I "courted" my future husband with some variations of the more creative ideas featured in this book. Luckily for me, he was not scared away by accordion serenades, food I didn't know he was allergic to or amateur poetry. (Though I did have a great start with an autographed sports program by a very famous coach that I got for him just by asking.) Many of my better ideas came after we were married, because after all, you should neverr stop "courting" your loved one.