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Simon Davison (00:24):
Hello, welcome to
the romantic things podcast.
My name's Simon Davison, andthis is my wife,
Suzanne Davison (00:30):
Suzanne Davison
.
Simon Davison (00:31):
Let's start off
with, uh, finding out how
Suzanne enjoyed her ice creamsandwiches.
Suzanne Davison (00:38):
Oh my God.
They were so good.
You had a really good pick fromgold belly.
I loved them.
That was my Wednesday treat.
Yay.
Simon Davison (00:46):
Yeah.
Uh, I must have made, I, I, I, Ipart took in the, uh, the ice
cream sandwiches too.
They're from Nightingale, uh,ice Creamery in, uh, what
Suzanne Davison (00:55):
New York
Simon Davison (00:56):
Somewhere.
I believe it's in New York, butI'm not 100%, but there it's
Nightingale is the, uh, is the,is the place, but there
delicious, fantastic sandwiches.
So, yeah, so that was great.
Okay.
So this episode, I'd like tostart off by talking a little
bit about the app, um, and whatthe experience is when you first
start using the app to startoff, we ask whether or not you
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are dating or you are married.
And then from there we move intohow often you'd like to receive
your romantic thing.
We default to three, every threedays.
I'm currently running it everyday, just because I'm testing.
But realistically, I think,
Suzanne Davison (01:34):
Which is really
good for me.
Yeah,
Simon Davison (01:36):
Exactly.
Yeah.
I think, I think realistically,every three or five days is
probably good for a long termrelationship.
Don't wanna be overdoing it, butfor us, we will be overdoing it
for your benefits as we gothrough these romantic things.
And then from there, um, we getinto what time of day you'd like
to receive your notification oryour romantic thing.
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I have mine at nine 15 in themorning, so I get it nice and
early.
Um, and then I can decide with,or not, I want to schedule the
reminder or start working on itstraight away from there.
We start the, uh, subscription.
Um, there's a seven day trialafter that we start billing
automatically, and then you'redumped at a, uh, a welcome
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screen for, uh, the recentthings page and the recent
things.
Each lists 10 of the lastromantic things that you've
received these appear, uh, andyou can scroll through them.
Um, each one of them you canclick into and it opens up and
shows you a little bit moreinformation about that romantic
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thing.
Um, so for example, if I look atmy app today, I can open up, I
have one for volunteering, andthat has, uh, two values
associated to it, effort andcost for this one.
It is, uh, zero costvolunteering.
Um, but three out of five foreffort, you are given a couple
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of options.
We describe exactly what thesituation is.
And then you're given a coupleof prompts.
One allows you to sign up usingvolunteer match, um, to match,
uh, you exactly with the rightkind of, uh, program.
Um, and then a more generalvolunteering opportunities,
Google search, which gives you a, a few more opportunities.
Suzanne Davison (03:25):
Um, so every
one of these gives you some
suggestions on how to do theromantic thing.
Simon Davison (03:31):
Yes, exactly.
Yes.
So you get the, uh, a basic what, what the romantic thing is,
and then once you
Suzanne Davison (03:38):
Guidance on
Simon Davison (03:39):
And then exactly,
then some guidance on it and
then maybe some interactivecontent to, to work with it too.
So that's basically how the appworks with that said I've been
using the app and I've beenusing it to romance my wife,
Suzanne here.
Um, so let's, um, let's starttalking about, uh, those in
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particular, the first romanticthing that we're gonna talk
about is surprise your partnerin bed with breakfast in bed.
And that is a, uh, a one outfive cost and a two out of, uh,
five effort, which I concur.
There was a little bit ofeffort, a little bit it, a cost
to get the, well, actually therewas no cost on the goods.
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I, we had everything I needed inthe house, so it didn't cost me
anything, but it could cost yousome breakfast items.
And how did that one, how wasthat one?
Suzanne Davison (04:33):
I got breakfast
in bed last Sunday, and it was
delightful and I got pancakes inorange juice and it was, it has
been years since I've gottenbreakfast in bed and it was very
romantic.
Thank you, baby.
Simon Davison (04:49):
Could there have
been a better breakfast?
I mean, were the pancakes whatyou wanted or
Suzanne Davison (04:53):
Maybe if you
made'em in a heart shape, um,
that would've been even moreromantic, but the fact that you
got up and made pancakes forbreakfast in bed, um, beggars
can't be choosers, I guess.
