Is anyone celebrating Valentine's Day?

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In the past, my husband used to buy me chocolates, flowers and we would go out for a meal. However for the last 10 years, we've treated it like any other day.
I'm going shopping later, and he's doing his own thing.

As it was my birthday yesterday I dont expect a second day of treats...however he always does! Flowers today (as well as yesterday) and some chocolates.
I've made the first brews and fed the dog. Ill be going to the gym shortly.

We do cards but sometimes forget. We don’t put any importance on it. I liked it when the kids were little and wanted to be my valentine 🥹🤗😍and they’d make a card. I miss that stage.

Got my husband an embarrassingly large red heart ❤️ balloon with special written message on it. Cards from each of the kids & large card from me. Lunch booked for us all.

He will likely get me flowers from my favourite shop & a gift.

Like a previous poster said - any excuse to celebrate. Given all the doom and gloom let a little love in.

We’ve done cards for each other and cute ones for the kids.
He bought me roses, I bought him Valentine’s cupcakes from a baker up the road from me.
We’ve bought the eldest little chocolate hearts and the baby has a light up flashing wand with love hearts on.
Just something small but it means a lot to us all.

We always exchange cards and a small gift like chocolates. Though I’ve gone ‘all out’ this year and got my DH tubes of Pringles and a special Pringle tray gadget thing from Etsy (£8 🤣) Also got my two young DS a little card and some chocs plus a heart shaped stationery set, which were £4 from Amazon. So total spent probably less than £20 for all cards and gifts but I know it’ll be a nice start to the morning…when everyone actually wakes-up.

Not specifically doing anything else to celebrate but we’ll make homemade pizzas together tonight.

We don't really celebrate valentines day. Its just not on our radar but I don't begrudge those who make the most of it. Its nice to have an excuse to be romantic.

We've got a nice Saturday ahead of us. DH is working this morning so D and I are going to make and decorate heart shapes biscuits. I'm going to make a nice stew later on and we have a murder mystery game we can play together later as family.

I’ve woken up, come downstairs (pets wake me up) to a bunch of red roses, I haven’t even got him a card. I’m sure that he feels like he’s made a huge effort, tbh I wish that he would just spend time and effort with us all year round.

I will change dog walk route to buy him a card before he gets up and will smile and thank him.

Bit surprised to read that people are buying chocolates, cards etc for their kids. Is this a new thing? I thought Valentine's day was for romantic partners alone, rather than a whole-family celebration like Christmas.

We always do cards, a fancy meal at home and a bottle of wine. We don’t do gifts anymore but we are going out to a local restaurant tonight for the first time ever. I think it’s because we don’t need a babysitter anymore

We buy each other cards and gifts (chocolate/sweets) but spending the day apart. Not going for a meal but we did buy the M&S meal deal

It varies. Sometimes we do cards, sometimes not. This year I got one for DH, he didn’t get me one but that is fine. We are going on a very nice overseas holiday in a few weeks so that is our “treat”. Am currently drinking pre dinner champagne (it’s evening here) and DH is cooking me my favourite foods for dinner, he usually cooks on Valentine's Day. The nicest thing about the day was DH giving me a big hug when we woke up this morning and telling me how much he loves me (we have been together nearly 37 years).

Nope. I think it's a waste of time and money. Plus, I was always under the impression it was to find love?

We swap cards and that’s all. We’re actually going out for the day but we’d have done that anyway.

I gave DH the perfect Valentines gift - Norovirus. Enjoy🥰

Normal day here we get each other a card, I do well through out the year been married 40 years😊😊

Indeed..8 older single women (but been there done that) all going out to the pub today in town then dancing the night away. Espresso martinis will be consumed, ibuprofen will be taken when we get home for aching joints, comfortable trainers with extra insole padding will be worn. That’s how we’re doing ours 😁 Happy Valentine’s Day all 🍸

No, we don't celebrate Valentine's as we have our wedding anniversary later this month. We don't buy into the hype.

We’ve woken up to a little Happy Valentine’s cuddle. DH has walked the dog, made me tea and breakfast, but he usually does this. He stopped buying me flowers when I saw the receipt once and said I could spend that money on other things. We’ve also never been out on Valentine’s Day for a meal, will leave that for younger couples. I asked DH if he fancied seeing Wuthering Heights tonight, but he said there’s no way he’s going to the cinema full of couples kissing, he”d rather watch football.

We do cards.
I'll get flowers. I've got him some chocolates.

Then we have an M&S valentines meal deal for dinner.

Not over the top but nice. We enjoy doing it. Life would seem very dull to me if all the little fun gestures like this were ignored and deemed unnecessary.

We both had the day off yesterday so we went out for lunch. We do this occasionally anyway to get some adult time, V day was more of the excuse/prompt than the reason! We do cards, and DH came home from the office on Thurs with some roses, even though I told him not to buy me anything. So I suppose we are celebrating. But very low key.

Cards today then a meal with our son and his fiancee to talk wedd arrangements. Then going away on a city break tomorrow. We always acknowledge it.

On my own here- will drink red wine whilst watching the rugby and remember how grateful I am for leaving my last marriage (as difficult as it is navigating co-parenting with civility). DC at their dads so at least I can drink wine in bed with no responsibility! 🤣

Not unless you count my brother coming to watch the rugby with my husband this afternoon 🤣 he separated from his wife towards the end of last year and they always “did” Valentine’s Day (he even proposed then) so we thought he might be a bit down in the dumps. DH and I bothered the first year we were together but not for the last decade. Our wedding anniversary is in March and it all feels a bit overkill - he gets it, I love him.

We dont usually. We just treat it as any other day, but sometimes DH catches me out.
Im always up earlier than him so was sitting drinking coffee in the kitchen when I heard him get up, then the front door open. I frowned, wondering what he was doing.
Saw him go out to the car. He then came in eith flowers and a card. 😊

We have been married 25 years this year.

It’s not celebrated in the same way way though. Not as commercial. And I think just for northerners