To ask do you celebrate Valentine's Day?

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Do you? I've always thought 'Oh no, so silly. I won't be celebrating that rubbish'.

But I thought just now, why not? A nice little excuse for a nice meal with DH and a little gift each perhaps.

Would I be highly unreasonable and lacking in classayness to consider?

We don’t usually go out for Valentines although funnily enough I was just chatting to DH & am going to take him out to a restaurant we’ve been meaning to try since it opened. We’ve had a very tough few years & think we definitely need to spend more quality time together. We always exchange cards & he buys me 2 dozen red roses plus carnations or other flowers for DD 💐.

Never did really anyway and then DS picked it for his birthday so we celebrate that now!

We always cook a nice meal and give each other cards. My dh always buys me chocs too.

We have been out for a meal a few times but it always makes us feel weird, like we are on First Dates!

Nope, I hate the commercialisation of it.
We have a tradition of drawing each other a card to get away from this, good for me as he is a fabulous artist, not so good for DH as I am abysmal, but often makes him laugh!

Me and DH LOVE the shitty valentines tat they sell in card shops.
We make a point of getting each other these shitty gifts which we now really like lol. Card factory are brill at this stuff. I have a mug that says 'blow me' when you put hot water in

We do a meal at home and exchange said tat and watch netflix. So basically the same thing we do every couple days but with the addition of wine, heart shape placemats and shitty gifts.

We usually use it as an excuse to have a nice meal and some wine, but we stay in and avoid the overpriced ‘deals’. And we buy each other a card and something small. If it was later in the year I don't think I’d bother but I quite like how it breaks up the dark days of Feb.

I forgot to add, we both try to find the grossest valentines card for each other. Its just fun for us now.

Nothing. If DH and I want to show each other our love (puke!) then we'll do it when we want to not because of some arbitrary commercial 'day'.

We do a card (we compete for the tackiest one) but don’t bother celebrating as our wedding anniversary is fairly close to it.

We never go out but usually DH cooks us a nice meal and we give cards (usually rude ones). I usually get some flowers too.

Love the idea of exchanging tat or having a grossest card competition. We normally have a curry or chinese takeaway and watch a film.

Sorry lot of ‘usuallys’ in my PP😂

I think it's a load of old bollocks but I can't say that as I'm single and everyone will say I'm bitter! If you want to celebrate it though then go for it and you never know you might have a good old shag too 😊

Christmas That sounds lovely, enjoy

I'm thinking a nice meal and a small gift from each other. I really hate tat so I won't be joining you all, but I understand that's my issue. DH would like it!

No.
I hate clutter and tat, so that's the present side sorted! I have no opinion on people who celebrate though, but I really couldn't care less.

I would love to but as it’s my birthday on the 15th it seems a bit much to expect to be treated twice .. and it pisses me off that trying to go out or go away on my birthday is more expensive due to valentines too 🤬🤨😫

I like it. Never did it with my ex and we like any excuse for a wee celebration.

All the people being snooty about commercialisation, do you also swear off Mother’s Day, father’s day, birthdays and Christmas?

No because it's so close to my birthday and also because I refuse to pay over the odds for a meal simply because of the date. It's no more special just because it's 14th Feb. We don't buy cards because we can just tell each other we love each other. We don't buy each other gifts for any other reason so certainly aren't going to do so on Valentine's Day. It just feels so false and contrived. I'd rather give & receive lots of small "I love you" messages and gestures throughout the year than one big showy one just because the shops tell us to.

Yes, I celebrate Christmas, Easter and birthdays and I realise how contradictory that is but for some reason I really dislike Valentine's Day. Perhaps it's because I spent so long single and alone and felt like it was a bit of a spit in the face at that time.

Yes, DP and I give each other a card, he takes me out for a nice dinner and buys me flowers and/or a thoughtful gift of some sort. He buys flowers on random days anyway, but its usually a bigger posher bouquet on Valentines/Anniversaries.

He insists that Valentines and Anniversaries are for the man to treat the woman, and doesn't expect anything in return, but I always do something nice for him too. It's not always on the 14th as we can't always get the night off, but it will be around that time. This year we'll be on holiday so will hopefully be an exciting night to remember!

Buns sounds perfect! I have to ask - I have a mug that says 'blow me' when you put hot water in where would one purchase such a thing? Asking for a friend.

Nah, although we do treat ourselves to an m+s meal deal!

I must admit i love it!

Nice takeaway here with the kids, exchange cards and we buy something special that we both want

I would love to but as it’s my birthday on the 15th it seems a bit much to expect to be treated twice .. and it pisses me off that trying to go out or go away on my birthday is more expensive due to valentines too

I feel your pain with this! Also you can never book anywhere for a birthday dinner as everywhere is booked up.

We do cards and have a nice meal when the DC are in bed.