Yeah.
Simon Davison (05:05):
I, I'm not sure I
could make a hi with pancake,
but
Suzanne Davison (05:09):
It's something
to aspire to.
Simon Davison (05:11):
Okay.
I'll, I'll work on that.
Okay, perfect.
Yeah, for sure.
Okay.
So the next romantic thing, um,that we worked on, uh, was, uh,
plan a double with a friend.
Um, we, we went out with acouple of close friends, uh,
Suzanne Davison (05:27):
Yeah.
Aaron and
Simon Davison (05:27):
Ray.
Yeah, exactly.
Suzanne Davison (05:29):
And I didn't
plan that you did at all.
So you made the reservation and,um, I didn't know.
So that was kind of a treat.
Simon Davison (05:37):
So my question
is, is it a romantic gesture?
I, I kind of, I felt I can seewhy people say that double dates
are romantic.
I didn't get the sense that itwas a romantic event.
Suzanne Davison (05:49):
Yeah, no, it's
more like getting together,
right?
Yeah.
I don't know if it was justgreat to see him, so it's not
like, um, I was Rob, it's notlike we're swingers or anything
and that made it romantic.
Um, yeah, I think, I don't know,double date may or may not be
romantic.
I think just going out might beor getting ready to go out or
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doing something like that.
Simon Davison (06:12):
Or, or, or I
could see maybe perhaps if it
was newer couples yeah.
Where they're going through thesame early stages of a
relationship that that might bea little bit more romantic,
Suzanne Davison (06:23):
Like us old
people who
Simon Davison (06:24):
Have been doing
it for a few years.
Yeah.
Yeah, exactly.
So I,
Suzanne Davison (06:28):
Yeah, that's
true.
Like if you're just new into arelationship and don't really
know somebody going out on adouble date probably eases the
anxiety of it.
It, and you're both maybe in thesame stage.
Yeah.
I can totally see that
Simon Davison (06:40):
And you get to
see another couple's interaction
as well.
And you get to see if you, youcan judge your own relationship
against theirs and see if thebehaviors make this make sense
to you.
At least when you're young andit's, it's early on in the
relationship.
Right.
Yeah.
I
Suzanne Davison (06:54):
Agree.
Simon Davison (06:54):
Sure.
Yeah.
Okay.
Um, so let's see.
The third one was stroll arounda nearby lake, which is, uh,
free from a cost perspective.
And one for effort,
Suzanne Davison (07:06):
It might be
more than one for effort.
Simon Davison (07:09):
Well, it is for
me at the moment cause I've got
a damaged leg.
Suzanne Davison (07:13):
Yeah.
Um, yeah.
And so it was, and it was abeautiful day.
And, but I think that the bestthing about it was I'm usually
the one asking you, do you wannago for a walk and you ask me to
go for the walk.
So I think that was the nicestthing about that.
And it was a beautiful settingand, you know, you can make that
as romantic as you want, you cansit on the park bench and
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snuggle and you can, you know?
Yeah.
But yeah, so totally haspotential and good potential to
have be a romantic thing.
Simon Davison (07:44):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Uh, this is a good one, butyou've got to be close enough to
a lake to be able to takeadvantage of it.
We are really lucky we're we areright next to a lake, so we can,
we can walk around a lakewhenever we want to.
There's no restriction there,but for other people accessing
is gonna be a little bit harder.
Suzanne Davison (08:00):
Yeah.
Depends.
Or, I mean, it could be just apark or, you know, just
something where there's treesand just a romantic setting.
Simon Davison (08:09):
No.
No.
Okay.
Okay.
So number four, um, is somethingthat I have been doing for a
long time now.
Um, well over, uh, 16 years, um,number four is kiss your
partner's hand every day.
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Um, it is free from a costperspective, but it is one for
effort.
And that's about right.
It is, it takes a little bit ofeffort.
Every single day.
I have been kissing Suzanne'shand since we started dating
since sometime in 2003, I'vebeen kissing your hand every
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single day.
Suzanne Davison (08:51):
He made a
promise to me that, uh, when we
got married that he would kissmy hand every day and he has,
and even when I go away fortrips, he will bank kisses on
the hand.
So for me, it's such a romanticgesture because I know it's a
promise to me.
