The Red Rose Society Blog

Anita Rothery In the Name of Love has:
I would give the greatest gift anyone can give for someone I love. My life hopefully that in return they will use that knowledge to put love back in other peoples lifes and be blessed.

adila In the Name of Love has:
as my personal opinion i think i would respect the peerson who love’s me,care for him., and be with him when ever he needs me. love is not just who u like love is what people made for each other,the lovers who care for each other.

senthilrenga In the Name of Love has:
senthilkumar

Kavita In the Name of Love has:
My love name is Rakesh

cynthia In the Name of Love has:
i’ve gave up my friends and faimly i’ve done everything for him. i’ve done things that i don’t like 2 do. i keep him happy i done every thing i can do for him

Linda Lancaster In the Name of Love has:
I proposed marriage on Sky News to my partner on 14th February 2008.
shahil In the Name of Love has:
i gave my soul to love

sarah tew In the Name of Love has:
I would do absolutely anything for the love of my life as we have been together now for four years and we first met as friends when I was 12.We have been through so much together which involved my partner being in a serious car accident and we deserve the break as I said before I would do anything for love.

desta In the Name of Love has:
romancing cajoling and having fun

Mrs Wendy Wass In the Name of Love has:
I would run faster than the eye could see
through a Jungle on my own
leave at home my mobile phone
climb a mountain in bare feet
and forego chocolate as my favorite treat
swim a shark infested sea
in no makeup as plain could be
be braver than the very best
let my children leave the nest
give my husband his best say
stop nagging for a holiday
no wasting paper but save a tree
and give my precious time for free
be the hero I want to be
in the eyes of friends and family
and in it’s sake I’d cure all woes
and give each a thrill from head to toes
with the ultimate gift
of a Red Red Rose.

Darren Cousins In the Name of Love has:
I have sung a song to my partner over the supermarket tannoy!

Lynn Savage In the Name of Love has:
Just like in the movies.
Take me to New York, to a baseball game and propose to me over the big screen at half time. I would love that.

Madelaine McLaughlin In the Name of Love has:
I really did marry him and have his babies- the ultimate act of love!

Linda dungate In the Name of Love has:
fight tooth and nail to keep my man

Jamie Walker In the Name of Love has:
What I have done is engraved an ipod with a love message – sounds tacky, but it worked. What will I do? Paraglide from Blackpool Tower. Honest.

Dominic Hourd In the Name of Love has:
moved all over the country for my loved one and given up much loved jobs

Lesley Rush In the Name of Love has:
I would forgive the lack of a Valentines Card!!!

Helen Pastore In the Name of Love has:
Put my heart on the line to express romantic feelings towards a good friend

amy jones-roberts In the Name of Love has:
Moved 40 miles away from uni to be near my boyfriend

Adam Coles In the Name of Love has:
Hitch hicked back from Finland to Manchester to be my girlfriend who was very sick over the Valentine’s weekend and her birthday. I had very little money as a student and so had to beg vehicles to let me in and jump on the ferries with them. I turned up at 1am on the morning of the 15th February 2005 only a little late for valentines day.

Dr BLT In the Name of Love has:
Here’s what I would like to do in the name of love. I would give at least one person with a broken heart such as the one depicted in this song a free copy of this song:

Shattered Valentine 2: Funk Edition
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT © 2009

http://www.drblt.net/music/ShatValFunkDemo2.mp3

For more information, visit:

http://www.drblt.net

Lorraine Smith In the Name of Love has:
I would circumnavigate the globe for the opportunity to spend time with my loved one!

siobhan corbett In the Name of Love has:
I have and would always consider others first because i love them. I would move to the other side of the world in the name of love and do almost anything for them..

kathryn ost In the Name of Love has:
spent 46 years (married for 40) with my man. borne 4 lovely children to him and supported them with our 9 wonderful grandchildren. propose to spend the rest of our days together, more or less in total harmony as we have done so far.

kerry rhodes In the Name of Love has:
would ask boyfriend to marry me as he has been there alot for me, and also took on my two kids calls them his own. would not want to be with out him

Babar Zeb In the Name of Love has:
in the nmae of love i would sacrifice everything for the love of my life

sabrina In the Name of Love has:
I would do anything at all for my wonderful fiancee as he is so romantic and kind everyday of the year.
I realy hope to win because i love to make him smile and dont think i do often enough!!!

PATRICIA COUSINS In the Name of Love has:
GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH AND TO HELL AND BACK

mr nicky grant In the Name of Love has:
I would take my beautiful extra special and extraordinary mom for whom I care full time; for she is my valentine – a truly wonderful lady who deserves the best! This is a case of true and lifelong love!

Simon Cutler In the Name of Love has:
Surprised my partner for her 40th birthday with a dinner party at a local restaurant for closest family & friends at which time I presented her with tickets for a Broadway showw and weekend in NYC.

Alexa Flynn In the Name of Love has:
Anything and everything!

Russell Turner In the Name of Love has:
Flown to Tours, France within 3 hours of hearing that my then girlfriend Caroline was considering dumping me for Jean. He won eventually!

