Don’t buy her expensive things.

Don’t buy her a diamond ring, don’t buy her the gold earrings. Don’t buy her the lobster dinner, don’t order the expensive wine. She doesn’t want the Louis Vuitton’s from you, she doesn’t want the designer scents, or the overpriced mascara. She’s not that kind of girl; she doesn’t want to be treated like one.

Don’t get all dolled up and take a picture on your front porch. Don’t make her your woman-crush-Wednesday every week. Don’t post a paragraph on Instagram about how gushy your “love” is for her. Tell her you love her in person, right to her face. Don’t count the days until you have a monthly anniversary. That will not show your love to her, and she knows it.

Don't fight with each other, communicate.

Don’t argue over something on social media. Don’t argue because he liked another girl’s picture, or she tweeted to a guy friend. It’s not worth it. Don’t tell her what to wear; don’t tell him what to say. Girls express themselves through what they wear, guys joke and will say things they don’t mean. Let each other go out with friends, if you know they love you, you have nothing to worry about. Don’t get upset right away over the little things; they don’t matter, you will be over it in a day.

Buying her expensive things can’t show her love. Pick a pretty flower that you see and give it to her, that will mean more than anything with a price tag. Expensive restaurants won’t impress her, but a trip to the beach or a camping trip will.

Social media posts are too mainstream for her, and she doesn’t like that. Hold her hand out in public instead; open the car door. Remember the lost art of letter writing! There is nothing more personal and meaningful than hand written letter to your lover. Chivalry is only dead if you believe it to be.

She doesn’t need to keep track of the days that you have been together, each day you spend with one another flows into the next. You don’t need to ask “So what are we?” Titles are what couples need when they don’t feel stability with one another.

She wants that old fashioned love. The love that Noah and Allie had from The Notebook. Quality time is the best gift you could give to her. She doesn’t crave the finer things in life given by you, she wants to travel and learn and feed off of your energy. Spend your time and money on experiences rather than material things. She is a special girl, she is a rare find, and if you find this one-of-a-kind human, never let them go.