One Week to Valentines Day

[Slipstream]

Have you got a special someone, or someones, for the 14th?

I personally would love to hear some valentine day stories?

Like, what was the best gift you ever got? What was the worst?

Why do you girls like getting? What do guys like getting?

Seriously, does anyone like getting the traditional roses, chocolate and card?

Has anyone been proposed to, or got married on the day?

Has anyone had a date that went horribly wrong?


I'll start ... I like getting something thoughtful. Doesn't mean expensive. I got a poem once, and it was about 5 lines long, and written on a piece of scrap paper. Best Valentines gift I've ever had. :love:

[Skunk]

Got my wife a house... Moved in on Valentines Day. Does that count? :wari:
I got a job on Valentines day - suckiest gift ever. Don't suppose that counts... :killingme

Other than that F all :brick:

[Blakamin]

Got the Mrs a box of chocolates from a local shop at the last minute last year... they were full of weevils..... Cadbury sent a team around to spray the shop... she dont want chocolates this year!

[Slipstream]

Got the Mrs a box of chocolates from a local shop at the last minute last year... they were full of weevils..... Cadbury sent a team around to spray the shop... she dont want chocolates this year!

WOW!!...
Are you being serious?! :shit:

.... wow .... .... .... wow ... :blink:

[Blakamin]

WOW!!...
Are you being serious?! :shit:

.... wow .... .... .... wow ... :blink:
totally serious... they even replaced the chocolates... we threw them in the bin

[T.I.E]

i was thinking of a midnight picnic at mission bay, bottle of bubbly, cheeses or nibbles, and desert movenpick ice creams across the road. that's all depending on the weather.

a picnic at night is great under the stars. sponatneous. find a nice spot watching the sunsetting, or even better if your morning people watch the sun come up. what a way to start the day. picnic again. the roads are quiet people are still sleeping, and i couldn't think of a better way to starting the day.

espically when you have work later on that day. your partner would love it. make them feel special.

courier some flowers to arrive about lunch time. try and make it a day event not a morning or night thing a whole day thing. i dare you all to take up the challenge.

and night maybe a stroll on the beach or a walk. it's not about gifts, it's about love, and spending some time together. it does not cost alot.

you have over a week people try it and lets see what happens afterwards. put your thinking caps on.

and remember its a private couple thing no groups, see how romantic you can get.

going for a ride and cuddling up under a blanket is amazing. come on bikers i know you can do it.

[Riff Raff]

Well apart from getting engaged on Valentines Day when I was 17!, it has been a bit of a non-event since then - I've either been single or been in a relationship with an arsehole who ignored Valentines Day! So I don't tend to get too excited about it these days.

[jrandom]

Mrs Random and I got married on 18 February, 4 days late...

The best Valentine's Day present I ever got, I bought for myself, about 8 years ago - the Citizen watch I still wear.

I didn't even realise it was 14 Feb until I was walking away from the shop. But I figured I must have been a pretty great guy to subconsciously inspire myself to such heights of romantic gift-giving :lol:

[Hitcher]

Mrs H and I were wed on 28 February -- two weeks late!

If things progress smoothly, Mrs H may get a brand new Marauder for this year's St Valentine's Day...

[Sniper]

Never had a Valentines, but this year, hehe, yay. Do favours of the immoral kind count as gifts??

[Hitcher]

Never had a Valentines, but this year, hehe, yay. Do favours of the immoral kind count as gifts??
As an Official Arbiter of Favours of the Immoral, could you please be more specific?

[Holy Roller]

Mrs H and I were wed on 28 February -- two weeks late!
..
A mate got hitched on the 29th so he would never forget the day and their anniversary.

[Hitcher]

A mate got hitched on the 29th so he would never forget the day and their anniversary.
Cheap bastard. He only has to remember it once every four years...

[Tigger]

We're getting married next Monday.... :love:

(In Fiji, so it doesn't matter that it's a Monday...)