Angela Caulfield In the Name of Love has:
absoulutley any thing to nothing

Tatiana In the Name of Love has:
I have moved from my home country to England, left my family and my friends behind whom I miss dearly. But I am finally with someone very special I have waited for him all my life and we are blessed to find each other

althea morgan In the Name of Love has:
everything within reasn and legal

lisa In the Name of Love has:
i would cock a nice meal for my men called graham and steve who i love them so much xxxxx

Derek In the Name of Love has:
I have sent flowers to my wife
each month last year and on our fiftiest anniversary next March

e.direki In the Name of Love has:
wait.

Dennis Postill In the Name of Love has:
I have been married twice and been widowed twice. Better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.

Neha Mundra-Walia In the Name of Love has:
I got married to my boyfriend of 4 years so that we stay together otherwise he would have left for Australia.

ashleigh walls In the Name of Love has:
i have booked a surprise holiday for my partner for his birthday

MICHAEL SMEDLEY In the Name of Love has:
i would walk to the ends of the earth or even give up my life for the love of my darling wife

Gisela Barrington In the Name of Love has:
I left my country and came over to this island of baked beans and misery to be with the man I love…..

Sue Kessler In the Name of Love has:
follow my partner to wherever he wants to go for work and pleasure

stella withey In the Name of Love has:
I would do anything for love, but I wont do that, yes that

Allan Hudson In the Name of Love has:
Well it took a very brave heart but it won me the fairest lady!

Gary Gemmell In the Name of Love has:
i once went out late at night down to a local cove in ibiza when we were on holiday and spelled out my girlfriends name in seashells on the beach so that the next day when we arrived she would have a little surprise.

It worked.

Sheona Hamid In the Name of Love has:
I would do whatever it takes! I’m up for any challenge – as long as I keep my man

ellen theresa bryan In the Name of Love has:
took a week off work and went to work for my partner for nothing because his labourer was off sick.

ANNE BOSTWICK In the Name of Love has:
I PRETENDED TO BE MY TWIN SISTER!

Tom Barber In the Name of Love has:
Travelled to the other side of the world to prove my love

PATRICIA HARKNESS In the Name of Love has:
I’d give my life to save his. Why? I’ve been in the scenario and I would have swapped places because I felt the stronger of the two.

Patricia White In the Name of Love has:
If needed would donate a kidney or bone marrow if compatable to a loved one.

michelle koretz In the Name of Love has:
shared my last rolo

Elaine Fitzpatrick In the Name of Love has:
I have lived with the same grumpy, gorgeous man for 24 years. I pamper him and he wishes for nothing – my latest gesture was to take him on an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas and New York for his 50th birthday.

would walk the contest!!

rachel howard In the Name of Love has:
I trekked to Everest base camp to get closer to a man at work. We had been staring at each other across the office but never crossed paths at work. We definitely crossed paths by both joining the company trip to base camp.

Elizabeth Rodgers In the Name of Love has:
I’d move heaven and earth! Well perhaps that’s impossible, but I’d definitely move countries to be with the one I love!

Glen Mitchell In the Name of Love has:
I loved Lorraine so much that I moved 10,500 miles to marry her (Melbourne to London)

carole robson In the Name of Love has:
i gave up the chance of a free trip to new york to be able to spend 4 hours with my (now) husband!! he was working away and we had just 4 hours in an airport lounge before he had to get a connecting flight.

was worth it!

nichette rowlands In the Name of Love has:
I married a man 29 years younger than I am,we married almost 3 years ago but have been together for 6 years this april.He tells me several times a day how much he loves me and I love him to bits,he is without doubt the love of my life and I am a very lucky woman.

mik sarna In the Name of Love has:
I have eaten a home-made fish and brocolli pie (i hate both) and even had a second portion!

janette Arnold In the Name of Love has:
I would like to take my partner in a hot air balloon and sip champagne as we drift over the countryside.

James Scott In the Name of Love has:
Surprise my loved one with a balloon flight over a romantic city

ANGELA HEALY In the Name of Love has:
SCALED THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN

sabrina levine In the Name of Love has:
My boyfriend and I were going to apart for our 5th anniversary as he had exams in Sheffield, and I was on a work placement in London. On the day of our anniversary Rich got the train down to London and surprised me with flowers, dinner at The Ivy and a beautiful London hotel for the night…I truly felt like I had been sweapt off my feet by my childhood sweetheart! I am entering this on his behalf, as he doesn’t think he is romantic!

steven young In the Name of Love has:
I went backpacking to Thailand and Cambodia with my Girlfriend. I was planning to propose to her over there and had to carry the engagement ring in my rucksack incase she found it ruining the surprise. How I sweated whenever we caught a connecting flight or worse was when we went out for the evening! I was convinced wherever we were staying was going to get broken into and the ring stolen.
I didn’t end up proposing until the day after we got back from our travels mainly due to the fact that it didn’t feel right. Instead I proposed on our couch, in our living room in the house we bought together!

Catherine Smith In the Name of Love has:
married my husband

helen battle In the Name of Love has:
Anything, as long as it’s with my husband!!!!!!

Ian Cooper In the Name of Love has:
give up any material possessions, travel anywhere, do anything as without someone to Love you have nothing at all.

