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 we haven’t celebrated Valentine’s Day since we got married. No need to be buying a card and a gift to tell each other we love each other.

I actually love Valentine's Day. Think I got in to it when I lived in Canada for a few years-they go hard on it there-it brightens up the dreary winter so why not?
I've got some felt heart garlands that I hang up and I get the kids a little present each and dh and I do cards, presents and a night out (not usually on the actual day-the weekend before or after). I think it's nice and I can't see the harm as long as you don't start comparing what your mate got and being disappointed etc.

We celebrate it every day.

It's only a 'rip off', 'money making scheme' if you let it be.
Easy to celebrate a day of love without spending any money 😁

Yes but it's it's my dp's birthday the same week so it's a sort of joint celebration type thing

How I feel about my dh is based on numerous factors....the fact it's February 14th makes no odds.

Why would he feel obliged? I get flowers ad hoc but we also celebrate it! We manage to do both…even after being married 32 years!

Yes we do

Although tbh I'm getting sick of all these bloody holidays and the tat they seem to necessitate

We have already celebrated it on the Welsh version of it, St Dwynwens day 25th January. Cards and chocolates & a meal. Why not celebrate anything you can, in my opinion!

Nope, never have. We married on 13th to avoid anything cringy

No it’s bullshit and I really don’t get people who go all out for it.

I’ve never sent or received a valentines card.

M&S meal deal does the trick!

No, I can't be bothered with it, it's just a way for shops to get people to spend money! I think it's more for youngsters not people who've been married nearly 16 years like DH and me!

The point of sending a Valentine card was to declare your love anonymously to someone you fancy. It may have been cute at school but it just seems creepy now as an adult.

We don't celebrate it but we do use it as an excuse to make a fancy dessert that we don't normally do. It's usually creme brulee complete with blow torched caramel topping.

Its interesting how many say no because they don't need a special day to tell their partner they love them. Me and DH do celebrate valentines, we have a nice meal and get each other a card and usually share a box of chocs. We don't buy presents. But that doesn't mean we don't tell each other we love them on any other days, its just nice to have a good excuse to celebrate us. Each to their own though I can see it from both sides. I don't agree that anyone should feel pressured into buying gifts etc, especially not expensive ones. When I was much younger my then boyfriend asked me to go into the card shop and choose my card, and he would pay 😂 He didn't get why I refused to

I loved the excitement of "Will I/Won't I get an anonymous card" as a teen but nowadays no, I really just think what a massive fuss over nothing & EVERYTHING is massively inflated price wise plus all the stealth boast social media pics of how "lucky" people are that the "Best Boyfriend/Husband" bought them xyz.. I know I sound like a misery guts having read that back 😊

In an absolute case of Murphy's Law my OH's birthday is Feb 14th so my hand has been forced & I have to make it a little bit special now (just no hearts or Teddy Bears!)😄

No, we're not 14

Me neither….still enjoy celebrating though! ❤️

Yep we do. We are very romantic generally but love to do V Day

Single so no. I personally don’t agree with celebrating Valentine’s Day with kids so no I don’t do anything for them.

I never really understand the vitriol against it/ against any celebration really but particularly this one which is so easily ignored compared to say Christmas or even Easter.

That said, we don’t exactly go all out. We usually do cards or get the other one very small like their favourite snack or something. Last year I picked DH up a massive breakfast sandwich up from the cafe at the top of the road - the pinnacle of romance 😆This year we are actually going out for a meal and some drinks the weekend after but that’s not really a Valentines thing, more because we have the offer of a babysitter for the first time since last Spring so we’re taking the chance whilst we can.

We buy each other a card. That's it.

No. We just agreed to let each other off the hook for this type of thing - I just hate the pressure that certain days bring - I'd much rather buy gifts spontaneously & go out for a meal when it's convenient / relaxed not a stupid hassle which is what "do romantic stuff and spend loads of money on this one particular date" means to me. Freeeeeeeedommmmm!!!!

We celebrate anything and everything! I like to give life some colour.

Candlemas on Friday, Frideswitha on 11 th ….special saints, anniversaries of important events to us like house moves.

We used to celebrate the cats’ birthdays 🥰