How To Let Someone Know That You Like Them
[ 1 April 2008 ]
Make them a mixtape
Write them a letter
Ask, “Can I kiss you?”
Write them a story
Draw hearts on their mirror with a whiteboard pen
Buy them your favourite album
Take them out to climb trees
Draw a comic where they are the superhero
Take them a slice of lemon meringue pie
Drop them secret hints via your blog or online journal
Go star-gazing together
Read them your favourite story
Get a photobooth strip done of you holding up signs (“I” / “like” / “you”)
Buy them a plant & name it together
Give them an hour-long massage
Take them an enormous bag of lollipops
Visit them when they’re sick & tell them they look beautiful
Learn to juggle together in a park
Buy them a voucher for a beauty spa
Be a flowerthief — steal blossoms from the neighbours
Buy them tickets to see your favourite comedian
Tell them what you know about art
Hold their hand
Buy them a vintage typewriter
Build them a sandcastle
Push them on the swings
Have a picnic for two
Talk about music over coffee for hours
Load your MP3 player with your favourite songs & lend it to them
Give them a colouring book & a whole lot of pencils
Encourage them
Walk your dog together
Call them
Buy them a teapot in their favourite colour
Say, “I like you.”
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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They are all so sweet, so heart warming and “n’aww worthy” for 10 to 11.
I esspecially like the Photobooth holding signs; reminds me of Amalie.
And buying them a tea pot in their favourite colour!
That would be the sweetest.
I think I shall have to go and buy my boyfriend a teapot, he already knows I like him, but a pretty teapot could only be super reassuring; OH! and what about if you knitted them a tea cosy with little hearts on it or something?
That would be even more adorable!
you are FULL of super creative ideas! it really gets the thinking juices flowing….like the river of babylon haha!
Do mine eyes deceive me, or is that a Queer as Folk reference?? ‘Tis a fair list, after all.
Those are all so cute! The photobooth one is so adorable! Going for a walk with their/your dog in the woods is also another fun thing! Especially when all the butterflies and birds are out :)
“Go star-gazing together”
That’s how I snagged my mister! And we learned to juggle together actually…
Aw, so sweet! Loved this article. Will use a few things!
I agree with Stephanie – the photo booth idea made me think of the Amelie movie too :)
ansi — I’ve never seen Queer As Folk! So it’s not a reference :>
mica — Years & years ago I did a photobooth strip for my boyfriend — three shots, the first was of me pointing at myself, the second of crossing my arms across my chest, & the third pointing at the camera. It was pretty cute, if I do say so myself!
You are so adorable Gala. Thank for this wonderful list. It put a smile on my face. I will have to use it someday.
They are all so cute!!! Hehe i feel like doing them all..
Tho unfortuently my mister isnt as eccentric as he could
be.. nor is he one for romance
_i may have to do themall for myself!! =]
x
I used the “drop subtle hints on your blog” approach a couple of months ago (because I couldn’t contain my excitement and had to write about him!) and it worked. :)
I’m in looove with the photobooth idea too…I’d thought about that, but didn’t have the courage! Maybe next time.
dammit. i just found out the boy i liked, liked SO MUCH and was getting all giggly about is actually sleeping with someone else and he’s really flattered i like him and i’ve never been so embarrassed. these ideas were what my mind was trying to formulate this morning, oh dear no! very inspiring in a heartbreaking way. :(
Oh was once asked buy a very posh English boy if he could kiss me, it was all very sweet and giggly.
In a time where everyone is rushing around and hooking up left right and centre its so nice to take the time to let things happen all sugary and sweetly.
I like someone right now. Its all very scary because we are awesome friends and has been worshipping the ground that I walk on ever since we met 3 years ago. And now the tables are turned!
I saw you on the fashionspot! You look great, as always. I wrote some of the articles on there as well!
so so so so cute!
I am in love with my boyfriend but he doesnt know it yet….. It’s definately a nice feeling…. I will be making sure I do the things on the list – that I havent already done, but changing the LIKE to LOVE.... I love my man !!
eeee. lovely ideas.
i’ve been with my man for 2 years, but these types of things are the nice things you need to do every now and again to keep letting them know how you feel!
Fantastic suggestions Gala!
When I plucked up the courage to chat to my crush online, I knew I had to take more risks in order to make something happen. So as we had no classes together, I made the excuse of lending him a couple of my CDs so that we could meet in the halls. We’re a couple now (Finnish cello metal music does it every time)!
Definitely walk their dog together, stop at the top of the hill and star gaze after a day of photos at the photo booth and cuddling on a bench at the mall. Laugh and smile and tell them how special they are.
