One Week to Valentines Day

**Hitcher** · 7th February 2005, 10:07

Originally Posted by Tigger

We're getting married next Monday....

(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** · 7th February 2005, 10:18

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.....

Paul N

**Biff** · 7th February 2005, 10:19

Originally Posted by Tigger

We're getting married next Monday....

(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:

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 7th February 2005, 10:22

Originally Posted by Hitcher

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** · 7th February 2005, 10:27

Originally Posted by Tigger

We're getting married next Monday....

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

Ahhh aint love grand

:love2:

All the best for the big day
May love never fail

**Blakamin** · 7th February 2005, 10:34

Originally Posted by Tigger

We're getting married next Monday....

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

**Tigger** · 7th February 2005, 10:45

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 7th February 2005, 11:17

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** · 7th February 2005, 11:28

Whats a Valentines day???

**StoneChucker** · 7th February 2005, 11:30

Originally Posted by Sparky Bills

Whats a Valentines day???

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

**claire** · 7th February 2005, 11:36

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** · 7th February 2005, 11:38

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

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

OHHHH!

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

**Midnight 82** · 7th February 2005, 11:54

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

**Paul in NZ** · 7th February 2005, 12:01

Originally Posted by Midnight 82

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

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

Paul N (still bears the scars of experience)

**bondagebunny** · 7th February 2005, 14:34

Originally Posted by 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.

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