Aibu to buy valentines cards for my children

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Bought them on impulse whilst doing shopping, DH thinks it's a bit strangeð???

I don't think it's weird. I buy DS a card and a small gift every year. I don't sign it and we have a laugh pretending it's from a secret admirer.

One of his grans sends him a card too.

It's just a bit of fun.

Last year dh made the mistake of buying our teen dd a Valentines card. The look on her face was priceless! This year he decided it was safer not to.

Ahh Worra and LittleBear... this explains it ALL. The mystery behind, "Who's she, the cat's mother?" I've always pondered that. The phrase comes from the language of Hallmark... Hallmark-ese? I no speaka that one.

From the cats?

Love it!!

It is indeed Hallmark-ese

Find it very creepy

It's not creepy, it's a bit of fun!

Why Meddie?

And I've just remembered, a lot of young children, mine included, want to marry their mum or dads, when they grow up. Again that's not creepy, it's just because they can't envisage living with anyone else when they're older.
As long as they aren't saying that when they're 17 it's fine

My dad always has sent ny Dsis and I a card. He is not a demonstrative man and in no way have I ever been his 'princess' or anything like that. In fact I think it is the only time he ever does something off his own bat - my mum does Birthday, Xmas etc. For all the years I never got cards and my sis had sackfuls I was glad to have at least one.

I do the same for my kids - I don't really care what Valentines Day means for everyone else, for me it is nice to say I love you to those I love. What's inappropriate about that?

ExcuseTypos yes all my boys have at some stage expressed a wish to marry me! They were most put out that it wouldn't be possible.

It's because as far as they know, if you love someone, you marry them. Its a very innocent way of seeing things.

I once tried my mom's engagement ring on and my dad told me that we now had to get married! Being about 5 I believed him!

Does everyone who thinks Valentines cards are just marketing greed send Christmas cards? Because I think the two things sprang up recently...

I find it very unfortunate that this is even an issue. 99.99999 per cent of parents are not pedophiles and have nothing but motherly/fatherly love for their kids. The fact a card showing love immediately sends the mind to creepy/sexual is a sad sign of our overly sexualised society.

I just posted on another thread about the homemade card I received from DS who is 15 which reads inside:

One million hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you

I think it's absolutely lovely and since DH and I separated, have had a card on Valentines Day from DS1 and DS2 every year. To me it's about love - not necessarily romantic or even maternal but just love, pure and simple.

DM buys one for DS. I think it's lovely. He likes it too.

I appear to have something in my eye after reading that smooth. What lovely sons you have

I sent both DC cards its a bit of fun.
Dd has gone in with cards for her teacher and principle ...she is 6 and often wants to marry me though not her dad.If anyone thinks thats untoward they need to check themselves.

Amber- I know, both DDs were going to marry their Daddy.

When dd1 was about 6, she told DH, very seriously, that she couldn't marry him anymore as Jack in Y2 had asked her to marry him

I once got told on MN of course that my DD saying she wanted to marry me showed that I was indoctrinating her to be obsessed with marriage, erm ok!

My mum used to do this. I think it's nice. Valentine's day used to be about love in general, not just romantic love.

I mentioned my DD2's bottom in her Valentine poem. I must be a perv so thanks for putting me right MN!

My Ds aged 7 commented in tesco last night "All that lovey dovey mushy stuff, YUK" so I defintely think a card would be wasted here. It was so funny the way he said it!

My two have got heart shaped note books, a share in the chocolates and a kiss. DD1(16) made some comment about romance, saw the book has plain pages and grinned. She is always on the hunt for plain fun note books as she's forever drawing.

Only DH gets a card (some chilli pickle and some underpants, I got a bottle of champagne and some flowers, there's rumours of a card, but DH has miss placed it, situation normal)

Oh and DD1's comments about Valentines being for romantic couples won't stop her bragging a glass of my champagne

i started something when mine were small, cupid leaves them a little something (sort of like father christmas). now they look forward to 'cupid' coming while they are sleeping. i usually leave them a little teddy and chocs with a 'Happy Valentines Day' card. Not from me, but from cupid. They wonder why cupid doesnt visit their friends wish i hadnt started it really

There were cards in the shop with 'to my daddy'

I just find it all a bit weird. Valentines day is meant to be a celebration of love within a relationship, not father/son/daughter and so on!!!

Although, I must admit, I find valentines day very silly! Just another way for companies to make money!