[T.I.E]

We're getting married next Monday.... :love:

(In Fiji, so it doesn't matter that it's a Monday...)

congrats tigger

[Hitcher]

We're getting married next Monday.... :love:

(In Fiji, so it doesn't matter that it's a Monday...)
Best wishes for a great occasion and a happy life together.

[Paul in NZ]

I'm not a big fan of anyone telling me when exactly to be generous or romantic or just doing the above on a specific date. Seems a bit contrived, commercial and frankly - un-romantic.

Oh, there will be a token gift, as much for the kids sake as anything but I save the really nice stuff for random times or when they are really needed. And I'm not going into that at all!

Valentines day seems just another Hallmark holiday..... (ka Ching!) Or a good day for a machine gunning..... :ar15:

Paul N

[Biff]

We're getting married next Monday.... :love:

(In Fiji, so it doesn't matter that it's a Monday...)


Well done mate. Hope you have a great day.
Talk of weddings make me nervous. I've been engaged to my lady for 9 years and for some reason she thinks it's about time I made an honest lady out of her. :spudwhat:


I'm not a big fan of anyone telling me when exactly to be generous or romantic or just doing the above on a specific date. Seems a bit contrived, commercial and frankly - un-romantic.

Valentines day seems just another Hallmark holiday..... (ka Ching!)

I'm with Paul, I see Valentines day as simply an attempt by card companies and flower shops etc to squeeze more money out of us gullible consumers.

I just be nice to my lady for one of only two days of the year (her birthdays the other one - joke), then a few weeks later take her out for a meal.

I buy her flowers and stuff through the year anyway, so I don’t see why I must buy them on a specific day because Hallmark tell me I must and the flower shops want to charge me double/triple what I'd normally pay.

[Holy Roller]

Cheap bastard. He only has to remember it once every four years...
Yeah but he would be in really really deep yogurt if he ever forgot it though.

[Holy Roller]

We're getting married next Monday.... :love:

(In Fiji, so it doesn't matter that it's a Monday...)

Ahhh aint love grand :2thumbsup :love2: :love:
All the best for the big day
May love never fail

[Blakamin]

We're getting married next Monday.... :love:

(In Fiji, so it doesn't matter that it's a Monday...)
:niceone: :niceone: :niceone: :2thumbsup

[Tigger]

I'm not a big fan of anyone telling me when exactly to be generous or romantic or just doing the above on a specific date. Seems a bit contrived, commercial and frankly - un-romantic.

Paul N

I wholeheartedly agree. It's just turned into a commercial affair where you feel you have to buy something or else you're being 'unromantic'. That's one of the reasons we chose Feb 14, to us now it will be our anniversary, not Valentines day anymore.

Oh, and because Tim thinks he's got more chance of remembering the date. :sly:

[Motu]

Never done anything valentines,never going to - just more american crap foistered upon us - money,money,money...Apparently it was our anniversary sometime last week,an email appeared in my box from the MIL mentioning it,deleted straight away - we both don't want to remember that day 24 yrs ago when we did something just to please the prudes who didn't want their grandaughter labeled a bastard.

[Sparky Bills]

Whats a Valentines day??? :confused:

[StoneChucker]

Whats a Valentines day??? :confused:
When a certain radar detector company celebrates their birthday? (Or issues software updates)

[claire]

We don't do Valentines Day either. I'm with those who think its a little commercial to send flowers on a designated day. We're so slack we can't even remeber the date we first went out or when we moved in together. Sometimes we even have trouble remembering what year we got together!! We remember the date we went into business though. Maybe if we get married we'll do it on that date so we both remember.

[Sparky Bills]

When a certain radar detector company celebrates their birthday? (Or issues software updates)


OHHHH! :2thumbsup
Thanx mate!
Thought i was gonna be in trouble with some of my lady friends then. :spudguita
Thanx for the heads up! :done: :niceone:

[Midnight 82]

:done: I perferr to do the romance thing when I feel I like 2. And the wife loves that :yeah:

[Paul in NZ]

:done: I perferr to do the romance thing when I feel I like 2. And the wife loves that :yeah:

Works even better if you do it when she feels like it.. :yeah:

Paul N (still bears the scars of experience)

[bondagebunny]

Have you got a special someone, or someones, for the 14th?

