question to those who dont bother with Valentines day

fayhare

Oh and I do find it very weird the way US folk I know celebrate valentines. They send valentines greetings/cards etc to friends and children. I always thought it was a romantic love day and was very surprised when my mam's American friend sent me a valentines card clearly not as a romantic jesture.

MadDogWoman_2

I've not read the whole thread.

But I celebrate Mothering Sunday as a Christian Festival.

I don't expect my DD or DH to buy me anything.

But I also choose the day to make a point of saying how much I appreciate all the help my mum gives me in looking after my DD whilst I'm at work.

Ladyhawk

I had to laugh today... I got a Valentines card from one of our laundry suppliers telling me that our companies were perfect partners!!! LOL!! Now that is a company with too much money on its hands!!

squibbs25

When we were just boyfriend/girlfriend we did Valentines Day, but since we've been married (nearly 7 years) we dont anymore, mainly cos we have a wedding anniversary to celebrate, that's our special day and we dont need to share it with anyone else! haha!
As for Mothers/Fathers Day we buy gifts for our parents but not cards (as they end up in the bin LOL) so we give scratchcards instead - (they minght win beofre it goes in the bin)
Our children (ds 12, dd 7) get taken to town to get us Mothers/Fathers Day pressies.
They also make the respective parent breakfast in bed along with a home made card.

lauren_1

I dont bother with card on valentines day, i cant stand them,they never say the things i would say
I cook him a meal nearly every night so v-day isnt going to be any different.
He gets cups of tea and breakfast in bed every weekend so again no different.
I get flowers when he can so no difference there.

Basically he's getting a bottle of JD and by the sounds of it we need to get a room, lol.


The only thing thats going to be different is he's getting a half size bottle of JD

vixarooni

I think people forget the meaning of valentines day! My boyfriend and i will have a nice meal (in) we see it as more of an excuse to have another evening thats a bit more special rather than the "we can show our love all year round not just for one day" Which sounds more of a cop out than anything else.

People get a bit boring i think. I have got my boyfriend a big card from card factory for 99p, im going to make him a cake and hes got me something. Yea were probably feeding the business of valentines but then im sure we do that daily in other ways in the retail sector.

Glamazon

OH and I never bother buying each other Valentine's cards or presents.
This year I am using it as an excuse to get him to buy me a curry tomorro night for a treat!

I don't send birthday cards to my family (unless it's a big one 16, 18, 21, 50 etc) there are so many of us we all agree that a phone call is much better.

OH's family get very upset if they don't receive one from us. His mum was extremely pished off one year that we didn't send her one!

I DO send Mother's Day and Father's Day cards though - just a little reminder of how much I love them! My step-dad and Grandad get Father's Day cards from me as well.

geri1965_2

I get my mum a card/present as she would be upset otherwise. I don't really agree with it.

I get my dad a card, he doesn't need a present. He's not sentimental about it but I think he might wonder why I didn't send one if I missed it.

Don't bother with Valentines Day as neither me or the OH are at all romantic.

Nixer

It's all a scam by the card manufacturers.

We used to do Valentines day, but we are now kind of the anti Valentines and I think one year we will try and schedule our annual row for V day. To me it just feels forced and I feel a bit sorry for people whose partners think it really matters but they don't care for it themselves.

Mother's day: I used to get my mum a card but forgot one year and apologised and she said that she didn't much care for it anyway and that I didn't need to as the other stuff I do for her is more important. (My brother, who never visits or helps her out, always sends her a mother's day card and that just reinforces to me how stupid it all is).

Father's day: he's dead. Didn't when he was alive as he thought it was all a scam by etc etc

mountainofdebt

Don't do Valentines Day - don't need Hallmark to tell me to specifically declare my love for my OH, and he demonstrates his love by doing non-traditional romantic stuff ......making me a cup of tea for when I come down in the morning etc.

As for mothering sunday yes I do bother with that but don't go overboard - prefer to show my love for my mum throughout the year and not when hallmark tells me to.

Don't go overboard on birthday cards either.

btw I always thought mothering sunday wasn't specifically a Christian festival but developed over time starting from the days when servant girls had one sunday off during Lent to go and see their families.