Great "Free Ways to Say I Love You" Hunt

Former_MSE_Penelope · 17 January 2011 at 5:40PM

Great 'Free ways to Say 'I love you'' Hunt

For those who consider the day a bit of a scam and hate splurging on chocs & flowers etc. how can you show your loved ones you care without spending even a penny?

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Many thanks to redballoon for starting this great thread (see next post below). We didn't spot it before but now someone's pointed it out we've turned this one into a Great Hunt and inserted this post into the top as an explanation to people coming through from the weekly email. Thank you!

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RedBalloon · 2 February 2011 at 2:15PM

I thought it would be nice to start a new thread on completely FREE ways to show how much you love that special someone.

It's not supposed to sound cheapskate - but some of the loveliest ways to show someone don't actually cost a penny!

Please share ideas or perhaps things someone has done for you which meant a lot.

Maybe, burning a special CD, going on a little walk and leaving notes in the trees for them to see - that sort of thing.......

FleaFlyFloFlum · 2 February 2011 at 2:25PM

last year I wrote my partner a list of all the little things that I loved about him...only cost me about 20p to buy a nice piece of paper wrapped up with ribbon...so almost free.

Bit cheesy I know, but it is Valentines Day after all

Silk · 2 February 2011 at 2:26PM

Good Idea,
On Valentines day I usualy make an effort to put the toilet seat down after I've been to the bathroom .....it shows I'm thinking about her

Sometimes I even offer to help with the washing up after dinner ....so it shows it's nice to do things "together"

FleaFlyFloFlum · 2 February 2011 at 2:30PM

lmao Silk, love it!

RedBalloon · 2 February 2011 at 2:51PM

Lovely idea FleeFlyFloFlum.....
I'd like to do something about the first dates I remember we had - try to capture them in some way, but I've not thought how yet!

indelacio · 2 February 2011 at 2:56PM

This one may take some practice... but open your mouth give it a little stretch, breath in deeply then say in an open and honest meaningful way "I love you" probably costs about 7 calories to perform, or over 22 to perform well.

Queenriderbrekke · 2 February 2011 at 2:58PM

Book free cinema tickets off the free cinema ticket thread and give them to her on valentines day?

isualive · 2 February 2011 at 3:56PM

I used the paper from a white note block & on each piece I wrote different memories from our time together. Some were happy, some funny, some damn right rude! I also wrote reasons why I loved my husband etc etc. These were written on red paper, I then folded all of the notes into triangles, & put them into a huge glass jar. I then finished it off with a piece of red ribbon.

I told him it was full of 9 years of happiness. He loved it.

indelacio · 2 February 2011 at 4:08PM

isualive wrote: »

I used the paper from a white note block & on each piece I wrote different memories from our time together. Some were happy, some funny, some damn right rude! I also wrote reasons why I loved my husband etc etc. These were written on red paper, I then folded all of the notes into triangles, & put them into a huge glass jar. I then finished it off with a piece of red ribbon.

I told him it was full of 9 years of happiness. He loved it.

You could do another similar thing not just with memories tho, but with "favours" you would do, they dont have to be sexual they could be things like breakfast in bed, neck rub, 20 minutes footy lol, you get the picture, fun little things and however many you want him to pick out and he could write some for you to pick from too.

Habibiboo · 2 February 2011 at 4:58PM

How about a handmade note book of nice paper, or even one of those quite nice hardback notebooks you can get in a £1 shop - you can recover it to personalise it a bit. In the giving, explain that the idea is that you then spend time together writing in things that you want to do together - silly, romantic, sexy, any and all types of thing! Himself and I spent a happy evening with a bottle initially writing down things we wanted to do together and then we go back and put the dates in when we've done them. This way it lasts way beyond Valentine's and gives a 'together' connection to many things: sometimes when we're out we'll see something that gives us an idea to add in -ours is known as the 'purple book' and it's a feature of any real together time that we manage to grab!

Great "Free Ways to Say I Love You" Hunt

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