Colin Henney In the Name of Love has:
MARRIED THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS – SANDRA

Cindy George In the Name of Love has:
I’ve shared a tent with him, washed his pants, and extinguished him when he was on fire (don’t ask), but my supreme feat of love was on New Year’s day when he proudly presented me with his latest creation – chocolate dipped, vodka-marinated chillies. And I ate one.

carolyn ellston In the Name of Love has:
I would do anything for the love of my life. Including getting married all over again, because the first time I got so overwhelmed that I could not say anything (when asked to speak my own vows!). His were so wonderful too (12 years ago). Forever embarrassed at how I let him down when his were so very wonderful – which is why I could not speak. I should have gone first….

Rebecca Wainwright In the Name of Love has:
I would lick sweaty feet in the name of love!

Mark baker In the Name of Love has:
W would do ANYTHING for love – even THAT!

TRACY HANSON In the Name of Love has:
SLIGHTLY BORING BUT I HAD A SONG REQUESTED ON THE RADIO.

Danielle Rose In the Name of Love has:
Nursed my boyfriend when he was ill and bought him lots of fruit and veg’!

j. dunstan In the Name of Love has:
In the name of love I gave my husband healthy home grown veg after turning his prized lawn into a vegetable patch.

In Eurovision bloom.
Godsarians of love, my dear.
Because they sing in tune.
How fare will we if they should play?
How honoured is the world?
Farewell! ‘nil point’ is history.
Now let the ‘rock’ be heard.

David Carter In the Name of Love has:
When I met my girlfriend, now wife of 5 years, she was on girly holiday in the Balearics. I had been living in Mallorca for 2 years and having a whale of a time but after a whirlwind 2 week romance I couldn’t see my life without her (despite her bad perm and braces on her teeth!) so I packed up my stuff, sold a stereo to pay for a flight back to the UK and we moved in together two weeks later.
She is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Ms M Winter In the Name of Love has:
In the name of love I brought new life into a quiet home..now it is full of love from top to bottom.

Leonie Ashenden In the Name of Love has:
Everything to make my loved one realise they are the most special person on earth.

ISABELL WHITENSTALL In the Name of Love has:
I am considering going a a cycling holiday with my loved one, even though I cannot cycle very well.

brenda heads In the Name of Love has:
I moved out of the area to marry my husband and lost all my friends because he did not like them. But here we are after 27 years still in love.

angela evans In the Name of Love has:
i sat and watched every football game in the world cup because i know he hates being by himself ,i HATED every minute of it but i did draw a line when it came to sitting there with a can of beer in my hand!!!!!!!!1

angela evans In the Name of Love has:
i sat and watched every football game in the world cup because i know he hates being by himself ,i HATED every minute of it but i did draw a line when it came to sitting there with a can of beer in my hand!!!!!!!!1

drew munnoch In the Name of Love has:
like to have a love public holiday

Mr Mal Haddon In the Name of Love has:
I have given my wife a silk rose every year on valentines day for our anniversary (its our 30th this year) and we got engaged on valentines day.

Chris Deacon In the Name of Love has:
Cheesy…but i have proposed marriage on one knee on the top level of the Eiffel Tower..alas she laughed !

Erica Price In the Name of Love has:
Taken a downgrade at work

eddie price In the Name of Love has:
Anything it takes!

Francesca Harrod In the Name of Love has:
Gone out in public dressed as a monkey (don’t ask)

Margaret Farmer In the Name of Love has:
Travel to the end of the earth just to be with him.

Joyce Irving In the Name of Love has:
got married

Mrs Rosina Brewster In the Name of Love has:
I nursed my late husband Frank and kept my promise that he would die at home not in hospital, while also nursing my late mother,this I
did out of love for them both. It was a pleasure to help and make them comfortable.

James Bruce In the Name of Love has:
married my wife

Sheila Hodgson In the Name of Love has:
rod out the septic tank because my husband has a very weak stomach!

Michael Flack In the Name of Love has:
I have chosen to make somebodies else’s dreams and happiness more important than my own, and somehow it has made me happier than ever!

Julie Hinson In the Name of Love has:
scratched love-hearts into my desk at school , and also into my arm creating a thankfully temporary tattoo

lesley binder In the Name of Love has:
in the name of love i met my husband through one of the very first dating agencies “dateline”!
we fell in love and married on valentines day in 1991, celebrating 18 happy years this years!!
always spend our anniversary day together but with three kids in tow have never had the opportunity to spend the whole weekend together!!

Claire Tetsill In the Name of Love has:
Id run up the highest Mountain, put a Flag showing my love at the top and then abseil down. Book a private Aeroplane and take my love over the Mountain so he could see it and then whisk him away to the most Romantic city in the World ‘Paris’ and escort him to a hotel room brimming full of red roses!

Sheryl richardson In the Name of Love has:
Cut short my holiday in India, spend all my savings to comfort my boyfriend who had an accident on the other side of the world (Cook Islands!) It was worth every penny

laura annsforde In the Name of Love has:
after i had decided love had long gone and so had all my trust my now fiancee supported me through my dad dying helped me find the courage to face my violent ex and always gave and has always given me love to that end he has nwo persuaded me to take a chance on love again and proved not all men are the samecos

Sarah Laycock In the Name of Love has:
I’d jump from a building totally nude, I’d go without swearing, try not to be rude. I’d cook and clean with a smile on my face, the perfect partner with style and grace.

