Are you expecting a Valentine’s Day card or gift?

[Justagirlwholovesaboy]

Would you be upset if you got nothing? Or is it just another holiday?

No wouldn't be upset. We never do anything for Valentine's Day because our birthdays are just before and after so only do gifts for those. Neither of us are into it anyway.

We give each other an appropriate ie not slushy card. No gifts. We are goung for a 10 mile hike with a pub at the end of it with great food.
No flowers....I always have a house full of them . No chocs...don't like them.

Nope. DH is cooking something lovely which is much nicer.

No but equally I don't buy him anything too. I'm not bothered. I've bought myself a big box of Lindt lindor to share with the family 😀

No. We have never done valentines. We do nice things for each other all the time and don’t need a day to do it.

Not expecting anything. DH has just gone to work and I will be going out shortly and won't be back till after 10pm. We both have work in the morning so will no doubt have a cup of tea then go straight to bed.

We dont bother

We would sometimes have a nice dinner in, but he is going out tonight

dh would always do cards and gifts...im just not very romantic

When I was young (now old) we all hoped desperately to get a Valentine card, usually anonymous, to indicate some boy had as-yet undeclared feelings for us. The popular girls got many; the rest of us were lucky if we got a single one. It was yet another popularity test to torture plain, shy, unconfident teenagers. I used to hate it.

Not expecting anything no 😊 it's not because I'm vocally and staunchly against valentine's Day, it's just never appealed to me or DH as important.

Nope. I’m working then doing an overtime shift and DH is working then going to Games Workshop. V day mushiness is not really how we relate to each other at all.

Nope. We don't celebrate. I did buy a small bag of chocolate hearts for DS 6 as he's a little bit excited (they have a special Valentine's lunch at school today).

No, it wouldn't bother me. I think we were both as startled as each other when we had both remembered cards for each other at 6am.

Not from my husband, he knows better than to fall for marketing ploys..... - but I expect my children wil give me a handmade card which is super cute.

Nope but then again we don’t ‘do’ anything like valentines, anniversaries and birthdays so I would think it bloody weird if he did (and probably slightly suspicious)

We do cards - I'm currently laid out in bed with a bad back and have been for a day or two so dh looked a bit smug as he handed me mine this morning, thinking he'd win the "I remembered" prize (annual event for our wedding anniversary). But I was ahead of myself earlier in the week and had his card all ready for him in my bedside drawer.

A friend of mine has their birthday today, which is a bit shit, as going out for a birthday meal on the actual day is twice the price.
But not as shit as the fact that his parents gave him the middle name of Valentine!!

Yes, but only because it's our anniversary. If it wasn't I wouldn't expect anything.

No. I don't want anything. I'll be miffed if he gets something when we agreed not to.

I didn’t expect anything but got a card, flowers and champagne. I was surprised as we don’t usually do anything for valentines and also because I only realised it was Valentine’s Day last night! So I didn’t get him anything obviously.
He says he decided to get me something as we’ve got a 5 week old baby and I’m exhausted and he thought it might cheer me up!

I got a card and a week away to a European city- so excited! Dp got a card, 2 gifts and I’m taking us out for a meal on Saturday.

Our third Valentine's together.
For the second he got me card/perfume, and I got him card/made heartshaped pancakes, but we nearly broke up the next day.
Today he's got me a card and I will get Prosecco and make a chocolate cake. We are on tight budget. Oh and going on a romantic break next weekend.
As long as it is remembered... does not have to be bought or commercialised1

He said Happy Valentines Day to me this morning and gave me a hug and a kiss - that's enough for me really. He wanted to buy me some flowers, but I told him I'd rather have a live plant so we're going out after work to see if we can find a nice one, and we will pick up some steaks for a nice dinner once our son has gone to bed. I've bought him some sweets he likes because he's been really good supporting me with my gestational diabetes diagnosis that I want him to have a treat.

Easy, cheap, thoughtful. That's how we roll.

We haven’t done anything this year so no I’m not upset! It would also mean me having to get off my bum and organise a card and present for him which I can’t be bothered to do

Oh, and I think cards are a waste of money when you live together. Write a nice note on the whiteboard for me and I'll take a picture which will last forever - I don't need a £3 bit of card, I'd rather have a bar of chocolate. :D
(nothing against people who like cards, I just personally don't value them)

A card yes. He’s even told me he’s going out specially to get one today. He always writes such gorgeous things in cards. We had a really rough few years and it finally seemed to be turning a corner and he wrote “no matter how much it rains, your smile makes it sunny for me” 🥰🥰