I personally would love to hear some valentine day stories?

Like, what was the best gift you ever got? What was the worst?

Why do you girls like getting? What do guys like getting?

Seriously, does anyone like getting the traditional roses, chocolate and card?

Has anyone been proposed to, or got married on the day?

Has anyone had a date that went horribly wrong?


I'll start ... I like getting something thoughtful. Doesn't mean expensive. I got a poem once, and it was about 5 lines long, and written on a piece of scrap paper. Best Valentines gift I've ever had. :love:


do you really "love to hear Valentines Day stories" get a freeking life

[Joni]

We're getting married next Monday.... :love:

(In Fiji, so it doesn't matter that it's a Monday...)

Thats stunning!
Congrats!
:2thumbsup

[Eddieb]

Way back in 1972 my mother got a little baby boy for Valentines day.....

[Fenix]

Ah yes... Valentine's Day... It happens once a year, and I honestly have never had a reason to pay any attention to it. Never got anything, never given anything, never done anything. The only thing special about it is it's the only day I know of starting with a V. Heh.

[Slipstream]

I'm not a big fan of anyone telling me when exactly to be generous or romantic or just doing the above on a specific date.

I'm in agreement with you there and follow that train of thought too.

But sometimes, some people need a date to be reminded that relationships need a little romance....or chocolate :confused:

[Sparky Bills]

I like chocolate!!! :banana:

[Slipstream]

do you really "love to hear Valentines Day stories" get a freeking life

Yeah ... I tried to get one of them "freeking" lives ... and ya know ... it didn't work out. So now I live vicariously (sp?) through other people :shake:

Oh and BTW



GOOD LUCK TIGGER!!

:D :D :D :D

Hope monday goes exactly the way you want it to.



:2thumbsup

[Waylander]

Been alone long enough to be used to it and the last thing I got for valantines day was cheated on and dumped. Anywa hope the rest of you enjoy the day, I'm gonna spend the 14th with my bike and a long open road.

[sels1]

I'm with Motu and PaulinNZ....damn American commercialism

Our 1st date was 29 Feb - so we always do something extra special for that every four years, otherwise wedding aniversery is our annual romantic celebration.

All the best to Tigger and Tim for next Monday - Bula Vanaka!

[ajturbo]

I'm not a big fan of anyone telling me when exactly to be generous or romantic or just doing the above on a specific date. Seems a bit contrived, commercial and frankly - un-romantic.

Oh, there will be a token gift, as much for the kids sake as anything but I save the really nice stuff for random times or when they are really needed. And I'm not going into that at all!

Valentines day seems just another Hallmark holiday..... (ka Ching!) Or a good day for a machine gunning..... :ar15:

Paul N

i "did it" in my first year of mairage... only cause it was the thing to do.. now if i feel i want to be romantic.... i will do it on my terms... they seel the cards all year round, flowers grow (in the next door's garden ) all the time...
i hate xmass also.. i "HAVE TO" buy a pressy for luke... he is lucky, birthdays????.. that is a special time for others,

[MOTOXXX]

Whats a Valentines day??? :confused:


yea, what is valentines day?

[Marmoot]

Why do you girls like getting?
flowers, chocolate, romantic times, deep meaningful talks and finish off with a great kiss and a phone call the next day


What do guys like getting?
blowjob
We are very simple creatures.....

[Coyote]

Valentines Day? Bah, Humbug

[jrandom]

Valentines Day? Bah, Humbug

... says the man who will spend it sitting alone in a corner, staring dolefully into the bottom of a beer glass at the local pub. Or at least who *would* if he was old enough to buy beer at a pub.

:wari: <--- No reason. I just really like the banana.

[Waylander]

No reason. I just really like the banana.
Too many to say......

