Post by HoneySpider on Feb 4, 2015 18:08:20 GMT -5
We are having a very un-romantic VDay and I'm ok with that We usually don't do anything big anyway, maybe cook a special meal.
This year we're going to a basketball game in the afternoon (against a big conference rival!) and then driving up to my parents' house and my brother, SIL, and niece will be going too. DH is off that Monday for President's Day (welcome to DC!) so we're staying until Monday afternoon. I'm looking forward to seeing my parents. We're switching cars with them since we're selling them my car (which we have) since my mom's was hit and totaled. They've been keeping DH's car at their house (and using it) while we figured out what to do with it. I guess if your car has to be totaled, it's helpful to have a spare car hanging out at your house!
DH & I usually swap cards and he gets me some small plants or flowers and I get him a very small gift like his favorite candy or something. I'm trying to think of something small I can get him.
As long as DH doesn't have mandatory OT Saturday we plan on "celebrating" this Saturday. One of our favorite wineries is having a free Valentine's Day event so we plan on enjoying that, then going out for dinner.
On actual Valentine's Day we are going to cook a nice dinner together at home, open one of our expensive bottles of wine and maybe watch a movie together. I may make a nice dessert too if I find something that looks good on Pinterest.
DH usually gets me a card, some flowers and a package of my favorite chocolates. I usually get him a card and some Reese. Which reminds me I need to go to Target, they have the best cards.
DH usually gets me a card and some flowers It's always really nice. I will usually get him a card and something fun/small. I'm going to get him "Card Against Humanity" because we both have a sick sense of humor. I know he'll love it.
He knows it's my favorite holiday...and last year's Valentine's Day was AWFUL. So, he asked me last night what I wanted to do. I told a restaurant would be nice. He mentioned this spa place downtown. I told him couples massage would be nice. We'll see
Post by wanderingenough on Feb 4, 2015 19:57:13 GMT -5
We do cards and he usually gets me flowers. This year I actually thought to make reservations about a month ago on the off chance we wanted to go out. Coincidentally, his boss gave him a gift card to that same restaurant,so we will prob actually hit it up.
We usually stay home and make dinner and drink wine. Not sure what we'll be doing this year, obviously depends on if anything progresses If anything making dinner and watching a movie or something. Although this year I really want to do something special. It's been 10 years since my friend died on Valentine's Day and his mom posted something on Facebook about doing something in his memory. I don't know what to do, but I think it would be a good thing to do. I just have to come up with something!
No idea. My h scorns it even though I wish he'd get me flowers or something. Tonight randomly he brought it up and told me not to get him a gift but he is getting me one... SHOCKED.
We usually go out for dinner the week of and call it a Valentines Day dinner but that's about it. We don't waste money on cards (our normal go to for cards is 2/$1 at the dollar store) or exchange gifts. This year though there's a family party on the 14th, so I still don't have to cook.
We usually do a nice dinner at home. Our dating anniversary is a week later so if anything we celebrate more that weekend than Valentine's Day. I'm not sure what we're doing this year. Hopefully we'll be able to cook at home but I'm not sure how that will work exactly (we hardly eat dinner together these days because of the little man).
We don't usually do much. We'll exchange cards and sometimes I buy DH some candy to go with it. We won't go out that night but maybe for another meal that weekend.
The 17th is our dating anniversary so we usually celebrate that. I think this year we will go out on the 14th. Drinks and apps at a bar, then maybe dinner. We don't do gifts. I'll buy us a box of locally made chocolates and we'll have that with wine and a nice toasty fire.
We don't really celebrate it. Sometimes DH gets me flowers, but I'd rather him get me flowers just because on some other random day.
I find Valentines too commercialized, saying that I am participating in a Valentine's gift exchange on another board. Lol.
Not to be sad but my grandpa passed away on Valentine's Day 12 years ago, I usually buy some flowers on the 13th and spend some time at his grave. (We were never close until the very end, he was a very strict, sexist, racist man. Very true to the era he grew up in.)
We don't really celebrate it. Sometimes DH gets me flowers, but I'd rather him get me flowers just because on some other random day.
I find Valentines too commercialized, saying that I am participating in a Valentine's gift exchange on another board. Lol.
Not to be sad but my grandpa passed away on Valentine's Day 12 years ago, I usually buy some flowers on the 13th and spend some time at his grave. (We were never close until the very end, he was a very strict, sexist, racist man. Very true to the era he grew up in.)
A Valentine's gift exchange is totally different than celebrating it between you and your SO, imo. I did the gift exchange last year on TTTC and it was fun, even though we don't celebrate it ourselves.
I also agree with it being commercialized, and preferring flowers just because rather than "because it's Feb 14." Although a lot of people could and do say the same about Christmas.
We don't really celebrate it. Sometimes DH gets me flowers, but I'd rather him get me flowers just because on some other random day.
I find Valentines too commercialized, saying that I am participating in a Valentine's gift exchange on another board. Lol.
Not to be sad but my grandpa passed away on Valentine's Day 12 years ago, I usually buy some flowers on the 13th and spend some time at his grave. (We were never close until the very end, he was a very strict, sexist, racist man. Very true to the era he grew up in.)
A Valentine's gift exchange is totally different than celebrating it between you and your SO, imo. I did the gift exchange last year on TTTC and it was fun, even though we don't celebrate it ourselves.
I also agree with it being commercialized, and preferring flowers just because rather than "because it's Feb 14." Although a lot of people could and do say the same about Christmas.
I agree, I'm doing it more for the fun then the actual gifts.
Christmas is defiantly way to commercialized as well. That's why my siblings and I no longer exchange gifts we have a get together instead. I want to do this with DHs siblings to but they won't do it because "Christmas is all about giving". LOL.
We usually don't celebrate, who knows if in years to come when we have more disposable income we will. My birthday is so close to V-day that we normally kind of combine them. I hate receiving flowers on Valentines day since I used to work in a floral shop I know how jacked the prices get. I would WAY rather receive flowers, chocolates etc on a random day
Post by rockinrobyn on Feb 5, 2015 17:57:35 GMT -5
H's birthday is the day before so we dont really celebrate. I just try and spoil him on that day. He complains that everyone else gets a week to celebrate, but he gets short changed by the holiday.
We have DH's kids every weekend (although only every other Fri night) so we're going to go out to dinner on the 13th since we don't have the kids that night. I'll probably make him a card and get him a little something. I bought a few things for the kids as well but on V-Day we'll be staying in and making dinner. I might do a fun dessert with the kids or something.