To think that sometimes "nothing" is better?

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Dp made me some toast, spread some rillettes on it and gave it to me as valentine's gift.

You have someone who loves you.

Be glad

Wow what a cheapskate. Guess you don't have much to look forward to.

Spread some what on it?

meat paste

Mine has just handed over his emergency Christmas present - the one he bought just in case he couldn't find something I might like.....

No, wait..... It's the Tom Waits album Blue Valentine, so sort of appropriate and he did keep it hidden for all that time :)

YANBU. Nothing is better than meat paste.

My husband got me a £3.50 (ugly) potted plant fron a shop around the corner for my 40th birthday. No toast in bed either. And he's not poor.

Potted plant? Blimey, that's what you give your MIL, if you don't much like her.

I hate it, its crap that people feel pressured into buying.
I got nothing, he got nothing. We are both happy.
My best friend is going to a lovely hotel with her dp and im a bit jealous of that but not because of the date, because i love sneaky nighrs away

I love my dp so so much i dont feel the need to buy him something to show him this as i show him all year around and vice verse (sp). p

I sound very defensive

Was that an alternitive to pate maybe?

Id rather have nothing than garage flowers, they are just an insult. I'd rather he said Im sorry I didn't have time/forgot. That I'd understand, but to imply that Im only worthy of half dead/naff flowers. No thanks.

YANBU - LTB :)

Seriously, it's the thought that counts, isn't it?

I got absolutely nothing today. Quite upset about it as we really made an effort last year.

I got nothing. But then I get a lovely man coming home in an hour or so, knackered after a week's heavy manual work.

My ex remembered valentines day and would make a major fuss, sending flowers to my work etc so all the other women there would be 'jealous'. He treated me like shit the other 364 days of the year and when I complained he'd say 'I got you flowers on valentines day didn't I?'

So all in all I'd rather have nothing from a good man than a big empty gesture from a twat.

(I do realise that some people won't be able to equate 'good man' with a man who forgets to pick up an overpriced card and some garage flowers on the way home from a hard days work, not to mention that he would have to leave his van unattended outside the shop/garage and risk having all his tools pinched....)

Spot on Flibberty

Theres actually a girl on my fb (yep, shoot me now) whos oh is just a prick all the time, actually he is a cock lodger, but today she put up about how lovely he has been and pics of her gifts etc... who you kidding love?

Meat paste? Ohhhhh.

YANBU.

Now crab paste, on the other hand...

Mmm, I love rillettes, I'd be dead chuffed with that! I think calling it meat paste is a bit of an injustice

I got a wispa bar. Tasted delicious!

I am reminded of a Kathy Burke and Harry Enfield joke.

Look, that menu says meat pate. Ha ha.

Yeah, knobheads, They missed the 's' out.

Sorry. Missing the point. Yes, very disrespectful and unkind. Mostly unkind.

My DH's flight has been cancelled from Germany (the weather) so now I won't see him at all! Mind you, if he gave me meat paste, I'd be packing him straight back to the airport anyway

It depends - is that your favourite snack?

Is that anyones favourite snack?!