I’d give up choccie for a single whole day, I promise not to cry when I don’t get my own way. Hell, what WOULDN’T I do in the name of love, for a bunch of red roses or a single white dove!

Ray Dodds In the Name of Love has:
Die

Martina Pichova In the Name of Love has:
I have stopped eating meat at home as I am living with a vegetarian boyfriend.

Wendy Davison In the Name of Love has:
Put love letters in my boyfriends pack lunch and put rose petals on our bed!

Helen Stratton In the Name of Love has:
In the name of love i have cleaned out and cut my husbands nasty ingrown toenail.

dave Johnston In the Name of Love has:
Get married

G Hanson In the Name of Love has:
Put MY life on hold to some extent in order to share it with my partner. Accepted traits in him that I wouldn’t tolerate in anyone else. Exhibited a great amount of patience!

Anthony Martin In the Name of Love has:
December nineteen ninety nine,
moved North to Scotland, made her mine,
left my house, friends and career,
started over, just to be near,
a life together, no regret,
Sincerest love a man could get,
Changed my world,brought to life,
longed to make this girl my wife,
popped the question in March O’Seven,
That July she passed on to Heaven,
I will always remember my Angel above,
For life seemed complete when we shared our love

Mary Dempsey In the Name of Love has:
Save my partners life with a kidney donation

emma kinsey In the Name of Love has:
i would propose

Paula Newton In the Name of Love has:
Left the beautiful island of Jersey and a wonderful lifestyle and move to UK mainland to raise my husband’s child. Now that is love!

elizabeth burridge In the Name of Love has:
“Anything”

Sieska Cowdrey In the Name of Love has:
Move 10,000 miles away from my family, home and friends. And not regretted it one little bit.

Sadie Mason In the Name of Love has:
Saved up and treated my loved one the holiday of a lifetime to Hawaii

Jeanette Rogers In the Name of Love has:
Donate a kidney or bone marrow

Mrs Heather Hewitt In the Name of Love has:
Stopped eating chocolates to lose weight

maria onnis In the Name of Love has:
in the name of love i cried and laughed a million times at the same time….i felt dead and alive and suffered and joyed all together ….i loved like i= it was the last time of my life and felt powerfull and at times felt powerless…but what is important i always felt something !

Amanda Stone In the Name of Love has:
Given birth to an 11lb 11oz baby on my husbands birthday – how’s that for a present???

David Rose-Massom In the Name of Love has:
I asked my wife to marry me during a break in activities when I was the MC at a Grand Charity Ball. We had been together just three weeks at the time and after agreeing to keep it a secret I stood up and on the microphone told 240 guests, 10 mayors and their mayoresses and a delegation from Poland. We married just seven months later and on Feb 2nd 09 we celebrate our 1st anniversary.

Lindsey Clegg In the Name of Love has:
Anything within my power to make my boyfriend happy

Chuck Irwin In the Name of Love has:
In 2006, I quit my job working for my brother, left everyone I knew in the world and the only state (CA) I had ever lived in to follow my true love to a small town in NM (Truth or Consequences) where she opened a retail shop showcasing only NM made creations. She had NO retail experience and neither did I! A total ‘leap of faith’ into the unknown. Every day is still and adventure and often a struggle in this economy, but we are keeping the faith that all will turn out well.

Sarah Gardiner In the Name of Love has:
I would serenade my love with a yodel while skiing down a slope in Whistler, Canada surrounded by the beauty of the mountains, then have a hearth rugger by the light of the fire in my exclusive log cabin, sipping champagne and eating strawberries………

Rebecca Hughes In the Name of Love has:
Waited ten years

Martin Thirlwell In the Name of Love has:
got engaged on top of a mountain

katie walker In the Name of Love has:
I have gone to rabbit shows in the name of love!! and yes the rabbits do get rossettes!!

alan dunlop In the Name of Love has:
Summer in Paris sipping ice cold champagne in a garden overlooking the eiffel tower with my fiancee!

Sarah Tilley In the Name of Love has:
I got my partner a scuba diving experience for christmas for the two of us even though i hate the sea, when we went I hated it but I forced myself to go under the water even though I was panicking so that we could share the experience together.

brendan flanagan In the Name of Love has:
Lived with my Mother-in-Law

Julie Taylor In the Name of Love has:
Prayed really hard every day in 6th form when in church sessions, for a boy id met, Did this for exactly a month, every day for the 15 minute service over and over and it worked he wrote!!

Conny Jones In the Name of Love has:
My husband is completely passionate about recyling absolutely everything and I find myself in the name of love seperating, washing and sorting every scrap of rubbish.

Gerri Tennant In the Name of Love has:
Accepted a proposal of marriage within a week of meeting my husband and getting married 12 weeks later (27 years ago).

OLIVER BURNAGE In the Name of Love has:
fly all the way to Hong Kong to propose.