~ prepare a surprise picnic for them (or a small party if it’s cold and rainy)
~ grow a cress in a heart shape
~ organize a movie night withe their favorite movies and snacks
~ slip photos of nice or/and cute things in their bag
~ send them a postcard
~ jump ona skipping rope together
~ ask someone at uni/school/work to give them a i-like-you letter, maby a flower or whatever nice
~ buy them a helium baloon
~ go together ice skating
~ next time you’ll go to a bar buy them their favorite drink
~ send them a nice link in the morning(something, that you know that makes a smile)
~ find a photo of you together write that you like them on it and post it on your blog
~ make them a bracelet. optionaly make another one for yourself and ask them to wear it
~ make them their favorite cupcakes
~ or maby whole dinner
~ hug them
~ tell them that they look good from time to time
~ listen to them and then say something about what thei said couple days after
~ go together on workshops about what they like
~ go together to a natural history museum and make funny pictures
~ get a photobooth or purikura pics together
~ buy them a surprise gift, but something, that you know they would like to have
~ swim together at night (sea, lake, swimming pool)
~ fing a roof, where you can safely sit at night
~ talk for hours about random rubbish, or very serious things, or anything you can think of
~ if they have a particular very good looking feature, tell them about it (legs, boobs, butt, nose, eyes, thumbs, etc..)
~ learn how to say i like you in diffrent languages and tell them
~ check what their name means(and in other languages too)
~ think of a very special name for them, like a nickname or something (my friend used to call me freckels, couse in summer i have few on my nose)
~support them with their goals, dreams etc
(each time i want to end that list i make up another tip! basta!i feel like i’ve eat a jar of honey now:) )
oh. and of course- TELL THEM, THAT YOU LIKE THEM
i love those how-to-make-world-around-you-better inspirational articles.
The mp3 player one reminds me of the book “Let’s Get Lost” by Sarra Manning in which a boy gets the girl by swapping mp3 players with her.
aww this gave me an idea!
an article on photobooth picture ideas!
I’d love to hear yours, gala
When I first started dating my ex I did the photobooth thing for his birthday, held up ‘Happy’ ‘Birthday’ and his name and one with me blowing a kiss. Itis always a winner! xox
this is so effing adorable, i wanna die. :x
Aww… so sweet.
Well, some of them are things for all friends, some are more crush-only type things.
I’d add – make them a biscuit person with icing resembling them – chase pigeons with them – send a Slinky down the stairs with them – go picking blackberries with them – write secret messages to them in upside-down back-to-front writing e.g. “I like you”
i would love to have someone to try these. All the ideas are soo lovely!
This is sooo sweet. I might do some of these for myself in the absence of an actual crush. :P
Let’s see, I let my boyfriend know I liked him by asking him out to a screening of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and he let me know by sending me music by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and then later telling me that I smell nice, hahaha.
PS I like how gender-neutral the arms in the picture are. :)
My hubby makes me breakfast in bed and makes sure to get my favorite stuff at the market.
How about adding:
Make them hot chocolate from scratch?
or for me –
A new pair of shoes!!!
Luv
Poochie
This was really sweet, and made me so nostalgic for the crushes of yore! This year has been a little lacking in the butterflies-and-crushes area but letting a friend know I care about them is just as important.
if you’re in classes or at work with them, draw hearts/write your name on their things :) like their eraser, calculator (you could even print out those little dymo tape things!) or notepad. don’t vandalise it though!
or, pop cute little notes into their bag/under their covers for them to find when they go to bed/cutlery drawer etc.
whee, this post was so cute :) xxx
I printed this out & am pasting it into my Moleskine. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
sigh
How romantic.
Reading that list just makes me want to melt into a puddle of lovey goo.
Now if only I had the confidence to do these things!
Oh, those ideas are totally sweet, Gala! Maybe I’ll use a few for a certain girl in my life. :]
Tell your friend to tell his friend to tell him that you like him, of course!
Whilst I was studing history of art; I got in rain-drenched to one usually really boring lecture [you know those lectures who drone on and on and don’t stop to notice half of their class is asleep] aaanyway there was a pen and ink portrait of me on my desk with a phone number at the back.
I spent ages with a dumb smile on my face thinking “shall i call?” I did that evening. We ended up going for 2 and a half years.
It was the most non cheesy romantic thing to happen me like,ever.
Aww cute
and timely! since I’m trying to work out how to tell someone myself.
sigh
I just feel like falling in love with someone as I read this n_n.
awwwh, those are lovely and perfect! i have done the “can i kiss you?” and talking about music over coffee… :)
Awwww, these are definitely some crazy cute ideas. (: The first time my boyfriend asked if he could kiss me…totally made me melt. xP I love the star-gazing and picnic ideas too!
I wish I had the guts to do these things!
but I’m not very forward when I like someone
:|
Aww these are too sweet! But I’m like frankie, I’m too shy when it comes to these things….And unfortunatley I have a feeling that these would not work with the guy I like….poo.
kim that is the absolute gorgeous-est thing. it made my (shitty) day so much better :) :) :)
how adorable is this! i also very much like mimi mojito’s contribution.
here’s my mini list:
+ go on a bike ride together
+ make chocolate strawberries together
+ dedicate a song to them on the radio
+ ask them to slow dance
(i did this at a concert, & it well from there!)
+ fill a room with paper cranes
i love this! it cheered me up a lot, i’ve not been able to spend much time with the boy lately so now i’m going to plan time for us to do some things from this list :)
this list made me so happy I can’t wait for summer or at least warmer weather to go star-gazing with my best friend…
hehe these are so cute & heart-warming!
