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polony
14-02-2007, 12:57
I'm here to boycott Valentine's Day!

Who wants to join me?! :devil6:
borntobemummy
14-02-2007, 13:03
what is it anyway? you know, how did it start? We don't celebrate it, but have sometimes used it as an excuse for a nice day together. To me it's like Halloween, totally irrelevent.;)
damien's mum
14-02-2007, 13:07
what is it anyway? you know, how did it start? We don't celebrate it, but have sometimes used it as an excuse for a nice day together. To me it's like Halloween, totally irrelevent.;)

Lol i second that!! :thumbsup:
jkate
14-02-2007, 13:12
LOL We have never celebrated it, it's too close to my Birthday. Although this morning I did send DH a text saying: "Happy Valentine's Day, I brought you a car:p" (We brought a new car yesterday:D)

I have also told DH I would rather flowers, chocolates, romantic dinner etc for no reason at all then some day that is there mainly for commercial reasons.
aardvark
14-02-2007, 13:13
what is it anyway?

It's a marketing ploy......to fill the marketing void between christmas and Easter.

They'll cook up somethibg else to fill the gap between Mother's Day and Father's day soon enough.......no, hang on - that's the stocktake sales!
AquaDevil78
14-02-2007, 13:14
Here is a blurb all about V day...

http://www.ethnic2020.com/MeaningofValentine.htm
polony
14-02-2007, 13:14
Saint V@lentine's Day or V@lentine's Day is on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending V@lentine's cards, candy, or donations to charities, often anonymously. It is very common to present flowers on V@lentine's Day. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs named V@lentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

The first recorded association of V@lentine's Day with romantic love is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer:[1]

For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese [chose] his make [mate].
This poem was written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia[4]. A treaty providing for a marriage was signed on May 2, 1381.[5] (When they were married eight months later, he was 13 or 14. She was 14.)

I'm still not sure where it came from... :confused:
melfunction
14-02-2007, 13:15
Today marks the anniversary of Dh's best friends death. We don't celebrate valentines.
jkate
14-02-2007, 13:16
Today marks the anniversary of Dh's best friends death. We don't celebrate valentines.
:hugs:
polony
14-02-2007, 13:18
Today marks the anniversary of Dh's best friends death. We don't celebrate valentines.

:hugs:
*My Lil Blondie*
14-02-2007, 13:23
what is it anyway? you know, how did it start? We don't celebrate it, but have sometimes used it as an excuse for a nice day together. To me it's like Halloween, totally irrelevent.;)

i love halloween:yes:
Cordelia
14-02-2007, 14:23
It's my bday :( can't go out to dinner with my friends coz all the restaurants only have tables of 2.

HATE IT!
jkate
14-02-2007, 14:25
happybirthdayhappybirthdayhappybirthday
ThomasMum
14-02-2007, 15:06
It's my bday :( can't go out to dinner with my friends coz all the restaurants only have tables of 2.

HATE IT!

Are you serious? That's just terrible. Happy Birthday anyway :-)

Personally I dont mind Valentine's Day etc (not so much halloween unless we live in the US haha) even if my DH didnt get me any flowers today I would still be happy to others who celebrate it :)

I'd rather have my son to see Valentine's the celebration of love than watching horible news about war, etc....no way