Leanne Dempsey In the Name of Love has:
proposed on a message on the screens at picadilly circus

sarah swainsbury In the Name of Love has:
id like the kids taken out to chesinton for the day so i can clean and then soak in the bath the read a book while eating choc and having a class of wine

Bridget Johnson In the Name of Love has:
For me: love is consolation when he’s had a bad day at work: love is bringing hot drinks when he’s got a cold: love is for sharing the good times and bad

Greg Davies In the Name of Love has:
flew back from new york for a 3 hour visit to see my girlfriend when i couldn’t get anytime off from work. i was exhausted for a week – but it was worth it!

Lucy Stearman In the Name of Love has:
The first time I met my husband I’d just got out of hospital after a nasty bout of glandular fever – known as the ‘kissing disease’. Despite this, he risked catching it to kiss me thoroughly during our date! I later discovered he has diabetes so he literally risked his life for a kiss from me!

Alison Turner In the Name of Love has:
I’d give up my last Rollo

Carolyn In the Name of Love has:
I booked waterskiing lessons for my boyfriend and I – he loved it!

lauren dailey In the Name of Love has:
I have moved from the Isle of Man to Blackpool to live with the man i love and I would do it again in a heart beat, he’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

Carole Lynn In the Name of Love has:
I would make ANY sacrifice for the love of my grandchildren – even picking up slimy snails (which I hate) just so they can watch them coming out of their shells. Ugh!

christina rahman In the Name of Love has:
Given up everything

keith scrivener In the Name of Love has:
climbed a mountain

Keren Curran In the Name of Love has:
won a mall kissagram monster and surprised partner at work with this and champagne and chocolates plus a photographer to capture the day

Gareth Childs In the Name of Love has:
I named a star after my wife for our 8 wedding anniversary.

Gina Hollands In the Name of Love has:
My (now) husband and I were desperate to get married and wanted to do it on a lovely romantic beach, just the two of us. So in order to save money we paid a peppercorn rent to his mum and lived with her and her other 3 children for 18 months, sleeping on her living room floor as there were no spare bedrooms. It was a stressful 18 months as we had very little private space or time. Eventually things got so annoying that she and I had a momentous argument. She ended it by saying that although she disliked my attitude she was happy I was marrying her son because I obviously loved him a lot to put up with the situation! We stuck it out and eventually had saved enough money to go elope. On 29th December 2008 we finally flew off to the Bahamas on our own for our romantic wedding. It was absolutely amazing and without a doubt was worth the sacrifice! Now thankfully we live in our own house and the earlier stress we went through has made us realise how lucky we are now
.

Michael Prendergast In the Name of Love has:
I have been with my partner, now fiancee, for about 2 years now but from the moment I laid eyes on her I knew she was something special. In December 2007 I was walking our dog along Southport beach. I was thinking about how I could ask Lisa, my partner, to marry me. Along the walk I looked down and saw a small cockel shell. It was perfectly formed, it had amazing markings, closed perfectly and was about the size of a ring box. It was perfect. I took the ring home and cleaned it up, then I placed inside a velvet holder for ring.
In January we booked to go away to the Dominican Republic with friends in the coming September, this was going to be the time I asked Lisa.
I went to a small Jewellers and took a look at the rings they had but in the end decided I wanted something unique so had a diamond ring made just for her.
September came quite fast and before we knew it we where on the plane, on our way to the sunny island of Dominican.
Once we had settled in Lisa, our two friends Nikki and Hayley and myself all went scuba diving, we had decided to do our advanced PADI certificate whilst we where out in Dominican as it was cheaper than the UK. We dived down to 30-35 meters where we saw all sorts of gorgeous fish and some ship wrecks which where equally as impressive. It was whilst on one of these dives, at 30 meters below sea level, I produced my cockel shell from my pocket. I placed it onto the sea bed when Lisa wasn’t looking, I then got her attention so she came over and was next to me. The sea was crystal clear, the sun was shinning down through the water. I reached down and picked up the shell which was tightly sealed (with a little help of some glue), I gave the shell to Lisa to look at as the shell its self was worth a second glance. Lisa took the shell and following a short look gave it back to me, I took it but as I did reached down my leg and took out my knife. I put the sharpe blade inbetwee
n the shells seal just enough to break it, then (on my knee) opened the shell infront of her with the diamond ring sitting inside. Lisa could not believe it (I had a professional instructer at hand incase she started to breath heavy or any other problems had arisen). I then produced my divers slate which had on it ” WILL YOU MARRY ME?” , Lisa wrote on it “YES”. I placed the ring on her finger and we swam away hand in hand. It was perfect.

Lisa still has the cockel shell and the divers slate. We also have the underwater proposal on video, this comes in handy when our friends think we are talking the mick.

Paul Harley In the Name of Love has:
Sent a Valentine’s card

Jeff Harrison-Turner In the Name of Love has:
Spent a whole month writing romantic poetry then tracked down a publisher and paid an obscene amount of money to have it published then filled the lounge with flowers with the book sitting in the middle of the room. Then I told her I loved her (but she’d guessed that I think)

Got to be a sign!

