Wow it's slow. Let's talk about Valentine's day.

[mrs.jacinthe]

How do you celebrate, if at all?
What (if anything) are you getting your SO?
Do you expect a gift?  If so, do you know what you are getting?

[mrs.jacinthe]

We celebrate, although minimally. We will not be going out to eat or anything (although I am picking up a race packet that day - maybe we'll get takeout and eat on the floor in the new house. LOL)

I am getting R running socks. And probably a new pair of running pants or shorts.
I'm hoping for flowers and a new keyboard. Romantic, right?

[pitterwoo]

we just exchange cards, so we are really boring. By Feb, H can't stand to think of getting me anything because of having to shop for me for Christmas and then my birthday he's all burnt out. Maybe flowers.

[ssmjlm]

We usually just do cards, maybe some candy.

This year we will be going to our first childbirth prep class, romantic.

[amblor]

We don't do anything.

[demandypants]

We don't celebrate. DH broke me of that habit long ago with his yearly rants about how in his mind any idiot boyfriend can suddenly be the best ever if he spends too much on flowers and a crappy heart pendant from the mall jewelry store. It was easier to just let it go and move on. Plus it lets me off the hook for trying too. Which is actually quite nice once you get used to it.

I did buy my daughter a little candy to surprise her with.

[thewop]

We don't do anything, never have.

ETA: I do make little Valentine's for DD's daycare party.  This year I'm doing gummy bears and Teddy Grahams in little baggies with a note that says "Bear Hugs to Jacob from R"   

[sratsey]

I don't think H and I have exchanged V-day gifts since we got engaged 12 years ago.  The last celebration I remember was dinner out at some exorbitantly expensive place in the city...and now we shake our heads at how ridiculous it was.

I do a small gift/chocolate heart for each of my kids and DD already asked if she could make heart cookies, so there's that.
My brother is coming up with my SIL and nephew so I'll make a nice meal and some sort of themed cupcakes, but again, it's really for the kids because they seem to enjoy it.

I'm spending the following Sunday doing a Mom's Day Out at the spa with SIL and H is footing the bill, so I guess that's sort of a gift...but we don't really do the "romance" thing for this particular holiday anymore.  LOL.

...I remember when shopping for V-day lingerie was a very big deal.  How things have changed :^)

[TBM]

We sometimes use it as an excuse to make a nice dinner w/dessert, but we pretty much use anything as an excuse for that. We are not big on 'Hallmark holidays" as a rule, but we do like good food.;p

When I was a kid, my mom would make a heart shaped cake for the family and my parents would give us a card and a gift. Nothing huge, but it was fun. I used to do something similar for my kids, and if I am going to see my grandsons around the day I get them a little something, but I usually do that anyway....I just use holidays as excuses.lol



ETA:  Unless we are oot (like 3 yrs ago when we were in Tokyo visiting our daughter and it happened to be Valentine's Day), we refuse to go out to dinner.   We used to work in restaurants, and we both know what kind of day that is in a restaurant.   We would rather eat out on days when restaurants don't have fixed menus and aren't so packed.  We avoid restaurants on Mother's Day too.

[boiler717]

We go out to dinner.

I got him a bunch of Star Wars stuff from the Target Dollar Spot. Little gifts only.

[susieq]

We dont do much anymore. I get the kids a small box of candy and DH gets a slightly larger box. DH normally gets me a small flowering plant that I can actually plant into the ground.

[emoflamingo]

This is one of two days he is shamed into some sort of PDA by way of sending flowers. Hopefully he does it lol.

My H is not really the romantic type. His Valentine's day cards are usually the funny, borderline crass cards. It's like, thanks honey, I spent 10 minutes reading cards and you picked the first one you chuckled at.

(I get this is completely irrational. Especially since I laugh at the damn thing too.)

[sjh722]

We usually do cards and go out for dinner. The restaurants are all packed on the 14th, so we typically pick a different night around then to go out. Sometimes we'll make something fun/more exciting than a usual weeknight meal at home on the 14th.

I told H a long time ago that he didn't have to buy overpriced roses in February if he remembered to send flowers another time just because. The florist knows him by name because he starts calling in April to find out when they have the first peonies in and usually shows up with those two or three times while they're in season because he knows they're my favorite.

[who22]

Valentine's Day is my birthday. DH always cleans the house for me as part of my present. Its the best thing ever! I usually get him a little something and a card. This year its new slippers and a whoopie pie

[Deleted]

We had a lame errand running date today..so it still counts right? I got lunch out of the deal at least.

I'll probably get a heart shaped pizza and some dessert.

I wanted a houseplant and we checked three stores today and nada. Since when our houseplants so hard to find?

I have no idea what H is getting. He's antipresent anyways so I'm not worried. Rubes is getting a couple sesame street DVDS and either a quiet book for church or a vacuum that picks up stuff..haven't decided yet.

[sierramist03]

How do you celebrate, if at all? Usually dinner in is what we do we tried going out when we were first together but hated waiting
What (if anything) are you getting your SO? We talked about getting cable lol
Do you expect a gift? If so, do you know what you are getting? We do little gifts nothing expensive and I don't expect anything.

[aweilba]

When we were dating, we always did Valentine's Day--gifts, dinner, movie... the whole lot.  Ever since we got married, though, we just do dinner.  Usually I cook us something fancy.  Last year he did send flowers to work which was really sweet because I'd never gotten anything sent to me before.

[munkii]

We usually have dinner at the restaurant where we had our wedding reception. We'll also exchange cards, no gifts.

[SusanBAnthony]

DH and I get each other something minimal. Like 5-10$. Not a card bc that is a waste of 5$ .

We get the kids something small too, and, highlight of their life, they get pink and red wrinkles on their oatmeal in the morning,

[sjh722]

Feb 7, 2013 20:50:36 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

DH and I get each other something minimal. Like 5-10$. Not a card bc that is a waste of 5$ . 

Are you my friend? She and her H go to the card store, hand each other the card they would buy, and put it back without writing in it.

[SusanBAnthony]

Feb 7, 2013 21:28:09 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

Feb 7, 2013 20:50:36 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

DH and I get each other something minimal. Like 5-10$. Not a card bc that is a waste of 5$ . 

Are you my friend? She and her H go to the card store, hand each other the card they would buy, and put it back without writing in it.

I honestly hate cheesy cards, but other than that, yes I would totally do that!

[Blueper]

I'm really excited about this because until yesterday we weren't planning on doing anything besides going out for a cheap bite to eat. We're getting each other paintings of our favorite pets. There's a lady on ebay who will do an 8x10 oil painting for $35 and she looks pretty good. I'm getting him a painting of our long hair orange cat, and he is getting me a painting of one of my horses.

[bunnymendelbaum]

We don't usually do anything. Partly because it's not our style and partly because our birthdays were just the week before.

[statlerwaldorf]

We usually don't, but we have a Valentine's Party at a little cafe to go to this year.

[prazenjc]

normally i get flowers from dh (one of the few times i do: valentines, anniversary, birthday). sometimes he changes it up, but this is the go to, along w/a card. we always exchange cards. if i'm lucky i remember to bake him something from scratch. he loves cakes, brownies, etc. last year i constructed a huge single layer heart-shaped cake from a 9" square and 9" round cake. i iced it and decorated with valentine's colored m&m's (saw something like it on pinterest i believe). he loved it.

this year i am extremely impressed with myself that i remembered before a couple days prior. instead, i remembered 2 weeks before when i was on a work trip. i picked up cards from me and our ds. i also got my mom's cards. plus, i found some dr. dre beats earphones i could get and still have miles left over for a free tickets, so i got him those (he has been complaining about wanting new and very good earphones). i even just tonight got everything wrapped, ds colored his cards and all are stuffed and addressed appropriately. sigh....this won't happen again for a long time, i'm sure. so, i hope he appreciates my thinking ahead for a change.

[heygrey]

We usually have an expensive dinner at home - really good steak, fancier wine, etc.

I found a silly card for h this year. It cost me .10 so its worth it.

I love the idea of celebrating everything in grand style, but it never happens. Life and money get in the way of my Pinterest aspirations.

[inkblot]

My H and I usually stay home and cook a good meal (nice steaks, risotto, that kind of thing), and we do exchange presents.

I bought him a pair of shoes he's been lusting after. He better like them--the shipping was $10.95! (And I HAAAAAAAAAATE paying for shipping.)

[vic1011]

We don't really do valentines day. I have an ob apprt thurs, so I'm just hoping to hear a healthy baby hb that day.

[treedimensional]

Wow, we must be freaks because we make a big deal out of it and have fun doing every silly thing we can think of. We always go out to dinner at a really $pecial place. There will be flowers, candy, cards, jewelry, and sex.

[Deleted]

Instead of going out to dinner this year, we are cooking at home and I put the savings toward a $110 Victoria Secret purchase.