I had jaw surgery, so my face swelled to the size of a basketball and my lips looked like those oversized candy lips they give away for Halloween. My boyfriend stayed with me at my parents’ house. He fed me meals through a syringe and sat next to me in silence while we watched movie after movie. If taking care of a drooling, swollen girlfriend isn’t love, I don’t know what is.
—Leslie, together for two years

He woke me up one morning and told me to sit on my nephew's bed and wait because he had something for me. (Last time he told me he had something for me it was a rice krispie treat, so I didn't think it would be anything good.) Then he handed me flowers and said, ‘Here...I love you.’ He had a big smile on his face too.
—Savvy Miss member, together for eight months

When I got back from vacation, my room was filled with vases of roses and a tall orchid in the center of the floor. The note attached to it said, ‘I thought you would like this orchid, it's tall and beautiful just like you. I love you.’ We didn’t end up working things out, but now every guy’s going to have to live up to that gesture.
—Theresa, together for two years