Jean Young In the Name of Love has:
In the name of love – I am prepared to enter this competition to win a weekend in Lowestoft! Now you have to appreciate that it’s not that I’ve got anything against Lowestoft in fact I’m quite fond of it but it does have a model shop called Hannants.

My husband is a keen modeller so any time we’re in the vicinity he finds himself drawn towards Hannants and his pockets magically empty.

So in the name of love if we’re lucky enough to win I’d be happy for my hubby to visit Hannants with the spending money!

Shirley Harpley In the Name of Love has:
I’d go to the end of the world to tell my darling husband that I love him, and back!

Kate Oiphant In the Name of Love has:
My girlfriend from Kirkcaldy was having a night out in Edinburgh with some of her friends and wanted me to join them. As I’m from the Scottish Borders being 25miles away on a snowy night I declined.
However, I jumped in my car and drove to the city. When I got there i texted her to find out which club she was in, which friends ended up going out with her and also to tell her how much i wished i was with her as we live so far apart. She told me which club so i started walking. I saw her standing outside with her back to me so I phoned her. We spoke for a while before i decided to cross the road, she sent a kiss down the phone and asked for a kiss back…i went silent as i was still crossing the road. She asked if I was upset because of not making it out in Edinburgh, I said yes. She said don’t worry about it now give me a kiss so I ran up behind her and kissed her on the lips!
At first she didn’t realise who it was and looked like she had a bit of a shock then seeing it was me put the biggest smile on her face that I’ll never forget.

mrs b lamb In the Name of Love has:
get married!

fiona moss In the Name of Love has:
in the name of love, i have entered this competition, and embarrassd myself so that i can provide my loved one with a trip of a life time. my loved one does not get many oppourtunities to get away, as he is struggling with a blind dog, and 3 devilish children. i do all that i can to help him, but with all the responsibilities that he burdens it is hard to help. i belive that such a weekend would be of great benefit to him, and provide him with an insight of what it is like to live his life, which in turn i believe will have an enormous effect on his children and his dog.

tracy Whiteley In the Name of Love has:
I would turn down a date with George Clooney to help my husband strip down his motor bike if he wanted me to! ( Please God may it never happen !)

Craig Izzard In the Name of Love has:
What would i do for someone i love well ,what im going to do is popping the question live in front of the nation in an original and special to show your girlfriend how much you love them by proposing live in front of the nation on friday 13th February and she has no clue on whats going to happen in doing to be as creative and outrageously romantic you will need to watch

ADRIAN HEFFERNAN In the Name of Love has:
I have given up my life in sydney, australia and im moving to poland and be with my beautiful girlfriend and best friend anna! all in the name of love!! P.S and even if i dont win i already am a winner for finding this beautiful women!

Chris Simpson In the Name of Love has:
Anything and everything

c rathbone In the Name of Love has:
Anything for love, including ‘that’ …… whatever that was !

Sandra Millar In the Name of Love has:
Whatever it takes!!

Tristan Downing In the Name of Love has:
What have I done for my Laura? Well, I wanted to prove myself to her, so she would know that I’m seriously dedicated to her for life. We are not in a position finacially to get married or even live together, though we wish we were, so I had to be less conventional and more imaginitive. What I did was think up lots of ideas, and then rather than pick one, I did them all! I told my girlfriend Laura that we were going to a restaurant near her. She lived in Surrey and I live in North London so it was hard finding somewhere romantic in an unfamiliar area, but I spent hourse reading reviews, looking on websites and calling up managers. Eventually I found one called the Four Seasons. It was small, in a very old building, with low old oak beams, a warm atmosphere, great food, and very good staff. It was perfect. I had a week before I saw my girlfriend and I spent every day working up to the big dinner. To avoid turning this into a novel, I’ll break down what I did for her. I
wrote her a six page long letter, about my love for her and everything she means to me. I included in it a paragraph in Japanese that I got my tutor to help me with. I had a T shirt made with a photo of her on it and the words “I love you Laura and only you!”, and I went with a friend around all the tourist areas of London having my photograph taken with as many people as possible (friends and strangers)! I even got my mum to pose! Then I put all the photos into an album with a Cherry Blossom design on the cover (my pet name for her). Using a photo of the two of us holding each other, I created a design with the picture surrounded by hearts and a written confession of my love and devotion to her. I then had it put in a news paper in the anouncement section for £150, that way at least 200,000 readers would see my love for her (plus website viewers). It went into 4 papers so I cut the pages out of each one and mounted them on coloured card, rolled them up and put them into a p
oster tube. I created a romantic website with photos of us and a long message saying how I feel so that anyone could read it. I bought a single red rose and put that into a tube. And I prepared a CD with “our” song on it. The big day came and I met her at her house with flowers, I was wearing my best suit and she looked stunning. We got in the car and I drove her to the restaurant. She’d never been before but liked it right away. We sat down at our specially prepared table with extra candles, and talked as we looked over the menu. After ordering and getting drinks, I gave her the letter and the rose. I could see the letter was having a good effect by her facial expressions. Then I gave her the photo album and she was completely shocked that I’d done something like that (by nature I’m shy). She found it funny that I did something so mad but loved it a lot. After that surprise, I gave her the posters/newspaper ads, and explained what I’d done. (Not the cost thought obviously!)
She was blown away by the idea of me confessing my love for her to hundreds of thousands of people. By this point things were getting very emotional, but then dinner came and “our” song came on. At first she looked confused but then whispered, “Oh my God!”. The waiter left and but still during the song, she burst into tears of happiness and we got up from our seats and held each other tightly. I had achieved everything I had hoped for and she knew my love for her was real and that every word of love was true!
When we got back to her house and was getting ready for bed, she saw the other thing that I had done for her. Earlier in the week I had the words “Laura, you are my life, I’ll love you forever” tattooed on my shoulder blade. I hadn’t told her about it before becuase it was such a big committment, I didn’t want it to affect the romance of everything else I’d done. I wanted that to prove my love and the tattoo to be extra. She loved everything and still kisses the tattoo when she sees it.

