Pressing right buttons for romance

WHILE love and marriage still go together like a horse and carriage, mobile phones and romance amount to a match made in hell.

That’s the message from Mills & Boon as it publishes a modern guide to love, while delivering a masterclass in how to get your name in the papers during a slow news month.

Among the major boo-boos if you want to make your partner’s heart go boom boodee boom is sending innuendo-laden emojis. “There’s nothing romantic about a digital prawn, aubergine, or the one of the guy sword fighting,” says an M&B bod. If you have frequently used such a combo to invite people for a prawn and aubergine curry followed by an evening’s fencing it might be time to reconsider your emoji choices. No, I have no idea why either, but best to be on the safe side.

Encouragingly, it seems that no matter how much time goes by, the basics, such as holding hands and having a cuddle, never get old. In at number three in the chart is “buying a surprise gift”.

Especially if it turns out to be the new iPhone X.