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Do you bother with Valentine’s Day as a family?

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Whyareweallhere · 13/02/2019 21:06

Do you bother with Valentine’s Day as a family?

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LeSquigh · 13/02/2019 21:18

Yes! I don’t like birthdays or Christmas but I do like Valentines (I realise this is odd!). There are only four of us but there will be lots of cards between us all tomorrow. And a few gifts.

Boredboredboredboredbored · 13/02/2019 21:18

No!!!

NotAgainSilly · 13/02/2019 21:19

No not really. We may do cards but that is it.

Lottapianos · 13/02/2019 21:20

As a family? It's a day for adults surely

BackforGood · 13/02/2019 21:21

Of course not.
It is about romance and sexual desire, nothing to do with dc, or parents love for their dc. Hmm

Thesearmsofmine · 13/02/2019 21:22

Not really. Me and DH will do cards and I have some little heart shaped dishes that I will make the DC a pudding in tomorrow night but that’s about it!

TheCrowFromBelow · 13/02/2019 21:23

No. I think sending a valentine’s card to your children is odd.

Thehogfatherstolemycurry · 13/02/2019 21:25

Not as a family, I associate Valentine's day with romantic love. Myself and dh exchange cards but don't get the children one.

Crikeyblimey · 13/02/2019 21:25

It’s my dh’s birthday tomorrow so no, we don’t ‘do’ Valentine’s Day in any way. I don’t see why he should get me a card on his birthday.

When we were younger we did occasionally go out for dinner on his birthday and a lot of restaurants gave me a rose!! So we stopped that and celebrate his birthday at home and eat out the weekend before or after but it is always to celebrate his birthday.

Appreciate this is a daily uncommon thing though but that serves me right for marrying him 🤔🤣

Crikeyblimey · 13/02/2019 21:26

Ffs - fairly not daily!!

Peakypolly · 13/02/2019 21:26

We send jokey cards to each other with spelling mistakes to pretend they are from someone who doesn’t know us well and then interrogate each other about who it could be from... pretty lame but it amuses us.
Now we don’t need babysitters, we go out for a meal and sit on the top of the bus together. I’m looking forward to it Smile

ScrumptiousBears · 13/02/2019 21:27

My DDs are still so young but yes I think we would do something. DP working night shift tomorrow night so it just us girls this year.

LooksLikeImStuckHere · 13/02/2019 21:28

Not as a family or a couple. Utterly meaningless to us!

Rockbird · 13/02/2019 21:32

We don't do much. DH and I exchange cards and I hide some chocolate hearts around the house for the dds but that's it. Valentine's Day isn't really my thing.

happypotamus · 13/02/2019 21:33

No. Why would you? Valentine's Day is to celebrate romantic love. My 7 year old complained last week that all her friends were going to get valentines cards from their parents (I have no idea how she knew that), and I explained to her about there being only one word for different kinds of love and Valentine's Day isn't about the kind of love between parents and children. DH and I are barely celebrating it. I have got him a card but we agreed no gifts because we can't afford it. I am working tomorrow so will be out of the house from 6.30am until about 9.30pm so we won't even really see each other.

CostanzaG · 13/02/2019 21:35

We have a 4 year old and no babysitter.We always go out together as a family for an early tea then a family movie night.

We don't get DS a card or present but we do cards and presents for each other.
For us it's about us as a couple and the lovely family we've created. It's far more meaningful than the contrived Valentine's days I had with my ex
We only had one valentine's Day together before DS arrived anyway.

user1486076969 · 13/02/2019 21:40

No

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Whyareweallhere · 13/02/2019 22:15

Mostly a no then really.

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MumUnderTheMoon · 13/02/2019 22:17

My dds school usually have a few days off shortly after Valentine's Day so I usually get her a toy to keep her amused and she makes me a card.

LizzieSiddal · 13/02/2019 22:19

I’ve never sent my dc a card but would get a nice pudding or chocolates for us all to enjoy after tea.

Canshopwillshop · 13/02/2019 22:24

It’s not a family thing in our house, just something DH and I acknowledge. However, I’m finding it increasingly ludicrous after 20 years of marriage to set aside one day to give a card to your partner telling them you love them.

Blitzermaloneyallskinnyandbony · 13/02/2019 22:38

Yes! I know it goes against the grain on here but I've got nothing for DH nor him for me as we've always done but I've got my 4yo dd some flowers and made her a card telling her how much I love her and a box of chocolates for her to wake up to. It'll make her so happy as it did last year and she'll go off to school with a smile on her face knowing I love her. Which I obviously say every day but we love any excuse for sweets or chocolate for breakfast in our house.

MiniMum97 · 13/02/2019 22:41

Not as a family no. It's for partners. We do a card and a small gift usually. Sometimes we go out or have a dinner and sometimes we don't.

3boysandabump · 13/02/2019 22:44

I've bought heart shaped crumpets for breakfast.

Dh and I will exchange cards.

Dh usually cooks dinner on Valentine's Day. I don't know why because I still have to cook for the dc but it's what we've always done.

Mumshappy · 13/02/2019 22:46

I buy the dcs small gifts every year. Heart marshmallows or chocs.