We are still together 2 years on and more in love than ever before! In fact, I’m going to drive through the snow to see her tomorrow so I should stop writing this and get some sleep! We have lots of romantic memories, one involving InterPetal petals, and soon I will be buying another 2 pints worth for our next time away! If we are lucky enough to win the competition, I can email you the photo of the tattoo and newspaper ad so you know things like this really do happen! If not, then I hope you enjoyed our true tale of love!

Tristan

Ps. Please forgive the possible typos!

susan In the Name of Love has:
i would be willing to go as far as it takes me:i would travel however many miles to get to my love: from one corner of the earth to the other corner of the earth:over the mountains:from sea to sea:i would wait a eternity for my love:who has the key to my heart: but allways remember love is patient

Therese Pastore In the Name of Love has:
I planted a rose in my garden for him and I planted his name in my heart forever.

Aaron Boe In the Name of Love has:
“My wife and I have been together 14 years. Each year I try and come up with different things as to not do the same ol’ same ol’. …[This year] we will go to a bed and breakfast hotel at the Arcadian Inn. …It is the royal master suite and is decorated very romantic and has a fireplace, with the LCD TV/radio DVD/CD player, and a bathtub for two with jets. I will have already prepped the room with some silk red and white rose pedals in the room and on the bed, and a bottle of wine that my wife and I specifically made during Christmas. I am using a company which will actually go and pick up any specific dinner at the restaurant of my choosing and bring it to us. So we can eat by candle light in our room. In the meantime I have got on the computer and downloaded 11 romantic love songs and burned on to a CD to give to her and put on to play during our supper. Online I have pre-ordered a pair of white cotton thong panties with red embroidery on it and written on it,
“Aaron’s girl”. I also have placed an ad in the Edmond Sun newspaper that will be in the announcement section that will read, “Happy Valentine’s Day Christine! My one and only, always and forever! I Love you! Your Husband Aaron.” Which I will just so happen to locate when we have just finished our meal. Then we will fill up the Jacuzzi tub and take a bath together and I will wash her hair for her. Which all should lead to a fantastic night with the one that I love so dearly. The following morning the bed and breakfast will bring us breakfast by candle light into the room to complete our stay. I have already called her boss (without her knowing) so we could both have that following Monday off work so we will have time to ride the train back home and complete our wonderful weekend.”
-Aaron

Doug Minaker In the Name of Love has:
A thousand noble thoughts invade my soul as I think what I would do for love–climbing mountains, crossing oceans and walking through fire, but is that what you want my love? What I would do for love is listen to how your day went, do the dishes, make the bed,clean the toilets, pick up my clothes off the floor, prepare a meal, vacuum the floor and load the dishwasher. And when we slip into bed at night, I would rub your feet and then cradle your head on my shoulder and just cuddle. That’s what I would do for love.

Dean Ball In the Name of Love has:
For my gorgeous wife of 14 yrs and mother of our two excellent children, I would have her name branded onto my buttocks and wih no fear of my impending arrest, i would run naked, clutching a rose between my teeth, around our local town centre!
In all honesty, she’s had a horrible year and i’ve taken much time out of work to look after her. Moneys tight (as it is for everyone) and a posh weekend away would be amazing!!

Jackie Mason In the Name of Love has:
I would do anything but I wouldn’t do THAT!

natalie thomason In the Name of Love has:
i would ski naked down everest with a red rose clenched between my teeth

Samantha Habel In the Name of Love has:
In the name of Love I have walked in the rain for an hour to get to him; I have held his hair back when he was throwing up from my cooking (later discovered to be a bug when everyone else got it); I have played Command & Conquer with him – even though I don’t find it that interesting; I have cleaned up both his baby nephews because he doesn’t want to touch them and I have told him “I Love You” Every single day – even when we don’t see each other.

Oh yes, I also booked a weekend away to go see the Foo Fighter because he’s madly in Love with Dave Grohl and it made him so ecstatically happy… there was no going back after that really…

npmeme In the Name of Love has:
I’m in the process of ending a 20 year relationship, disposing of a lifetime worth of belongings, grabbing my purse, driving 1007.96 miles to be with the man who found me after 22 years to tell me he still loved me.

natalie davey In the Name of Love has:
id give my liver or share blood if my partner was very ill

clair bendle In the Name of Love has:
I have sat becide a freezing lake in the dark helping my hubby while he was landing a 23lb carp. now thats gotta be love!!

