Valentine's is a stupid idea - why should you have a day when you send your loved one flower, presents, notes etc? It's not a surprise then. Throughout the whole year is much more fun.
Another union of outdated religion and commercialism IMHO.
Ok if you are in the honeymoon flush of a new relationship and have excess cash to spend and are short on creative ideas without being prompted.
A danger otherwise is that
you buy a card / they don't
they buy a card /you don't (or forget or think it's understood you're not exchanging cards)
you buy a card and a pressie / they buy a card but not a pressie
they buy a card and a pressie / you just buy a card or make one at the last minute on the computer
you buy a card and they finally admit they are married
you buy a card and they hate it
they *say* they are not getting a pressie then get you one anyway, find you haven't, and feel unloved
you get a card but they get a better card from someone else
you thank them for the wrong card (or for any card when they haven't sent one)
you keep a spare card and pressie in the drawer just in case they get you one, but they hide yours before leaving for their working trip abroad so you'll find it when it's too late to give them one
So many roads to disaster. Main beneficiary is the geeky card manufacturer.
This year I got
1) one very nice, witty, well-chosen card that made me laugh
2) one geeky cheesy needy fluffy vomit-inducing card
3) one pair of pink panther boxer shorts (for what?? to mop up the vomit?)
No, I'm not in a relationship. One sender (1) was a friend I've had a fling with a couple of times and she got an equally nice to be nice card from me (though it was from the 2-for-a-£1 shop). The second sender (2,3) knew my tastes but even though I'd hinted no valentine cards and def no gifts sent me stuff I'd rather she had kept. A bottle of wine or even a bunch of dildos would have been more appreciated.
(End of moan)
Yes, I can be very romantic. But I don't like doing it at the behest of a nationally agreed calendar date.
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It happens.
assionkiss:
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