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The latest patch 5.4 newsBreakfast Topic: Love is in the Air!
by Zach Yonzon 
Feb 11th 2009 at 8:00AM
Now that we all have an excuse to act like fools for love, I have to ask -- what's the most foolish thing you've done for love in-game? I know one guildie who's been busily farming the various drake pets and the Disgusting Oozling to give to his lady love in time for the season. The cheesiest I ever got was when my wife and I took off to have a nice picnic on one of the floating isles in Nagrand, complete with roses, picnic baskets, and formal wear. I don't have a lot of money in-game, so all the extravagant gifts come from my wife instead.
This time, though, I think I'm going to bake her a Delicious Chocolate Cake and maybe a Bouquet of Black Roses. I know, I'm sort of cheap and uncreative, but hey, I'd love to hear some suggestions! I can probably pick up some Achievements along the way, and I could always use some reputation gains with my wife, after all...
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Shardrell Feb 11th 2009 9:28AM
I bought a baby hippogryph on Ebay for my husband's gnome rogue. It was under $20 and he loves it to death, so I actually don't think it was a foolish move. :)
Pyornthe Feb 11th 2009 1:39PM
I told my boyfriend to buy me one of those for christmas and he'd have my undying affection and gratitude.
Not that he, uh, doesn't have that anyways. >.>
McKree Feb 11th 2009 9:39AM
Since our guild is made up mostly of bitter single men, the utmost we'll do is mourn our holy priest changing server so he could play in his gf's guild.
But on the upside, not having raids right now would free us all up to do the achievements!
...not.
SarahTheGnome Feb 11th 2009 9:44AM
I hate all the romance crap. The only thing I do for my boyfriend ingame is give him money and make him the best bags. If he came to whisk me away for a romantic picnic ingame, I would... yeah, no thank you. If it's your thing then that is lovely, different people, different opinions, but it is not mine at all. I even hate Valentine's day irl, the only reason we might do something for it this year, is that we have very different work schedules and by a fluke, he doesn't have to work on Saturday so we can do something together. Forced romance, even romance at all, is not my thing. And I am a roleplayer even! This is why I made my char a virgin until she dies, not interested in love of any kind.
Chuddy Feb 11th 2009 1:37PM
Someone's been drinking haterade this morning eh? Chill out winston.
Chuddy Feb 11th 2009 11:30AM
Someones drank a full glass of haterade this morning eh? Chill out winston.
Zach Feb 11th 2009 1:37PM
Chill, Winston!
Nice. I'm a Guy Ritchie fan myself.
SarahTheGnome Feb 12th 2009 4:47AM
Yes, I'm sorry I don't let myself be lured into romance by Hallmark.
dreadpiraterose Feb 11th 2009 9:58AM
My boyfriend spent a lot of time raising gold for my flying mount, and even more time helping me grind Undercity rep so my blood elf could ditch the ugly rainbow hawkstrider forever and get the Undead mount instead. :)
Monsoon Feb 11th 2009 10:42AM
My wife and I haven't done anything terribly romantic in WoW, but I did propose to her in City of Heroes. My character got down on one knee in front of hers, gave her a Ring, and proposed. Then I turned to her (our computers are in the same room) and proposed myself.
We're a real gamer couple; our wedding cake top had the bride and groom, still dressed for the wedding, sitting on the couch playing games on the Wii.
Isabella Feb 11th 2009 10:51AM
During the 1st Valentine holiday, I sent my then-fiance one of those conversation hearts. Since then, he's switched servers, I've been a hardcore raider, we got married, he's switched to horde, I switched to a different horde, we've met back up in an alliance guild... and he still has that stupid conversation heart in his bank from 3 years ago.
Hedwig Feb 11th 2009 10:55AM
My hubby has done supersweet things for me in game. The biggest thing he did was send me the money for my epic flight training. He bought mine before he bought his. He's definately a keeper.
Last year I did the Nagrand picnic thing with the romantic picnic basket, roses, and the whole bit. It was cheesy but fun. Good for screenshots and all. :)
This year I asked him what he wanted for Valentine's Day and he said a "Greatness card" so I'm going to do what I can. We have a guildy that can make them so I'm going to give him the mats and maybe I'll get lucky. But neither of us have that kind of money. He told me later not to worry about it, but I know he would be floored if I actually can pull this off so I'll do my best.
stephanie Feb 11th 2009 11:00AM
My fiance doesn't play, so the most interesting thing I'm doing is sending some friends some of the candy hearts. I sent the guy who usually leads our raid the "I'd follow you all over Azeroth" one. :)
Aydra Feb 11th 2009 12:53PM
gamer girls get TONS of in game sweetness their way. Flowers are awesome, and pets rule. However, as a tank, there is no faster way to my heart than gear.
That being said, i've had friends show up to runs with flowers, and go out of their way to find me pets and had it mean just as much. With the current price of titansteel on my server, someone giving up their cooldown or throwing in mats means just as much. :P
lol Feb 11th 2009 12:31PM
Gee, if I were your wife I'd ask you to roll something besides a BE... but that's just me.
Lidija Feb 11th 2009 3:05PM
I've tried giving in-game flowers to my husband, cooked him in-game raid food and boosted his alts -- none of that was worth much to him. Then on the day of the WoLK launch I gave him 10k gold towards his mammoth. :) Success! My theory is that men love fast cars and power tools, whether its in-game or RL.
What I suggest doing for your gal is something that shows you put time into it. For example, prepare a picnic for her, or prepare some outfits for an in-game outing (formal dance, hiking, etc). When you're on your outing, make sure you role-play it up a bit... let her enter doorways first, offer her a chair before you sit down. Little extras like that will earn you extra points in her books.
A purchase of a gift like a pet can take 5 minutes, it won't show you've made an effort.
Laurie Fitzgerald Feb 11th 2009 3:12PM
My husband and I are getting married on Valentine's Day on Echo Isles (Horde of course). Our whole guild is pitching in to help. Making dresses and tuxes, getting champagne and cake form Dalaran, we even have a shadow priest to wed us (no holy priests for us horde)!
Deadly. Off. Topic. Feb 12th 2009 1:14PM
For romance? My fiancé and I had a small pinic behind Goldshire inn, he even brought “bread, meat and wine” for the pinic. I wore my lovey black dress and he was in a tuxedo. All we needed was a blanket. ^_^v
pastfirst Feb 14th 2009 4:37AM
Lucky for thoughtful guys like you! Hope she liked the black roses.