Lisa Hughes In the Name of Love has:
Replaced my tomboy look – trousers, jumpers and boots with dresses and high heels!

joanne davis In the Name of Love has:
Anyting….but I wont do that

Yolanda Barker In the Name of Love has:
lay amongst rose petals in beautiful lingeree

fred In the Name of Love has:
met my wife on a cruise on her birthday in
June, romanced her from afar,and then sent her flowers with a poem each day for the 12 days of Christmas. Then I proposed.She lived in IN and I lived in TX. She moved to TX for me and the rest has been 25 years of “fantastic”!

Ross mould In the Name of Love has:
booked a suprise holiday

Evelyn Reid In the Name of Love has:
I would climb Everest in my wheelchair naked (me not the chair)to deliver a flag to the summit declaring my never ending love for my sweetheart then fire a frozen single red rose from a bow which would seek him out wherever he was and melt in his heart my love for ever.

aidan spencer In the Name of Love has:
I would parachute in to her garden with a load of roses

nic russell In the Name of Love has:
Given my last Chocolate to the one i love

Laura Pearce In the Name of Love has:
I would jump out of a plane in the name of love!

Annaloa Hilmarsdottir In the Name of Love has:
I have moved to a new country for love.

Sophia Brookes In the Name of Love has:
Planted a line of trees in the shape of my Lover’s name so that 50 years from now, he’ll be able to see their name from the air.

lisa bryden In the Name of Love has:
i would give uo my how life to be with 1 i love and move right round the world to be with them

meena latchman In the Name of Love has:
i went against my family and went out with my first boyfriend, we later married and celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary this year. he

Carol In the Name of Love has:
I have cried, I have drunk, I have baked……..but most importantly, I have waxed my bikini area – now that MUST be love!!

Lisa Zurita In the Name of Love has:
I would always put others before myself in the name of love.

mary brown In the Name of Love has:
organised a surprise trip to a football final abroad for my husband.

Katherine Wilson In the Name of Love has:
Anything but I won’t do that!

Emma Halliday In the Name of Love has:
As Meatloaf once sang: I would do anything for love – but I won’t do that. That being something illegal or hurtful.

Lisa Ellison In the Name of Love has:
Get my backside tattoo, Help.

Christopher Bell In the Name of Love has:
I would get on a place to go on our honeymoon when we (eventually) get married! That might not sound much, but I have an awful fear of planes and at the age of thirty I still have not got on a plane and overcome this fear!

Lee Bromiley In the Name of Love has:
I’d do anything for my Jade, that’s why i’m going to marry her

carmel coen In the Name of Love has:
In the past: I have listened and been a trustworthy friend/lover when required.

In the future: As above – as I wouldn’t want to change anything about my relationshp.

Amy In the Name of Love has:
Gave up everything i have known moved over 200 miles ,risked loosing my family to be with the one i love

Margaret Williamson In the Name of Love has:
Cycled round the world – 12,000 miles in one year (2000/2001)- to accompany the man who became my husband.

Cherry Blossom In the Name of Love has:
Various things

Adam Coles In the Name of Love has:
Hitch hicked back from Finland to Manchester to be my girlfriend who was very sick over the Valentine’s weekend and her birthday. I had very little money as a student and so had to beg vehicles to let me in and jump on the ferries with them. I turned up at 1am on the morning of the 15th February 2005 only a little late for valentines day.

Lorraine Smith In the Name of Love has:
I would circumnavigate the globe for the opportunity to spend time with my loved one!

michelle koretz In the Name of Love has:
shared my last rolo

Anthony Martin In the Name of Love has:
December nineteen ninety nine,
moved North to Scotland, made her mine,
left my house, friends and career,
started over, just to be near,
a life together, no regret,
Sincerest love a man could get,
Changed my world,brought to life,
longed to make this girl my wife,
popped the question in March O’Seven,
That July she passed on to Heaven,
I will always remember my Angel above,
For life seemed complete when we shared our love

The Valentines Day 2009 competition winner is…

Well, well, well. The time has arrived. A little bit on the late side I will admit, but hey… you can’t rush love can you!!!
The entries we got were all briliant, infact choosing a winner was very tough for us this year… in fact in the end we had to get everyone together after work for a few pints in the local to put it to a vote….
If I remember rightly Zeus had a few too many as usual and him and Eros got into a drunken fight… But hey that has nothing to do with naming our winner…. So here goes our 2009 Valentines Day competition winner is Jeff Harrison-Turner. He has won a weekend for two in the lovely seaside town of Lowestoft with £500′s worth of spending money to boot!

His winning entry went like this :-

In the Name of Love I have…

Spent a whole month writing romantic poetry then tracked down a publisher and paid an obscene amount of money to have it published then filled the lounge with flowers with the book sitting in the middle of the room. Then I told her I loved her (but she’d guessed that I think)

Dear Jeff, Not sure why we picked you, I think it’s because of the cringe factor and the fact we would all love to read your book of poems one day. Anyway, well done… lets hope the £500 cash prize goes some way towards your next book. Can we suggest a romantic novel based on your trip to Lovestoft