Valentine's Day - Do you bother?

froggergirl

We do Valentines. Will be 9 years together this summer and 5 years married. Tend to do a nice meal in - normally cooked by DH I have to admit, cards and normally a small pressie each. Just have to think of something unusual for him now. With 2 young kids the early night normally depends on them!!!!;)

clairg_2

Hubbies birthday on the 13th so find it really difficult to find 2 pressies so close after christmas, He doesn't agree with the commercial aspect of it will get a card (non valentines) and a small pressie from him thou, and he will cook a fab dinner once the kids are in bed.

jcr16

we do valentines. we have been together 6 years, married for nearly 5. and although we say i love to each other every day and always try to make every day special. we sometimes buy pressies. but usually i cook a nice meal for later in the evening when kids in bed. have a bottle of wine and just spend evening togther. but saying that, we always spend evening together playing cards , poker , crib or watching a dvd. it not generally any diff to any other day.

i love my hubby with all my heart, he completes me. my heart pounds and butterflies go mad in my tummy every time he touches me like the first time he did all those years ago.i smile when i wake up in the morning and see he next to me. and the way he works so hard to provide for the family warms me inside. i don't need one day a year to show my love. every day is special.

Gettin_me_own_back

Hubby buys me flowers every other week, and has done for 18 plus years, but he wont buy near Valentines day or mothers day, cant say I blame him. He has never sent me a card nor have I sent him one. I think I would be a tad concerned if he started now.
Every Sunday evening we sit down with a nice meal and a bottle of wine and its our chill out time. We both make an effott to stay dressed, and we listen to the radio or have music on. It gives us a chance to catch up.
We have been to many resturants over the years and have indicated before hand that it was a special occassion, resturants have gone out of their way to make meal special and romantic, and its not cost us anything extra.
Just pick another day in the year and celebrate then. It will be a lot more personal.

Becles

We don't bother with it. We both think it's a commercial rip off, and don't need one day just to say I love you.

We say it all through the year and buy each other daft bits and bobs frequently. I'd rather have that as it's a much nicer surprise getting things when you don't expect it.

lost_soul_6

usually a card depends where hubby is working onshore or off (no mail box on a rig so he tells me. wedding anniversary is on the 2nd and been married 5yrs so this year it is wood as we are doing the hall up will buy each other a pine door should be a laugh. also this year is a leap year so the 29 will be more special as it was when i asked him to marry me.

piglet6

We buy cards and a small token gift, and Mr P usually cooks a special meal at home. (We went out once - the first year we were together, 14 years ago - and said never again. A "romantic" meal where we were practically able to join in with the conversations both sides of us, because of all the extra tables which had been squeezed in for the "special" occasion, and where there was less choice than usual on the menu, and everything that could possibly be made pink had been(:mad:!!), for twice the normal price!!:eek:).

I usually don't get flowers (at my own request;)) although in the past Mr P has spent a fortune on red roses (which I don't even like!!:o). However, he now realises that I prefer other types of flowers, and it often depends on whether he finds something that has not been hiked up in price for the occasion - because I prefer non-red flowers, it quite often turns out that the flowers I prefer are lower in price on Valentine's day due to lack of demand...:D

Piglet

tiff

We have been married for 10 years, together for 12. We always give a small gift, whether its a book, cd, chocolates etc. We never usually go out, I might cook us a special meal after the kids are in bed. We always exchange cards. My DH won't buy flowers for Valentines day because of the price hike, but I do get flowers bought at other times during the year, not just because its valentines day.

Sarahsaver

I have fond memories of my first valentines card which DH was very coy about. He is romantic a lot of the time, I dont think so called 'romance' is worth anything if it is not spontaneous.
I would be just as likely to bake a 'love cake' for the children, and we also have special food for Burns night, Chinese new year, Diwali, St. George's day and so on.
I'm presuming as Valentine is a saint it is a CHristian thing so why most of us heathens bother with it is beyond me! DH makes me smile, heart flutter, weak at the knees and so on like previous posters mentioned, if that only happens once a year you got trouble;)

webitha

Dh refuses to do valentines as everything costs so much and the fact that its my birthday on 15th so he doesnt see why he has to make a fuss 2 days in a row nd he always buys me valentines flowers the following day for sed Bday (very mse) and chocs that he x's valentines and writes birthday

and in the past he has taken me out for val and made it last to midnight then wished me happy bday as that was my bday prezzie as well

oh well i suppose thats ok then.................not LOL