We don't do Valentines day as a rule. Like you we prefer to celebrate our anniversary which is a fortnight later. I think in the very early stage of our relationship DH might have bought me flowers but since then nothing.
When I lived in Melbourne and worked in the CBD I must admit I just got tired of the consumerism of the day, it was like a competition in he office to see who received the most elaborate and expensive flower arrangement. I think it totally lost the meaning of the day.
When I was with an ex fiancee he sent me a dozen red roses to my work, I was absoluetly furious as we didn't have the money to pay for them (I knew he had put it on the credit card) and I knew he didn't do it out of love for me it was just to make himself looked good. (Especially as we had agreed we weren't acknowledging the day) Then to make matters worse we were at his family he had great delight in informing them of what he didn't making sure that they knew that I didn't get him anything.
Hence to say that relationship didn't last too much longer, the writing was well on the wall by that time.
not really, we might say 'oh happy V day' when/if we remember, but neither of us expect anything, because like you L&B we do that sort of thing daily and randomly anyway.
I did get him a card last year, but only cause it was our first one as a husband and wife and I was excited to buy a card that said 'to my husband',
My dad gets mum a card, but never writes on it, because it is meant to be anonymous (like secret admirer) a few days after wards, like when the hype goes down, he steals the card back and gives it back to her the next year, he has used the same card for 5 years straight and she has never noticed its the same one!
We don't really make a big deal out of it, so much so that DP said "waht are we doing for V Day"and i nearly choked.... i said we haven't done V day in quite some time and he said "surely we do, i mean don't we"
We did when we first got together but nothing much since.
It would be nice to get out kid free for the night knowing quite a few other people are 'sharing the love' aswell, but this yr i did the free msg in the paper from the girls..... something i've never done... lol
we dont do anything here and havent since we met. Now our wedding anniversary is the day before so we prefer to celebrate that as its important to us, valentines holds no special meaning to either of us. We are going for brunch monday morning for our anniversary, should be much quieter than dinner valentines day!
We don't. Well, i think we did the first year we were dating, but then not after that. Then we got married a week before V day, so we celebrate that. We're a bit scroogie - i'm pretty sure that is the root of our indifference!
I like that other people do it though. I love seeing all the lovey-ness. It rubs off
We have never done cards. I don't do cards for birthdays or Christmas either as a general rule. However when we were first together DH and I would exchange gifts for valentinesz day. The first year I got a dozen red roses. The following year I got 6. The year after I got 1...and that was the end of that . Sometimes we watch a movie or something together but we can never get a babysitter so we don't go out to celebrate. Like Lionsandbears we tell each other that we love each other all the time so I don't really get the hype of valentines day.
No, we don't. Right from our first Valentine's Day together DH (then just the BF) said it was "commercial nonsense" and said he didn't buy into it. I was a bit miffed initially but I do get it. DH can be a softie though, over the years he's made me Valentine's Day cards and sent me sweet text messages when I was interstate a couple of times. And he always does well in the gift stakes at b'days, christmas, our anniversary and mother's day. So I certainly have no complaints ... it's only Val's Day we don't do.
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that could be fun.
. Sometimes we watch a movie or something together but we can never get a babysitter so we don't go out to celebrate. Like Lionsandbears we tell each other that we love each other all the time so I don't really get the hype of valentines day.
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