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MSE Blog: Valentine’s Day – whose side are you on?

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Hi all, this is a thread to discuss the MSE blog:
Valentine’s Day – whose side are you on?
"Are you the romantic, sensitive kind who loves Valentine’s Day in all its slushy glory or the cynical type who thinks Valentine’s Day is nothing more than a chance for Cupid to rob you blind with that little bow and arrow of his?..."
Valentine’s Day – whose side are you on?
"Are you the romantic, sensitive kind who loves Valentine’s Day in all its slushy glory or the cynical type who thinks Valentine’s Day is nothing more than a chance for Cupid to rob you blind with that little bow and arrow of his?..."
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You should be romantic all year round, not to order on a specified date. More so when it becomes the least romantic year of the night with production line restaurants being booked out offering limited menus to push through the volume of patrons they want to maximise revenue.
We don't tend to go overboard for valentine's day but it nice to do something a little bit special...that doesn't necessarily mean going out and spending loads of money and often it's just a special meal at home for the two of us. Equally at other times of the year we will go for a nice meal out together or have a nice day out just because we want to.
Why should I pay massively inflated prices for flowers that cost a fraction of the price any other time of the year?
My wife is lucky that it's her birthday on Valentine's Day or she'd likely not even get a card!
Who says romance is dead? Me apparently...
As an adult, I prefer the flowers, cards, little surprises at other times of the year, when I'm surprised by them and when theres no mass hysterical expectation of pink, flowery, chocolaty wonders of the world.
We don't do typical valentine's day gifts either (although I love things from hotel chocolat and would welcome them any time, valentine's or not!). This year I've bought my partner some running gear because he's got some races coming up and needed a new singlet...it's not pink and fluffy but it's a gift he'll use and appreciate and know that I've thought about him when picking it out.
TBH I'd have bought it to give him before his next race anyway, it just happens that his next race is a few days after valentine's.