thread: Does anyone else NOT do Valentines Day?

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  1. #1
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    Dec 2007
    Hork-Bajir Valley
    5,722

    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!

  2. #2
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    Jul 2009
    Riding it out...
    4,959

    Not fussed here either. More commercialisation. I do like LionsandBears idea of best/worst card wins though that could be fun.

  3. #3

    Jul 2009
    Out North, Vic
    8,538

    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

  4. #4
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    Jan 2012
    WA
    420

    Nope, not since the one when we were first dating.

  5. #5
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    Apr 2008
    Melbourne
    6,745

    It's just another love filled day for us - just like every other day

    Seriously though, we might do a card but nothing else. I got flowers once but I was in hospital just having had our DD1 so it was kind of special.

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Mar 2006
    4,542

    Nope we don't do Valentines day here. Not sure why but we just don't. I might actually do it this year to show some love.

  7. #7
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    Aug 2007
    Sydney
    1,691

    We don't do Valentines Day. I don’t know why, it’s just not for us.

  8. #8
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    Apr 2008
    Adelaide
    1,741

    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!

  9. #9
    Moderator

    Dec 2006
    Smidgen-ville
    3,736

    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

  10. #10
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    Nov 2009
    Scottish expat living in Geelong
    5,572

    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.