Campus Nonsense

Obviously this is a sweeping generalisation, but for every full-blown romantic effort there are a dozen much smaller understated ones that probably mean just as much. The romance is present in the thought, regardless of whether two nights before one half of a couple drank three bottles of wine and fell asleep in a public toilet somewhere, sitting down quietly and splitting a bottle of wine over a home cooked meal can be something really special.

 

For all the cynicism, the romance that you find in a University is genuinely heartfelt, admittedly this is because your average student wouldn’t bother unless it was genuine, but there are not all that many empty gestures, and by the time you’re living in houses in second year, it’s more than likely that after a bit of fun and games your housemates will bend over backwards to help you.

 

That is not to say that other groups of people aren’t romantic on a budget, nor is it to suggest that students have the monopoly on cynicism or heartfelt gestures. In what is, perhaps, something of a comment on wider society, in the non-stop rush that is University, in the ribbing of friends, and the sustained periods of sleep deprivation that in most other settings would be regarded as a torture method, that moment where someone stops and demonstrates just a moment of thoughtfulness is all the more special.

 

Still, uniqueness is a problem, with so many couples and romantic ideas in such a small space, how do you offer something that no one else has before? Falling victim to all the romantic clichés that one could be exposed to, simply giving the gift yourself, having thought about it and planned it as much as you can, is all the individuality that could possibly be required. If anything, students prove better than anyone else that it’s not the gift, but the gesture behind the gift that really counts. Despite that, if you are looking for something unique and good value, perhaps the best thing to do is to look at some of the options around, and to that end if you’re looking for something as wild as a hot air balloon rides, ASDA Entertainment is a great place to start. Then again, there’s always the tried-and-tested bouquet of flowers, a reliable and traditional gift you can sort out without fuss by using Interflora’s online flower delivery, which pleasingly means you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your dorm room.

 

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