View Full Version : Do you celebrate Valentines day?
MilkOnTap
11-02-2008, 08:57
Do you and your partner celebrate Valentines day? Will a card suffice? Do you 'expect' to be showered with flowers, chockies and all sorts of lovely gifts? Is the notion of being with each other on the day enough? Or is it a traditional day that has been warped by hallmark commercialism that you now refuse to support?
RedPanda
11-02-2008, 09:06
We celebrate it in the sense that we try to put DS to bed early and have a nice dinner, but I don't expect a present or flowers.
My husband will probably buy me flowers (he usually does every month anyway just cause he's sweet!), but we haven't done gifts for years. We usually just make a deal that we won't buy anything for each other.
I'm not against "commercialism" if other people want to go out and celebrate it, but it's not a day we go nuts on!
Butterfliez
11-02-2008, 09:20
Yes, we celebrate it. We met on Valentines Day, so this year it will be 5 years we have been together, so it is extra special. My birthday is the day after, yet I always get gifts for both :D This year we are going to dinner and then Gold Class cinemas on Valentines Day. I'm sure DH will buy me flowers as well, and I'm pretty sure he's already bought me jewellry for my birthday!! I appreciate how romantic my hubby is, because I know that a lot of guys aren't, and personally, I couldn't handle that! I'm such a romantic (I cry watching soapies for goodness sake!), so I would be continually upset if DH wasn't!
ETA. If it is only once a year that your partner buys you flowers etc, then good on Saint Valentine! I know it has become commercialised, but if it wasn't for that day, some men just wouldn't bother! Sometimes, men need a little pressure! Haha.
MilkOnTap
11-02-2008, 15:01
** Bump **
No we don't, we don't like people telling us when to do things.
DH is a romantic anyway he does things when least expected, e.g. he will buy me flowers when least expected. (but we do make a abig deal about our anniversary)
We belive its for PPl in there 1st yr or just meet. DP normally gets me flowers and we normally buy something nice for the house like last yr we got a new BBQ but we normally celerbrate on our anniversary as it means more to us.
not usually.
Not in the traditional sense.,
Not this year coz we have no cents.
:rolleyes:
We usually go out for dinner and I cook a nice breakfast. I usually get flowers and he gets a card with a nice hand written note. I love Valentines day. Our DD middle name is going to be Valentine! (Not because of Valentines day, its a family name)
This year we are, by finding out the sex of our baby :)
Nah,we dont.We usually buy each other a card tho.Our bdays are a week later so we just do something spesh for that:D
Not normally, this year we have been together 10 years and this weekend I was given a Apple Itouch apparently it's for valentines day I was quite surprised!!! I will probably just get him a card and some cufflinks this year as it's special. We gave cards the first year we were together and then the only other time was when he surprised me with a valentines day gift when we were in a place called Border Town on the Nullabor and he left a valentines day card on the pillow!! All the way out there!
No we don't.
We go out and have a nice meal on our wedding anniversary (which was a couple of days ago) but we don't even buy each other gifts for that let alone Valentine's day. Only birthdays and Christmases are big consumer deals around here :D
I don't really care for gifts. I do appreciate time with hubby though.
We used to go out for dinner, the first few years we were together. These days I just like a card and maybe something small like a block of chocolate. No big pressies or anything.
This year I'm going to get us a little ice cream cake from Cold Rock. I saw them ages ago and I've been waiting for a reason to get one so thought that could be our little treat. They look sooo good!
SassyDiva
12-02-2008, 10:33
We have finally got our babysitter back after her being MIA for 3 months so we celebrated with a night out last weekend.
Wouldn't bother getting the boys looked after mid week just because it's Valentines day but we'll have a nice night at home, few drinks and actually turn the tv off :laughing:
Nope, we used to, but now we have a massive Dec, Jan and Feb. Our wedding anniversary is the 10th anyway, so that's really our special day :valentine:
Only the first year we were together i got flowers from my dp i don't expect anything this year as were expecting our second child together very soon and i don't really see any point in going overboard with gifts and flowers.
I never thought I would be fan of 'forced holiday' but Valentines seems remind us to take time out. My hubby is a Chef and has always worked on the night (too busy to take off) but we take his other night off that week to go out to dinner and buy each other a special little gift that is full of 'thought'. We had ours last night and it was so lovely to make the 'extra' effort to make the other feel special. I felt like it was our 2nd date last night and I'm glad we did it. But I don't see any point in buying a teddy bear that says 'i love you?' I mean, what will we do with it afterwards?? As you said the notion of being together is more important than the gifts.
Yes:yes:. It's my friend's birthday!:D
Well, that's how I celebrate Valentine's Day:laughing:. I'm not single atm but not in a relationship, I'm in limbo land atm, or more commonly called dating but not sure where you stand:laughing:. Not expecting anything for Valentine's Day, but still:fingerscrossed: that surprise would be nice.
Well sort of. I cook an extra special yummy dinner and he hopefully buys me flowers or something and we say "happy Valentines Day"
We are not a very romantic pair so we need these overcommercialised occasions to remind each other to show our feelings every now and then. We don't do much but if he forgot I would be p!ssed because I think I am low maintenance enough already.
I think its more of a younger dating couple's celebration than something for a boring old couple like us. When I was a young girl it was a Very Big Deal, dinner, flowers, presents, cards, the whole shebang. High....Maintenance....Chick.
ugh :laughing:
Ah shed, I'm glad I met the you now and not the you then :eek: :laughing:
Ah shed, I'm glad I met the you now and not the you then :eek: :laughing:
:laughing: true.
I was skinny back then so I got away with alot more than I would now ;).
sigh
:laughing:
No not really, we just try to be together, and make sure we have quality time together, as a pose to just being together....
We used to buy presents and stuff, but DP says he should not have some company saying when, he has to tell me he loves me, he should just do it, because he does.:valentine:
missmum05
13-02-2008, 22:24
nah we dont celebrate valentines day because its dh his birthday that day so for us its just his special day:yes: otherwise it takes from his birthday:p
mischief79
14-02-2008, 21:37
i don't expect anything over the top, but I do like to get something that's just a token. Something to show "I thought of you". I just got home with DD after walking out for a week due to problems. I bought him a bottle of the wine we were drinking when he proposed to me and a naughty game from Bras'N'Things. Also a card (I like cards). he got me...... nothing. I'm even happy with servo flowers! We went out to dinner..... didn't say more than two words to each other.
I am OVER valentine's day.....
(cynical woman over here)
No we don't, we don't like people telling us when to do things.
Not that I would have anyone to celebrate it with now anyway... but this is my take on it too....
I think if you really love someone you shouldn't need a designated day each year to remind you to show that love and affection.....
Watching all the girls today at work, it just seemed like another opportunity for them to compete as to who had the bigger better gifts or flowers.... like the amount of money a man spends is an indicator of his character and love for them.... :rolleyes:
Doesn't float my boat thats for sure!
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