[FROSTY]

bloody comercial claptrap--frigg it -every week is another excuse to waste our bloody money.
valentines indeed--Ya gonna make up for a year of being a dullard by one romantic gesture --I mean really --jeysus.
:shake: :shake: :shake:
best I gave was a trip for two round europe best Ive got nope dont actually ever remember any woman bothering.

[ange]

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[ange]

Congrats on the big day! Romance isnt dead after all.... :wari:

[Indiana_Jones]

I'm getting shite :(

But I'd gladly ride around in a bomber jacket and aviator's to take my breath away, for a lovely lady :p

-Indy

[SPman]

i was thinking of a midnight picnic at mission bay, bottle of bubbly, cheeses or nibbles, and desert movenpick ice creams across the road. that's all depending on the weather.

a picnic at night is great under the stars. sponatneous. find a nice spot watching the sunsetting, or even better if your morning people watch the sun come up. what a way to start the day. picnic again. the roads are quiet people are still sleeping, and i couldn't think of a better way to starting the day.

and night maybe a stroll on the beach or a walk.

going for a ride and cuddling up under a blanket is amazing. come on bikers i know you can do it.

Does this include sharing it with someone else?????

[Al]

I am in same situation as Jrandom, Valentine's day was a Tuesday, so we had our wedding 4 days later, also 18 Feb!

[Waylander]

*Idley considers sayin something about 2 guys gettin hitched on the same day then decides not to promt another rant from Zed so remains silent*:wari:

[Jamezo]

do you really "love to hear Valentines Day stories" get a freeking life

ah, the elusive bondagebunny captured in its natural habitat. a beautiful sight.

[Marmoot]

I am in same situation as Jrandom, Valentine's day was a Tuesday, so we had our wedding 4 days later, also 18 Feb!

Shi.....MAN.....Mine is going to be this 18 Feb (next week).
That makes it 3 guys?

[Biff]

Valentines day is the day for reminding the one you love that she means so much to you. You shower her with gifts, wine and dine them, make passionate love, then go home and beat the wife....at Scrabble.

[ducati girl]

:spudwhat: Id just like to know where all the nice guys have gone?

[Marmoot]

:spudwhat: Id just like to know where all the nice guys have gone?

They're either gay or married

[Hitcher]

I'd just like to know where all the nice guys have gone?
Probably hiding from the headcase career girls...

[Sniper]

Probably hiding from the headcase career girls...

Very very true, or they are all gay

[Coldkiwi]

whatever you decide to do for Valentines day, DON'T go to a nice restaurant. The buggers will charge like a wounded bull and the place will probably be packed anyway, hence destroying any notion of a romantic atmosphere. (been there, sucked in by that!)

I think we should all boycott the 14th, change the 'observed' valentines day to the 15th and not tell the restauranters!

[Slipstream]

:spudwhat: Id just like to know where all the nice guys have gone?

I know of one that is almost not married and only suspected of being gay :lol: Although it has been said that nice guys finish last....he never seems to be last :p :killingme

[avgas]

Best - I went with a ride with my lovely lady all day, then we stopped on the beach and had fish n chips :yeah: it was lovely.
Worst - She wanted to go shopping, so we went shopping - 5 friggn hours of bullshit, wasting my bloody money. Bloody dressmart.
Girls like.....
Roses, poems, purfume, cuddles, sweet talk, alcohol, burnouts ( :2thumbsup ), shopping, clothes, jewellery......
Guys like...
Chocolate, alcohol, food, blue pro grip inserts (man did i love her then), tyres, bike goodies, long rides to nowhere, working in the shed......

wrote a few poems in my time, pretty much the ones off the mark are the best.

[toads]

We're getting married next Monday.... :love:

(In Fiji, so it doesn't matter that it's a Monday...)

Congratulations, have a wonderful day and honeymoon !!

[Holy Roller]

Works even better if you do it when she feels like it.. :yeah:

Paul N (still bears the scars of experience)
Ah there's a man who knows :yeah:
Understanding the times can be a stab in the dark at the best of times. What worked today may not work tomorrow. :spudwhat: