Survey: Valentine's Day - what do you do?

My relationship with boyfriend is really new so I'm hoping he's going to keep it simple.  My best friend emailed me yesterday saying the boy emailed her asking for some advice.  She knew I don't want to make a big deal out of VDay so she's gonna casually relay the message.  Besides, chocolates and the like are kinda cliche.  Glad to see most that have posted so far are on the same wave length.  I got him a gag gift - cologne in a bottle that says "It's All About Me."  He's always saying that.

I've got a dinner date with a 4 1/2 year old and her (not quite) 2 month old brother. That should be relaxing.

DH has blown off V-day every year I've known him.  The first year we were together, I took him out to breakfast and gave him a heart-shaped box filled with reese's pieces and fake scratch off lottery tickets that were for things related to love (not dirty, just cute stuff).  He said, "Sorry I'm being a sh-t" and that evening I got a text message that said "Sorry I didn't get you a card or a gift or something".  And I still married him!!!  LOL.

I don't even remember last year, don't even think I got a card.  I think I gave him a card or something. 

This year I got a card from me and one from Shannon, I am planning on stopping somewhere to get some REAL scratch off lottery tickets for him.  I haven't made any suggestions or anything because I don't want to set myself up for the disappointment when - yet again - he doesn't do anything. 

He said earlier this week that if he didn't get me anything he'd be "so in trouble with me" and my response was, "why worry about that now? It didn't matter before!"  He keeps thinking he needs to get me diamond earrings or something, which is ridiculous because I would be royally ticked if he spent that much money on jewelry for me when I am not a big jewelry person.  I told him I wanted a Nintendo Wii instead!  And he was incredulous that I wouldn't want jewelry (does the man KNOW me at ALL) and then proceeded to tell me that he wouldn't be getting me a Wii either! 

We just paid the bill for our broken furnace, I think that counts as a gift to each other.  

I'm buying him some home made turtles from the local candy store (he loves them). He'll probably get me a pre-packaged rose or two from the end aisle in the grocery store. Now I DO appreciate it, and I love flowers, but roses aren't my favorite, and he really doesn't put much thought into it. It's ok though, I'll take what I can get! And I'm sure he'll also get some kind of valentine's-decorated chocolate cake for me... er... us (him!)

Oh, and Rupert will get a raw bone.  

 We don't "do" Vally day.  It's a rubbish idea.  It's a Hallmark Holiday.  Mind you, I was buying him a tshirt and a dvd ANYWAY and its not his birthday for MONTHS, so when they arrived I gave them to him and said "happy valentines day!"  I didn't/don't expect anything in return.  I was raised not to expect anything, that way anything you do get is a bonus.  And I stick to that, apart from giving him a wish list at Christmas. 

To be honest, when he comes home with a sweet smile and a hug and whispers "hey, i got you somethin" and he's bought me a surprise present, and it's a random Tuesday, not a birthday or anniversary in sight...just because he saw it and thought I would like it... THOSE are my favourite presents of all.  They are worth a dozen tacky gimmicks available round Valentine's.

Having said all that though, we have this tiny little shop quite close to us that does hand made chocolates and traditional sweets and fudge and stuff... I'm not even a choclate person, but I drool every time I walk past.  If he were to buy me a treat from there, Valentines would be my fave day of the year!

A big romantic fussy thing actually makes me quite uncomfortable since I wasn't raised to pay attention to things like V-Day.  DH is slowly bringing me around though.

 I had a beautiful bunch of roses (not red but orange, yellow and pink) delivered to my office today and all the ladies have ooohed and ahhhed over them.  DH is actually away working at the moment so I planned to have a Monty Python themed party this weekend since we always have a great time entertaining.  That's about as romantic as I get - LOL!

I am so unromantic. I don't really care about Valentine's day, and sometimes our anniversary approaches, and my mom has to remind us that it's coming up. Usually, the conversation Brett and I have about these holidays goes like this, "You're not getting anything for me, right?" "Nope." "Okay, just making sure."

Now, his 30th birthday is this Sunday, so I'm sure we'll go to dinner sometime this weekend. And by dinner, I mean Hooters lol.

SEX and lots of it!  Not that we have to wait for V-day!  LOL

Seriously, my hubby will probably make me a nice dinner, and I'll give him the dessert!  wink, wink!

I ordered a cake from Cold Stone Creamery and I'm going to leave SO at home with it and his gift (iPod accessories) while I go to class... perfect night for him, sucks for me.

georgie4682

I do always tell him I want flowers, but he thinks they are a waste of money since they die and of course are pretty expensive at this time.

We're going to do a nice dinner with *fun* for dessert, lol.  And even though I work for Victoria's Secret, I decided not to buy anything too crazy.  I got a really nice set of red silk PJs that are sexy AND comfortable, and will satisfy both of us.  The real treat is going to be Saturday.  The Chicago Auto Show is happening, and we're going to that. 

We have been together for almost 9 years.  Neither of us are big into Valentines Day.  I might take Callie's suggestion and make him a card but that is it.  I prefer the everyday suprises instead of on a day when it would be expected.  I would much prefer hubby to go to Albertson's down the street and pick out 3 bouquets for $10 than to order me flowers and have them delivered at a much higher price.  And I am NOT a rose person.  They die too fast. 

So tomorrow night consists of me going to Pilates, leftovers and maybe some babymaking later. 

We've been together about 3 years, but this will be our first V-day as a married couple. We usually celebrate by baking peanut butter reeses cup cookies together. I made some for him on Valentine's the first year we were dating & burned them to a crisp! He still hasn't let me live it down yet so it's become kind of a tradition. Unfortunately he's working the night shift on the 14th, but we're still planning to go out to dinner & a movie this weekend.

 One of the sweetest thing I ever got for V-day was from an ex-bf. He bought a box of those little kid Valentine cards & wrote a different thing he liked about me on every card. It was so startlingly considerate, I never have been able to make myself through them away. Sometimes it really IS the thought that counts.

Janet808

SEX and lots of it!  Not that we have to wait for V-day!  LOL

Seriously, my hubby will probably make me a nice dinner, and I'll give him the dessert!  wink, wink!

LOL.....nice!