It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day communication with our significant other, like who's picking up the kids today and who needs what from the grocery store in order to cook dinner tonight. As all couples who have been together for a while know, the flame can sometimes fade due to the fast pace of real life. But there's nothing that can ignite that flame to glow brighter faster than a sweetly surprising handwritten love note.
We often forget that before there were text messages, emails, AOL Instant Messenger (RIP), or other forms of instant communication, there were good ol' handwritten love notes. From Elizabeth Taylor to Winston Churchill, people have been sending their lover doting messages when they were many miles apart and without cell service because, duh, it didn't exist yet. Love notes have spanned history, but will always give us butterflies in our stomachs.
Even today, they reign over any heart emoji–filled text message. They're personalized by nature, take time and effort to make, and are also so dang sentimental.
With that being said, here are 22 love notes between couples that will give anyone the warm and fuzzies — or at least the giggles. From notes we wouldn't dream of showing to our mother to sweet letters anyone would want to hold on to forever, there's a little something in here for everyone. Romance is so not dead.
Such a Loving Wife
Clearly, this woman knows what her man needs in his time of distress.
A Reminder
Cute? Funny? Li'l much? Obviously this couple has their own sense of humor, so hey — to each their own!
Not One to Mince Words
It's rumored that these are the words Prince Philip used to court Queen Elizabeth.
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Shower Note
This poor girl tried to leave her boyfriend a sweet note in the shower. But, well, it just looks like she wants to murder him.
To the Point
Who could be mad with a note as romantic as this?
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Stop Pooping
When someone misses someone else's pooping, then it's for sure true love.
The Last Piece
How can we know if he's marriage material? If he leaves us the last piece of bacon, that's how!
Long, but Beautiful
Long-distance relationships can sometimes be the prettiest, no? How sweet is this letter?
Sweet Smelling & Talking
Every woman wants to hear that she smells good — swoon!
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Safety First
Love notes don't need to be on paper … especially when they contain promises of safety from spiders.
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Or maybe just one. (Sex.)
Twizzlers. 'Nuff Said.
A true partner knows that he or she can only do so much. And that Twizzlers make everything better.
Dudes Like Boobs
True love means someone telling his wife she has the best boobs in the world — and meaning it from the bottom of his heart.
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Love Is Served
How sweet is this quick and simple gesture?
Starting Off a Day Right
Leaving little love notes on significant others' coffee mugs is the sweetest way to have them start their day.
A Mirror Note
From the doodles to the actual days they've been together, this note is downright adorable.
A Loved Pain in the Ass
This note keeps it real — and still sweet.
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Lunchbox Notes
Remember when our parents would leave little love notes in our lunchboxes? Yeah, this one from a wife to her husband tops 'em.
TGIF
What a way to start off someone's Friday morning commute.
Toilet Paper Canvas
This person wrote a funny butt-themed note for a significant other on some cheap toilet paper. If that doesn't scream romance, then I don't know what does.
Lyrical Love
We applaud this person who used ABBA to express her love.
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Enveloped in Love
Scribbling a short and sweet message for our lover to wake up to is an adorable way to reuse an old opened envelope.
