romantic; gifts that your wife is sure to appreciate come February 14.

Please note that there are some lingerie pictures on suggestion #4 that are clean (carefully chosen) but may not be appropriate for some.

1. The old faithful gift that men always rely on is flowers, candy and stuffed animals. While this can be a romantic gift idea, it’s not so romantic if your wife knows you picked them up at the grocery store mere minutes before pulling into the driveway. Plan ahead. Also, if your wife has a favorite flower other than a red rose, order a bouquet of those instead and prove that you are a good listener.

2. A couples massage from a local spa is a very romantic gift. The two of you can gaze into each other’s eyes while being pampered from head to toe. If this sort of gift puts you outside your comfort zone, even better! Your wife will appreciate your willingness to provide her with this gift even though it might not be your ideal way to spend the day.

3. Gifts.com sells a unique gift idea. For $14.95, you can purchase a Message in a Bottle, which is exactly what it sounds like. You can choose a special message to be printed on parchment paper, which will then be placed in a small bottle. It’s up to you to set it free in the ocean, or just simply deliver it your wife by hand.

4. Show your wife that you still find her incredibly sexy by purchasing some lingerie (which is really a gift for both of you!). Visit a store like Victoria’s Secret or an online store such as pajamagram.com. Just be sure you know your wife’s height and weight so the salesperson can help you choose the appropriate size. You can easily kill the romance by purchasing lingerie that is too small or too big.

Fredricks of Hollywood has some great lingerie gifts that are affordable and sexy!! 

5. Holiday-gifts-gift-baskets.com sells a Valentine Romance Massage Gift Basket for $ 60.00. It includes chocolates to eat, as well as chocolates to paint onto each other. It also comes with candles, massage oil, a back massager and a romantic massage guide.

6. A gift from the heart goes a long way. Write your wife a romantic poem that spells out your undying love for her. Leave out generic rhyming lines and instead focus on saying things that have personal meaning for you both.

(Here's an idea to those less inclined for writing their love down on paper and perfect for putting in your message bottle.)

A Valentine to My Wife 

Accept, dear girl, this little token, 

   And if between the lines you seek, 

You'll find the love I've often spoken—

   The love my dying lips shall speak. 

Our little ones are making merry 

   O'er am'rous ditties rhymed in jest, 

But in these words (though awkward—very) 

   The genuine article's expressed.

You are as fair and sweet and tender, 

   Dear brown-eyed little sweetheart mine, 

As when, a callow youth and slender, 

   I asked to be your Valentine.

What though these years of ours be fleeting? 

   What though the years of youth be flown? 

I'll mock old Tempus with repeating, 

   "I love my love and her alone!" 

And when I fall before his reaping, 

   And when my stuttering speech is dumb, 
Think not my love is dead or sleeping, 

   But that it waits for you to come. 

So take, dear love, this little token, 

   And if there speaks in any line 

The sentiment I'd fain have spoken, 

   Say, will you kiss your Valentine?

by: Eugene Field

7. Redenvelope.com sells a beautiful set of intertwined candlesticks for $49.95. Show your wife that you want your lives to be inextricably intertwined for eternity when you order this set for her.

8. An inviting basket of bath bubbles, salts and oils is another romantic gift. Light a few candles, get the bath ready and invite your wife to join you in relaxing in the suds.

9. Does your wife have a favorite photo of the two of you? Turn it into a canvas by visiting Canvasondemand.com and uploading the photo to the website, where it will be made into a canvas in the size of your choice. You can order an 8x10 for $59 or go as large as a 40 x 60 canvas for $409.

10. Jewelry is a romantic gift when it has a meaningful purpose. Women know all too well that any man can walk into any mall and find many pieces of jewelry to present on Valentine ’s Day; yours has to be unique. Personalize it with her birthstone or the date of your marriage or a few lines from your song. Well intentioned jewelry is far more romantic than jewelry purchased with haste in a hurry.

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