Do You Celebrate Valentines Day?

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DH & I have been together for 23 years & married for nearly 22. He always buys me 2 dozen red roses, chocolates & a card. He also buys flowers for DD15, a sweet thing he started when she was little. I buy him a giant bar of his favourite chocolate & a card. We don’t usually go out to eat but will have something like a steak dinner, either actually on the night or sometimes if it falls in the week we wait til the weekend. I may buy Prosecco or Cava.

No. It’s a money making scheme.

I usually buy the kids some heart chocolates from M&S but that's as far as we go.

I don't want him to buy me flowers because Hallmark have decided too. I want him to buy me flowers if and when he wants to.

I would if I had someone to share it with romantically

Yes, we do. DH buys me flowers and something else - usually chocolates, sometimes jewellery or a nice toiletry. I usually buy him alcohol and choccies. We usually get something simple to cook in the evening or get a takeaway. This year I'm off work, but DH has a work meeting around 3pm, so we might go out to our local pub which does sandwiches/toasties/other (wouldn't normally go out for sandwiches/toasties, but they're are very tasty.

We don’t, I don’t really see the point of it.

I enjoy Valentine's Day ☺️ we exchange cards, buy some nice chocolates, cook a nice dinner at home and have a cocktail

That sounds nice.
I enjoy it too. I'm pleased to have (for the past 5 years) someone to enjoy it with.

We do nice things for each other on other days too but I like getting a card and a cuddle in the morning!

This year we're going to a restaurant we like the Saturday before to have a lovely lunch.

Hi i personally think valatines day is for lovers , girlfriends, boyfriends, i had alot when in teens, was with someone 40 years divorced then 6 year realionship he always sent card flowers till i told him what i thought its just my opinion

No. It makes me cringe

Valentine's day used to be about telling someone that you fancied them...not already established couples celebrating

No, never. It's a money grab. Why do we need An Occasion every month of the year?

No, in my head it is for new relationships/letting someone know you fancy them. Feels less relevant to those married 10 years plus and like a PP would prefer DH to buy me flowers ad hoc rather than because he feels obliged.

We do as we got engaged on valentines day and its a nice excuse to spoil ourselves. We have a steak, prosecco and some nice chocs. We don't buy presents just get each other a card. The meal isn't very romantic as DS who is 11 eats with us 😂

Yes! Cards, lunch in a favourite restaurant we frequent. And no, we don’t need a special day to tell each other how much we love them blah blah blah…it’s a Hallmark holiday stuff. We are still very much in love 30+ years on, but we still make it special! ❤️

Nah, never really cared for it.

No presents or cards but sometimes I get flowers, dh will make a nice dinner (because he does every night 😂).

I hate it, but my husband has a tendency to go nuts. I would be quite happy with just a card, or not even that but he goes the whole hog and I feel pressured into reciprocating...and it's the week after his birthday too.

We don't really because it's our anniversary on the 12th and that's more important. That said, we usually do a bit more special meal than usual!

No we don’t. It feels a bit forced and ‘high school’ to me, 😬 but each to their own.

Yes! February is drab it’s nice to have something to mark it even if it’s silly like Valentine’s Day. I decorate the kitchen, have a pink themed breakfast a nice dinner with candles. We exchange cards but not presents. I have a 6 year old and most of it is for her benefit, she loves special occasions!

We don't do much, maybe a card, usually handmade or from Etsy so it supports artists/ small businesses.

I do feel that some people get very cynical about it and there's almost a kind of pride in the "I don't see the point of Valentine's day/ it's a money making scam!" attitude.

If people want to celebrate it and it brings them closer together and they have a nice time, then that's lovely.

I don't like the pressure that some people feel to make elaborate gestures, but that's really down to them - those people will be the same at Christmas/ Birthdays etc.

Just celebrate it in your own way that is meaningful to you (or not).

Yeah. I quite like it. And why not ey. Some people like to say how they don't buy into all that shit yet will do pancake day, Easter eggs etc etc but not this. Which is fine, I just never get why people want to shout about how they would never dream of it but buy into other made up traditions 🤷‍♀️

No, but I do quite like the special meal for 2s that come out just for Valentines Day, so sometimes Dh and I go mad and spring for one of those.

I went to school in the US and everyone used to bring in little valentines cards to give to friends and we each decorated a shoebox to be our own ‘postbox’ for our cards. So commercialised and tacky, but we always looked forward to it and teachers would put some sweets in for us. In secondary school (all girls school so generally not a romantic thing), the school council sold chocolates to be delivered to friends on Valentine’s Day and I really enjoyed that too. It was a nice day to feel like your friends were thinking about you. I feel embarrassed saying that because I’d hate having to sort that for my dc now, but as a kid, it was fun.

No but we did decide years ago to celebrate us being together and being happy, exactly one week after February 14th. Sometimes we go out for dinner as all of the Valentine's Day nonsense has passed and we can eat from a normal menu, sometimes we cook something nice at home (M&S often discount their Valentine's special meals, most of the freezable, by 50% after the day 😂)

We usually give each other a card but not a Valentine's card. Often something we have found over the previous twelve months and put to one side thinking it would appeal to the other person. So we still mark a day of sorts, just in our own way and for (I think) the right reasons.

No, most things are double the price just because it's a day on the calendar