By Ayo Onikoyi

Despite the fact that Ash Wednesday and St. Valentine’s  day come up on the same day, lovers are still going to get down to what they usually do on what they consider as “Lovers’.

However, top gun actress, Nadia Buari, while in the spirit of St. Valentine’s has aired her opinion on what real romance is all about.

The actress gives out some tips to the vulnerable and naive lovers yearning to celebrate love on that day, 10 days from now.

According to her in a lengthy post on social media, “ I think a lot of people don’t understand what real romance is. Anyone can buy flowers, candies and jewelry, there’s no love in that.”

She continues “The truly romantic things in life are those little things you do every day to show you care, and that you are thinking of them. It is going out of your way to make them happy. The way you hold her hand when she’s scared; or you save the last piece of cake for him. The random text in the middle of the day, just to say “I love you” or “I miss you”.

“The way he stops to kiss you when he passes by. It’s dedicating your favourite song to her, and letting her eat your fries; telling her she’s beautiful even when she’s in sweats; with her hair in a ponytail and no makeup. It’s putting your favourite show on pause so she can tell you about her day, and laughing at his jokes, even the really lame ones. It’s slow dancing in the kitchen and kissing in the rain. Romance isn’t about buying. It’s about giving. True romance is in the gestures,” she says.

However, in real life Nadia has not been so lucky, or so it seems. She dated a handful of other celebrities without really blossoming into something special.