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Did anyone else give their DC a valentines card?

84 replies

cjt110 · 14/02/2019 14:57

I remember as a kid (about 5ish) getting a card, a box of dominoes and some after eights off my Mum's boyfriend at the time.

Always wondered if this was a thing.

I got DS (aged 4) a valentines card and simply put inside "You're my little Prince. I love you more than the plant earth (something he says to me) Love Mummy"

I obviously got DH a card.

Am I odd?

OP posts:
notacooldad · 14/02/2019 16:49

I don't know why my post said ' 'find'!!!
I never buy a valentine card!!

hugoagogo · 14/02/2019 16:53

In some parts of the UK Jack Valentine visits all the dc with small presents. It isn't creepy and isn't all about romance.

madeyemoodysmum · 14/02/2019 18:36

I got my two a small box of lindor each which that really enjoyed. 💕

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Isitweekendyet · 14/02/2019 18:40

My Mum still gets me and my sister one!

It's a full family affair, I get her a best friend one, I get my husband one and I give one to my son and a little token for Mum and child.

We treat is a just a day to say I love you; not I want to shag!

WhatNow40 · 14/02/2019 19:06

I always get DS a card and something, usually a snuggly teddy filled with hugs from me. I'll be sad when he tells me to stop

Rafflesway · 14/02/2019 20:10

My DH always buys a card for our adult dd.

She has severe learning difficulties so will never receive the real thing. DH says he doesn't want her missing out. 😊

foggyuplands · 14/02/2019 20:17

Here in the US it is definitely not just romantic love, dc give out cards and small gifts to their friends of both sexes. It is all rather sweet.

formerbabe · 14/02/2019 20:17

@madeyemoodysmum

I got my two a small box of lindor each which that really enjoyed

I did the same!

WillYouDoTheFandango · 14/02/2019 21:12

I got DS (6) a card. Last year he was very upset after school as he hadn’t got any and asked if we could make each other one. So we did. Thought I’d let him wake up to one this year.

Galvantula · 14/02/2019 21:15

Nope. That would be wierd to me.

Jamct23 · 14/02/2019 21:18

I think it’s so sweet, we buy our daughter a card and little something every Valentine’s Day, it’s so so easy and cheap to pick up a card and box of chocs seen as the supermarkets put it all out straight after Xmas! What I find strange is comments saying “it’s strange for adults to give children romantic gifts” Not all love is romantic? I will continue to give my daughter a Valentine’s every year x

Margot33 · 14/02/2019 21:18

My children 9 & 5 opened their lunch boxes today and loved what I gave them. A red heart with "I love you" on it and a Lindt lindor chocolate ball! They said their friends wished they parents did that too!

amilosingitor · 14/02/2019 21:21

I got the kids a bag of chocolate hearts each and said they were from the baby 🤦🏻‍♀️ then when I was in Asda earlier I got a text from DP asking me to get cards for the kids, which I'm not sure he realised would actually be quite hard at that late stage. Anyway I got them all cards with variations of "I love you all the world" type messages as opposed to messages linked to a romantic relationship! Then when I got back he made me write "love from ?" In them all anyway! They know it's us. As pp have said - just a bit of fun! I even got one for the baby 😬

Cheesycheesytwist · 14/02/2019 21:22

Giving a homemade card to DC that they know is from you is fine if that's what your family does, we all have different traditional. But sending an anonymous card to an older child is just awful!! They will ensure thinking someone they know is romantically attracted to them. Being a teenager is hard enough at times without parents messing with your head, it's cruel!

Maybe83 · 14/02/2019 21:22

Yes we do and small gift.

My girls love it and it's a small gesture of caring in our house.

Thrt

Cheesycheesytwist · 14/02/2019 21:23

Sorry for the typos, I was just shocked people would send anonymous cards to children and typed too quickly!

GiveMeAllTheGin8 · 14/02/2019 21:23

I don’t know why it’s seen as creepy Confused it’s celebrating a day of love
We usually do a special breakfast and dinner out but was disorganized this year so we gave dd”s one of those multi colored roses from tesco and had dinner out.
I also filled dd”s lunchbox with red food Blush
We celebrate everything in this house, love a day out of the ordinary!

Maybe83 · 14/02/2019 21:24

Hit post too soon!

We don't have a little sex bomb slogan to be seen in our house either.

Maybe83 · 14/02/2019 21:26

We do guess who and lots of banter follows guessing which family member sent it.. they don't think it's a complete stranger Grin

Orlandointhewilderness · 14/02/2019 21:28

My DD (7) loves valentines - I got back from work to find a beautiful homemade card and bag of truffles bless her. I did get her a card and grown up chocks and Harry Potter stationary set.

Orlandointhewilderness · 14/02/2019 21:31

Giveme I'm so glad you said you celebrate it as a day of love - that is exactly how I feel about it. With all the horror and hate in this world why should it be a bad thing to celebrate love for one day a year?!

Lwmommy · 14/02/2019 21:37

I made a card for 4 year old DD, she loved it, its a bit of fun and another way to tell her that we love her and always will. It wasnt romantic or sexual in any way, just a token of affection.

RLABC · 14/02/2019 21:48

I gave my son a card every year up until he was 11 or 12, maybe even later. I sent him one for today as a surprise (he's 21 now) just to remind him that he's still much loved and greatly missed (we live on different continents and haven't seen each other for almost a year). He loved it.
Nothing weird or creepy about it, just an expression of love.

bookmum08 · 14/02/2019 21:50

To me Valentine's Day is about love. I love my daughter so I got her a card. I love my husband so I got him a card. Love is more than 'romance and sex'.

RLABC · 14/02/2019 21:51

And I've just remembered that for a few years when my son was a tween (I know!) he'd get me a small present and card for Valentine's.