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I don't know if I would sayevery day, but I think for me,
you have to cuz you promise me.
Simon Davison (09:18):
Yeah, no
Suzanne Davison (09:19):
I, for sure.
But for others, I think justrandomly kissing someone's hand
is probably RO more romantic forme.
The romance is that you promisedme and you have for over 16
years, kiss my hand.
And he's just not that romanticyou guys.
So don't get all outside of, upin like,
Simon Davison (09:37):
Yes, I'm really
not.
That's why I built the app.
The, the, the app exists for areason.
I'm not good at this at all.
Okay.
So with that in mind, let's moveon to the fifth romantic thing,
um, which is leaving.
And I love you note and hide itsomewhere.
Your partner will find it, whichis free as we mention in before
and no effort.
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So this is what I consider aperfect thing.
Yeah.
There's, there's essentially noreason not to do this thing
because it's zero effort andzero cost.
Suzanne Davison (10:06):
Yes.
And I got one, it was greatbecause I've had a hard week at
work and he hit it in my pagesof where I keep notes for work.
And I just flipped the page.
And there was a little note thatsaid, I love you.
And so I thought that was mytreat for the week.
And so that was very sweet.
But then I found another onethat said kisses in my underwear
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drawer.
So, um, for me, this one is justa surprise.
Even like when someone travelsputting it in their suitcase or
just unexpected places whereyou're gonna come across a tiny
little note that just says, Ilove you definitely high up
there on the list for me.
Simon Davison (10:48):
So this one was a
winner.
Suzanne Davison (10:49):
This one is
definitely
Simon Davison (10:51):
Okay.
Good to know.
So, okay.
So with those five in mind, ifsomebody was gonna bank on one
particular thing in general, sofrom this week's episode, which
was the most effective for you?
Suzanne Davison (11:07):
I think the
little, I love you note, I mean
breakfast and bed, that's a,that's like a grand gesture to
me.
Right.
Okay.
But something just super smallthat is so easy to do.
And nobody thinks about, I thinkthat, that one's, you know, the
one for me that I think is thetop winner.
Simon Davison (11:27):
Yeah.
I, I gotta say, and from myperspective, it was one of the
easiest to implement and easiestto think about as well.
It was, it, it was easy to writeyou a nice out and, and it was
fun to plant it somewhere thatyou would find it and I could
try and imagine how you wouldfeel receiving it.
So it, it was a good positiveexperience doing it too.
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So
Suzanne Davison (11:50):
Yeah.
I just remember going, oh, Ihave a little note.
Simon Davison (11:56):
Awesome.
Okay.
So before we go, um, we shouldgive you an update on the app
itself.
So the app is, I would say, uh,about 90% complete there's about
10% to go.
We've got some UI changes weneed to, to fix.
Um, we've got some problems withthe subscription.
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Um, and just recently weuncovered a problem with
daylight savings that we need toresolve, unfortunately.
Yeah.
Wonderful timing.
My backend engineer is away fora week, so that's had to wait
for a while as well.
So, um, yeah, some, some extradelays that I wish I'd have to
deal with, but the app is movingalong.
Um, I'm hoping that we'll belaunching sometime in the next
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couple of months.
Suzanne Davison (12:41):
So I, I kind of
feel like all of the romantic
things have been on me.
Do I need the app?
Like, am I should, well, like Ishould do something for you.
Yeah.
Simon Davison (12:52):
So I, so it it's.
Um, and I guess I should tellyou this, now that you're,
you're a part of this.
It's been my intention that fora while, I will continue doing
what I'm doing, where I will tryto romance you.
But, um, at some point in thefuture, um, the roles are gonna
have to reverse and, um, you aregonna have to starting me.
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Um, so you'll need an app tohelp you with that.
Suzanne Davison (13:18):
I will need an
app to help me with this because
I'm busy during the week.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
And I think that's, what's gonnabe key is you don't have to
think about it.
It's just gonna arrive there foryou.
You decide if you wanna do it,you put it on your calendar and
your romance is planned.
Simon Davison (13:38):
Exactly.
Suzanne Davison (13:39):
That's awesome.
Simon Davison (13:41):
Okay.
So that's the end of theromantic things podcast.
Um, if you've got any questions,send them away.
Uh, we'd love to hear from you
Suzanne Davison (13:49):
And don't
forget your romantic things.