I start dreading the next one on 2/15 each year, myself. Unfortunately, Mrs. Dangerfield sees it as a day as important as Christmas.
OT: tell me how you really feel about valentine's day
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Wouldn't matter. When she wakes up on the morning of 2/14, she hears choirs of angels singing, & it had dern well better be a heck of a day for her, or it turns into a minimum of a week of hell for me.
Early in my marriage, I never did enough. Now, she is happy if I just remember the day. I just make her breakfast in bed, bring her a hot cup of coffee, and let everything else fall where it may. Once in a while I will do roses. Bottom line, it is for them.
I absolutely despise it. Last year I thought my wife and I had an agreement to not get anything for each other because it's such a crappy fabricated "holiday". Then on Valentine's Day I got the "at least you could have gotten me a card" speech.
The retail and restaurant industry's over-hyped day designed just for consumerism.
Last time I went to a restaurant for Valentines was 10+ years ago and went around 5:00PM. When we finished our meal and walked out around 6:30PM - it was pouring rain and we saw a mass-humanity of people crowded into the waiting area and even outside underneath the roof overhangs of the building. Almost everyone had the saddest expression on their faces as if their puppy just got run-over by a bus. It was a group of the tired, impatient, frustrated, saddest-looking people in the world - waiting on their name to be called to be seated. I was thinking - is this what "Valentines Day" is all about?
From that year forward - all Valentine Day evenings are spent at home.
You (unselfishly) should make it an important day for your loved one but use common sense, don't overspend and don't succumb to all the superficial hype.
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This post was edited on 2/10 12:53 PM by UpstateGC
Last time I went to a restaurant for Valentines was 10+ years ago and went around 5:00PM. When we finished our meal and walked out around 6:30PM - it was pouring rain and we saw a mass-humanity of people crowded into the waiting area and even outside underneath the roof overhangs of the building. Almost everyone had the saddest expression on their faces as if their puppy just got run-over by a bus. It was a group of the tired, impatient, frustrated, saddest-looking people in the world - waiting on their name to be called to be seated. I was thinking - is this what "Valentines Day" is all about?
From that year forward - all Valentine Day evenings are spent at home.
You (unselfishly) should make it an important day for your loved one but use common sense, don't overspend and don't succumb to all the superficial hype.
.
This post was edited on 2/10 12:53 PM by UpstateGC
Well all I'm doing the flowers fixing supper and we're to go see 50 shades of gray To cap it off.
my wife and i agreed a long time ago not to do anything for either of us.......we do things for the kids.....valentines day is an overrated waist of time.....you should be treating loved ones like that year round, not just on one day of the year
My Valentine passed away some time back so it is a painful time for me. I just try to ignore it, stay home and let those more fortunate enjoy the day.
Oh RickyRooster you must be young. When a woman says don't get me anything
you better[/B] get her something. Save yourself a lot of grief, That is a truism that will never change.
you better[/B] get her something. Save yourself a lot of grief, That is a truism that will never change.
I guess I'm a lucky man. My better half told me all she wants is an aged steak cooked on charcoal, and she'll make stuffed baked potatoes and garlic/pepper whole green beans. I told her "Sure, and I'll bring the wine"!
well if the really cared about you they wouldnt have broken up with ya.....just bitch slapped ya and called u an ass.....men arent hard to train......my wife finally learned not to give me options......example "honey, if you feel like it would you vacuum the steps?".....now i aint stupid i know what that means......she comes home and of course nothing is vacuumed....."why didn't you vacuum?"....."well i didnt feel like it".....men love to be told what to do.....women need to quit takn a train ride to nowhere and say it like they mean it.....lol
I'm single, it's a great day to watch basketball. Hell, any day is a great day to watch college basketball. It's another holiday hyped by capitalists trying to get rich off the gullible public.
Extortion, don't fall for it. That bring said, nothing stopping anyone from doing some nice things spontaneously at other times during the year.
We dont even acknowledge it. That being said Im in the doghouse, and may start this year....ha ha.
Never fall for that for any holiday involving gifts for women. I did once and it turned out to be a nightmare, I can't remember which holiday it was but it did not workout well for me. Never fall for old "dont' get me anything" line and all will be fine.
My kids love it.
My wife and I don't do anything special on Valentin's Day. Restaurants are too crowded anyway.
I took her out of town for a weekend trip last weekend. That was our time.
My wife and I don't do anything special on Valentin's Day. Restaurants are too crowded anyway.
I took her out of town for a weekend trip last weekend. That was our time.
It is me, my wife and two girls... So V-day has gotten real expensive! I stopped and got gifts for everyone- don't even want to mention what that cost-then popped into Walgreens just to get them cards and candy....FIFTY BUCKS LATER... How the Hell does PAPER and a little chocolate cost so much?
It is such a scam!!
It is such a scam!!
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