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Valentine's Day: Petrol Station flowers, Ferrero Rocher chocs, ...

249 replies

TheBeautifulVisit · 06/02/2014 17:52

... slutty uncomfy knickers or what?

What do you hope to receive?
What do you actually receive?
What will you give?
How will you celebrate?

OP posts:
StrawberryCheese · 10/02/2014 10:41

We never celebrate Valentines but this year I'm getting test results from my cardiologist that day (oh the irony!) so we may end up doing something to cheer me up. Chocolates would be nice though.

Pascha · 10/02/2014 10:46

I imagine there will be some steak involved somewhere over the weekend. I don't buy into all the valentines day gubbins but any excuse for a good steak!

ChubbyFeets · 10/02/2014 11:33

Last year my dsis told me it was valentines day and I spent the whole day with dd making heart shaped biscuits...looked at the date and it was the 9th Hmm. Thought for a bit and something seemed wrong, then I realised valentines was on the 14th! Shows how much relevance it holds in our house! Dd made DH a card though.

This year DH has a day off work, I might take dd out of school for the day and do something special as a family. Only because dd loves valentines things. Pink and red hearts and sparkly shit make her happy!

Shodan · 10/02/2014 11:47

Nothing, I don't think.

Never go out for a meal- worked too many years in catering! And I really object to the inflated prices for flowers etc.

I might consider telling him I love him more than our lovely new bed.

probably not, actually

Shodan · 10/02/2014 11:48

Ooh, but actually, Pascha's steak idea is a good one. For all of us though- the dss love a good steak too. Grin

ShatzePage · 10/02/2014 11:52

We are going to a valentines disco with the dcs. Not looking forward to it as dh is terrible at socialising. Will probably get dh a card and new slippers as he has been dropping hints for a pair. He will get me chocs and a bottle of champagne-same every year.

MimiSunshine · 10/02/2014 11:53

Card and out for dinner. OH asked weeks ago what night it fell on and suggested we go out for dinner so that's fine with me, I wouldn't be bothered if we stayed in but the tables booked and i for one am looking forward to eating out which we haven't done for a while.

frugalfuzzpig · 10/02/2014 11:53

We are not bothering with cards/presents now as our birthdays have only just gone. We are taking the opportunity (as DCs are at school til 5ish for an event) to visit a nearby town we've never been to before, we've got a restaurant recommendation (should probably book I guess?) and have put some money aside in case we want to treat ourselves to a new game or something in the local shops there :)

CatAmongThePigeons · 10/02/2014 12:02

I actually wish DH would make an effort for Valentines day, he doesn't do romantic gestures and I would really like to be treated for once.

Instead, the DC and I will go and get lots of flowers from Lidls as they have lovely, inexpensive pots and decorate the house with them.

cathpip · 10/02/2014 12:03

We normally only do cards and go for a meal the week before valentines. However this year dh has bought me an iPad :) mind you he is going on a lads ski holiday for a week when I will be 36 weeks pregnant.....

AngelaDaviesHair · 10/02/2014 12:12

It's all very low-key. We do cards. I will possibly make something nice for DH-he loves fruitcake, so a really nice cake or something. I will try and find/do something that will make him laugh. I am far more likely to dress up in a onesie with his football club name on it than truss myself up in lingerie, but then I do have feminist issues with that whole scenario.

Meals out on Valentine's Day are hideous-overpriced set menus, dozens of glum couples hardly interacting with each other, smirking waiters. I once ended up eating out on Valentine's Day with a male platonic friend as we'd been to an event and wanted a bite to eat. Us non-lovers and the couple next to us were seriously the only people in the place having anything near a good time (until the bill came, anyway. What a rip-off). Since then I have always wondered why people do the enforced romance thing.

gordyslovesheep · 10/02/2014 12:17

I will get total control over the tv, what ever I want to eat or drink, the bed all to myself. I bloody LOVE being single!

TeacupDrama · 10/02/2014 12:20

my DH refers to it as "clintons card day"
we have never done valentines why pay over the odds for flowers meal etc when a week later it will be half the price, I do not think wasting money on overpriced tat is romantic

Cocolepew · 10/02/2014 12:30

Nothing. DH asked last night were we buying cards, if I had said yes he would have got me one . Plonker Grin.

Topaz25 · 10/02/2014 12:48

We'll have breakfast in bed then spend the day together, probably take a nice walk in the woods with a picnic. Unfortunately DH then has to work 5-10 PM. He didn't take the day off work as it's normally his day off anyway but then they made him work because everybody else had booked the day off! After that we'll go out for a nice meal and exchange cards and presents. I'm thinking of setting a £5 or £10 present budget to take the pressure off. I'll probably get him gardening stuff and a big novelty tube of love heart sweets.

BoyFromTheBigBadCity · 10/02/2014 14:32

Though this year I am going to 1 billion rising then for the dirtiest of dirty burgers for lunch with a bunch of pals, so probs the best valentines day I'll have had for a while!

WhereIsMyHat · 10/02/2014 14:35

We always get one of the M&S meals for £20. It's our tradition to find the worst card worst one another and have a right old laugh at it. Always write a cringey poem inside and sign off with a ?

BitOutOfPractice · 10/02/2014 14:36

I was single last year so it was quite exciting and for the record I had 3 Valentines

This year is the first with my rather smashing new ish BF.

I hope to get a card, a nice dinner (he is a fabulous cook!) and a jolly good seeing to!

ISeeYouShiverWithAntici · 10/02/2014 14:38

Nothing.

I don't like it.

I know many do, and that's fine. If it means something to someone, then it's a good thing. But for me, all I can think is that there is nothing less romantic than engaging in some standard formula Romance because it's that day of the year again when the calendar says you have to be romantic.

And it's not even as though the day was ever about established couples, but about declaring love to some as yet unsuspecting soul - Which I am fairly sure would greatly displease my husband. Grin (although I'm fairly sure it wasn't even about that until some bloke wrote a poem about it in the 15th century!)

MummyPig24 · 10/02/2014 14:41

We only get each other a card. It was my birthday a few weeks ago and dhs next week. Plus on valentines day it will be 11 years since my mum died so I tend to visit her grave with flowers rather than receive them myself.

cerealqueen · 10/02/2014 14:43

Nothing, its a commercial make loads of money for card manufacturers/restaurants. I hated it when single and have never celebrated it with DP, who can't quite believe his luck that I dislike it. I hate seeing men with that rabbit caught in the headlights look as they shop for valentines day. I don't need one day of the year to tell my DP I love him.

However, I ADORE Ferrero Rocher, particularly the coconut ones, so any unwanted boxes, chuck them my way.

AngelaDaviesHair · 10/02/2014 15:47

You know, my sister once went to an ambassador's reception, and actually did get Ferrero Rocher!

MelanieCheeks · 10/02/2014 15:56

Hah - I went to an ambassadors reception once, and took a box of FR with me as a present.

TeaOneSugar · 10/02/2014 16:12

Cards and a take away curry once DD is in bed.

Clutterbugsmum · 10/02/2014 16:58

What do you hope to receive? - Nothing
What do you actually receive? - Nothing
What will you give? - Nothing
How will you celebrate? - nothing