The first time I kissed my current boyfriend we had been on the beach all day building sand castles together & then when night came we lay down & star-gazed… then I asked, ‘Can I kiss you?’ & he said, ‘Mmmmm, that would be just dandy.’
:D Three in one!! I’ve got to say that was probably the best day of my life…
This is a great article to make you smile! Thank you!
these are lovely. i would try these out if i werent so darn shy
This is absolutely adorable and incredibly relevant…there’s a boy I like and I want to tell him so badly XD I’m def. using some of these ideas.
Wow, this is just perfect! Yay!
I’m tired of the mixed signals I get from my crush, and the strange shy good and bad things I feel. I definatly will consider trying one of these!
(The photobooth one is magnificant…)
make ‘em a desktop wallpaper…
make ‘em a miniature o their favorite thing in polymer clay, that they can pin onto their bags or whatever they like….
Or if you don’t have the means of creating a mix tape, make them a mix CD and draw a tape on it in sharpie. ;)
This made me smile (apparently I wasn’t giddy enough to begin with). And just when I thought I was running out of ideas.
ahh.
these are so cuute. i wish i was brave enough to do these though, as im only half sure that he might like me back, and it could just be my wishful thinking taking over.
like he could possibly have been staring at me, or more likely zoning out. D:
Gala, you are amazing!! I was going to write to you and ask for different ways to show someone you really like them as opposed to the classic get drunk and pash them theory!! You have answered them perfectly – thanks so much! I’m going to try one of these this weekend…
Gala, these are very cute! A majority of these are creative and unique, rather than the basic & awkward ‘I like you’. This post has brightened my day and made me smile as I thought of the guy I like. A few months ago, I was in this situation, where I was so nervous and could not think of ways of expressing my like for this guy. Even though we have shown our love for each other in various ways, I will need to try something from your list because they are simply adorable.
Thanks a dozen for this list!
Ah, I so wish I could learn to like/crush on guys in my ‘league’ so that I could show I cared without having them be creeped out.
That said, The way that I show I like a guy is, to just listen to him, show an interest in his interests (not to exclusion or anything just say, I like hockey, I’ll ask him questions about that) and let him talk about what he likes to talk about and TRY to care about it. Anything more than that I worry I will scare the guy then I won’t even have the chance to be his friend :(
Fabulous ideas, as usual.
I’m currently trying to figure out the right way to ‘test the waters’ with this guy… Hmmm. He seems to have the romance thing down better than I.
It would be wonderful if you would write an article on how to be romantic with being mushy, for us less gush-inclined folks.— hinthint.
Or, even better, if you could please ask Audrey to give us girls some insight into the mind of the male… It would save us females a load of migraines! :D
Anyway, uplifting article as always! Keep up the great work!
send them a link to this post
damnit theres no love for me :(
I’m shocked that no one suggested giving them your favourite book! (maybe with little notes stuck in it… and then you can talk about it for hours)
Books are so important to me, I don’t think I could date a boy who doesn’t like to read. He doesn’t have to like the same books as me: heated debates are nice too ^^
these are so cute! [:
These are all soo sweet!
I’m surprised “make them cupcakes” isn’t on the list. Perhaps too cliche? But I still like the idea. :D
Wow thank you so much. Even though just telling the guy “i like you” seems a bit blunt and awkward, it totally worked for me just 6 months ago, and dont worry kay (the canadian one) i thought he was totally out of my league as well, but it turns out hes perfect! I left him today on a bit of a downer and was thinking of how to make it up to him and now i come on here to find all these ideas just waiting for me! thank you, thank you, thank you!
Omg this is totally gorgus I want 2 try everything!!
you know it reminds me of the times when i was in primary school.
it was always cute things lik ethis that make you the happiest.
well they make me happy anyway, reverting back to childhood innocence.
makes things easy.
xoxo
I like the asking if you can kiss them one best. There is nothing so lovely as being asked by someone who you want to say yes to!
in my beau’s blog, he mentioned in passing that he wished someone was madly in love with him….
i told him i was “madly in like” with him and, to say the least, it worked out for the best ;)
I purposely went back in the archives and found this article just so I could melt to goo some more. Nothing is quite as exciting as developing a new crush; this is the first time I’ve been seriously interested in someone in more than a year. Just reading this makes me optimistic and giddy and hopeful. I hope he’ll like me back one day soon! Hurray! :}
I LOVE MIXEDTAPES. Oh-so romantic, and such an insight into your favorite music (...or theirs if your lucky enough to be on the receiving end).
The best mixed tape i ever received had Bowie, Sly and the Family Stone, The Smiths, The Pixies… i could go on. My cd player ate it and i actually cried. I still have the chewed up remains and the set list.
The only advice i have is make sure you make it on a cassette and not a cd. Its so much more special knowing the time was taken to sit and listen to all the songs while making it, and also its harder to skip.
Something else fun is to tape over some really, really cheesy tape from an opp shop. New Kids on the Block is perfect! :)