Romantic Candlelight Dinners

AskMyChocolate · 10-06-2011 04:02AM #1

Okay,

I'm probably the gheyest man on boards, and I love candlelight, but wtf is with candlelit dinners? When i'm eating I like to do it in good light where I can see what I'm eating. The same goes for bathing. I can enjoy a nice bubblebath just as well as the next ghey man once it's in the glare of a 100W bulb where I can see what I'm "scrubbing;):pac:".

Candlelight should be saved for smoking spliffs, drinking wine, and admitting to your OH that not only do you like James Taylor but also Kenny Rogers.

So, what say you AH? Am I dead inside or dead right?

Btw, don't even get me started on fcuking picnics.

Choco

Doc · 10-06-2011 04:13AM

Candlelight is meant to be the most flattering type of lighting its not about the food looking good its about you and your partner looking good.

It is also relaxing to stare into a flame and so people have them lighting up a bathroom. I don’t know how dirty you get but I don’t really need good lighting to wash myself on an average day and normally only take bats to relax not wash.

msg11 · 10-06-2011 04:16AM

Doc wrote: »

Candlelight is meant to be the most flattering type of lighting its not about the food looking good its about you and your partner looking good.

LOL..

CongoPowers · 10-06-2011 04:29AM

Q: When is the only time a man thinks of a candlelight dinner?

A: When the power goes off.

I know...

im invisible · 10-06-2011 05:28AM

Doc wrote: »

Candlelight is meant to be the most flattering type of lighting

She does look better with the lights out, TBH

Guill · 10-06-2011 07:26AM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Btw, don't even get me started on fcuking picnics.

Choco

Well OP, whats wrong with picnics??

Fago! · 10-06-2011 08:09AM

Picnics are wonderful OP. WATCHUTALKINBOUT!!!?

stovelid · 10-06-2011 09:36AM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

I'm probably the gheyest man on boards

....

mdebets · 10-06-2011 09:48AM

Candlelight dinners were invented by the food industry to sell off their gone off food that looks already a little bit grey and green.
You wouldn't notice that in the low lightning.

TheRealSquishy · 10-06-2011 10:04AM

I like candles aswel just not when I'm eating. I'm a messy enough eater without adding fire to the mix! Cue flames racing up my arm when I'm reaching for the salt. And I'm a very fussy eater and god forbid I might put a vegetable into my mouth by accident :eek:

I don't like baths full stop. I dunno why but I find them the least relaxing thing ever. And adding fire isn't relaxing either! I'm way too paranoid, I know :rolleyes:

But I love them if we're just chillin' on the couch or something.

sbsquarepants · 10-06-2011 10:08AM

I'm with you mate. I hate eating in dim light - i want to see what i'm chomping down god damn it. As for candlelit baths - not if georgia salpa and her twin sister are in there begging for company, turn the god damn lights on.
If it aint good enough to be seen, it aint good enough for me!

Oh yea, you're wrong about the picnics though. They rock!

Son Of A Vidic · 10-06-2011 10:12AM

Bright lights for a meal wouldn't be my thing at all. A nice low level, warm glow lighting will do nicely.

Sanjuro · 10-06-2011 10:12AM

Reading the thread title...

Romantic Candlelight Dinners
AskMyChocolate

is a weird juxtaposition.

ejmaztec · 10-06-2011 10:13AM

CongoPowers wrote: »

Q: When is the only time a man thinks of a candlelight dinner?

A: When the power goes off.

I know...

The OP should pay his feckin ESB bill and stop pretending that he's romantic.

AskMyChocolate · 10-06-2011 02:26PM

Doc wrote: »

Candlelight is meant to be the most flattering type of lighting its not about the food looking good its about you and your partner looking good.

It is also relaxing to stare into a flame and so people have them lighting up a bathroom. I don’t know how dirty you get but I don’t really need good lighting to wash myself on an average day and normally only take bats to relax not wash.

I'll give you that one. Was locked up in a mental hospital for six weeks and having a bath and getting away from sundry nutters for 45 minutes was the highlight of my day. I hear it was the highlight of their day too.

kiffer · 10-06-2011 02:36PM

the point is that lights are low, it's intimate, private and secret...
Also the low lights mean big bedroom eyes, and because the light doesn't travel far the only things visible are each other.

100 watt bulbs are great for lighting up the place, and if your Chomping away on your food like a horse, finishing up and then saying right lets fook...
Well that's not very romantic, doesn't set the mood at all at all... The moody cow'll be all, not tonight I've a head ache from this harsh bright light. You might as well watch the match while having dinner then...

AskMyChocolate · 10-06-2011 02:49PM

Guill wrote: »

Well OP, whats wrong with picnics??

In your mind they seem top-notch, but actually they're a fly-infested nightmare. Picnics are an American invasion.

Ficheall · 10-06-2011 02:55PM

Boards picnic?

AskMyChocolate · 10-06-2011 02:56PM

Fago! wrote: »

Picnics are wonderful OP. WATCHUTALKINBOUT!!!?

The only possible reason for a "picnic" is when you're 15 years of age and you grab two french sticks, a packet of Brie and a Frisbee. It enables you to drink a case of cheap wine at Powerscourt Waterfall without being hassled by the guards.
"Posh" knacker drinking FTW.

Oink · 10-06-2011 03:17PM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

[...] not only do you like James Taylor [...]

Oi! I resemble that remark! Nothing wrong with JT.

TheRealSquishy · 11-06-2011 07:55PM

Oink wrote: »

Oi! I resemble that remark! Nothing wrong with JT.

Resent?

flutterflye · 11-06-2011 08:08PM

I'm a girl, and I love candles, but I don't see anything remotely romantic about dinner, candle lit or otherwise.

It's just sitting there chatting and chewing, chatting and chewing, usually in a restaurant full of loudness.

tan11ie · 11-06-2011 08:14PM

Ah it's romantic....but romance is dead and gone

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 11-06-2011 08:37PM

Mrs bouquet treated me to her candle light supper..

Radharc na Sleibhte · 11-06-2011 09:56PM

I hear they are legendary.

starlit · 11-06-2011 09:57PM

Not a mad fan of it to be honest OP and I'm a girl! :P

Oink · 13-06-2011 04:22PM

Taylor21 wrote: »

Resent?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=remark

Ricardo G · 13-06-2011 04:55PM

Chuck Norris can eat a candle lit dinner in the shower !!

Lady Chatterton · 13-06-2011 05:03PM

One evening (a few weeks back when the weather was good), my other half set up a table for two in the garden, he had the Chimenea and some lanterns lighting, we spent a couple of hours eating and drinking good wine under the stars and by candlelight and it was fierce romantic.

Biggins · 13-06-2011 05:05PM

There is a time and a place.
Just depends on the mood. If you want to kick back after a long day, de-stress and have some low light, soothing music in the background, a drink and a favourite dish - it all helps relaxation and lower the stress levels.

kfallon · 13-06-2011 05:13PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

One evening (a few weeks back when the weather was good), my other half set up a table for two in the garden, he had the Chimenea and some lanterns lighting, we spent a couple of hours eating and drinking good wine under the stars and by candlelight and it was fierce romantic.

But you were really wishing your OH was the Tesco delivery guy

:pac:

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