If you were young in the 70s-80s, do you remember...

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padded cards!? The JOY of those boxed delights! Shiny satin...often with a tassel or bow to complete the beauty!

I remember Valentine's Day ones were the best!

Yes! I used to see them in the card shops and long for one someday. The notions I held about what constituted a devoted romantic boyfriend

Ha ha ha ha I do
I hope someone can post some wonderful examples

My dad used to buy these for my mum. I assumed I would receive them when I was grown up too (I didn't!)

I was looking for on the other day, to buy as a joke for someone - can't find them for love nor money, and I trawled some really cruddy shops looking!

yeah, and they used to smell really nice too

Ah yes I remember them too

I would always hope my boyfriend would buy me one, but they were so expensive, around £5 weren’t they

I remember them. Especially the one which said "To my darling wife". My then boyfriend couldn't remember if Fiancee had one or two e's at the end so he went for wife. Considering Fiance probably had a bear tinkering with a car and Fiancee had a bear in a flowery hat didn't occur to him. Also we never got engaged either, I just went straight from girlfriend to wife.

I remember those, my grandma always got me one. They're up there with that furry wall paper (what is that called?)in 80's chic!

Ooh

Yes!!

Can't get them anymore? What's wrong with society these days huh?

hahaha yeah

Padded boxes of choc but not cards. I remember the cards you'd get as a kid that had little plastic windows to shove a couple of quid in - you knew you got one from the weight/bulkiness before you even opened it and out of politeness still pretended you were surprised when you opened it

The donkey one 😂😂

Yes, i remember those. My older sister bought her boyfriend a massive one. It must have weighed a lot but luckily she wasn't posting it.

I remember those yes. It was something special to get one.
I had a few Christening, welcome baby, and first year B'day cards like this.

Still some on ebay!

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-BOXED-PADDED-BIRTHDAY-CARD-DAUGHTERS-18TH-BEAR-WITH-PINK-ROSES-BLUE-BIRD-/361587750625

My sister used to get these and loads of Sad Sam cuddly toys etc from her boyfriend. He was a controlling abusive arse who ground her down into a shadow of her former self. Consequently I have always viewed the type of man who went in for huge displays of ostentatious affection with a lot of suspicion...A bit like that scene in Friends where Ross sends all the crap to Rachel's office to mark his territory.

The card factory still sell them, I got my mum one for mother's day last year.

Yep I remember them - they mostly came with sickeningly, sickly sweet (almost) rhyming messages. My DM loved them - the sicklier (no such word) the better

Some went even a step further & better, when you opened them a tune would play .

My sister used to get these and loads of Sad Sam cuddly toys etc from her boyfriend. He was a controlling abusive arse who ground her down into a shadow of her former self. Consequently I have always viewed the type of man who went in for huge displays of ostentatious affection with a lot of suspicion...

You could be talking about my sister too. Fortunately she kicked him out in the end but funny how I don't remember those giant padded cards with any fond nostalgia.

I remember my Mum getting a valentines one with a teddy on the front holding a red heart. I thought it was the best thing ever.

I was partial to a nice Christmas card with a close-up photo of a Christmas tree bauble with splodges of glitter highlighting the baubly-ness.

Do you remember the cards that when you opened them, a bunch of flowers or something sprung up from the middle? Also, cards that were perfumed. So much better than Jackie Lawson. 😄

I once received a padded Christmas card, with a photo of a soft focus candle on it.

Still scarred by it