To love Valentines Day?

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People say it is a load of commercial tat but I love it.
Of course there shouldn't just be one day where you celebrate love but it does remind me of how happy and lucky I am to have DP and we do make a day of it. Cards, gifts, nice meal and lots of wine. Especially at these times its just nice to celebrate our relationship.

I agree

Nice thread. DP is just out of hospital having had Covid so can’t get to any shops so we’ve said no cards or presents this year. I’m going to cook him a roast beef dinner which he’s looking forward to after hospital food. Then we will curl up with the cat and a film.

I love it too. I have a few decorations I put up, get the kids a few chocolates and a toy each and we eat lots of nice food. I love seeing the men carrying flowers and love the M&S Valentine's meal deal!

I’ve got my rug, dvd cards tomorrow.

I’m not overly fussed about it but I do like to see people enjoying themselves and celebrating. Enjoy tomorrow.

Yes I love it.

I’ve got my rug, dvd cards tomorrow

Sounds interesting 🤔

Yanbu - it’s nice sometimes to have a reason to do something special, especially at the moment (it doesn’t mean you have to buy tat and as you say, doesn’t stop you showing your love on other days too)
@TheDuchessofDukeStreet roast beef and a cat sounds perfect!

I loathe it tbh. Not so much because of the commercial element as that's true of all festivals. I hate because it puts loads of pressure on people to basically take a "tick box" approach to declaring their love for one another which seems almost designed to accentuate the obligation and highlight resentments.

It's a lose/lose: it puts people who are in relationships under pressure to do something basically in order not to get in trouble with their other half, and it makes people who are not in relationships feel like a failure. I dislike it even more when I'm in a relationship than when I'm single.

In theory it could be lovely for people to have an occasion to celebrate their love and affection for each other. And I dare say there are people who can make it really lovely and personal.

But somehow the idea of a designated lovers day just seems about obligation and duty, keeping up with the Joneses and having to be able to tell the other girls at work that he didn't forget you: Tesco forecourt flowers and naff La Perla lingerie.

Call me a cynic, but its my least favourite festival.

No but then I’m single and have been pretty much every valentines, if I wasn’t then yes I would celebrate it

I like it
Any excuse for a glass of champagne and some flowers

My husband refuses to celebrate Valentines day. I would like to but seems a bit pointless if he doesn't enjoy it. Last time I got him a card he just moaned at me for wasting money.

Dvd is The Victorian pharmacy and my rug is a small sheepskin , no hanky panky.

I used to love it as a teenager, but after 30 years we don't see the need. But I have bought the Valentine's meal deal from Waitrose this year.
I hate cut flowers and luckily DH knows this so a dozen red roses would not go down well. And I do hate that the florists put their prices up.

Single Pringle here, but I think it's lovely to celebrate Valentine's Day. I've got the children a chocolate lolly each. I'm going on a lovely walk with a friend and I'll be texting family and friends to wish them a lovely day.
It is what you make of it. There are lots of different ways to show people you love them. If it's the traditional chocolates and flowers, that's lovely. If you decide to do something else, that's of value too. If you don't want to celebrate that's also okay. We all express ourselves differently.

I’ve always loved it too. Even when I was long-term single in my twenties I always made an effort to celebrate it with friends and to treat myself myself to something nice I’d think about what I’d want a DP to get me if I had one and get that!

Now DP and I just have a candle-lit home cooked meal (we enjoy trying out new recipes together). Nothing big but a good excuse to have a lovely evening in together.

I love Valentine's as a concept. I don't like the way it's done on TV shows where it turns into a drama. But as the song goes, happy people have no stories.

I love valentines day, I love love and romance. My dh isnt romantic and tbh i dont mind, I still like seeing other people being romantic. We dont do anything big, just a card each and I'll make a special 3 course meal and we'll choose a film together. I usually buy myself some flowers to but I do that regularly, I dont need my dh to buy them and he never ever goes to the shops

I love it! So does DH. We are treating the whole weekend as ‘V’ weekend. We went for a lovely romantic walk in the snow with the dogs, had brunch and we’ve just exchanged cards and presents, just tokens, DH got me a personalised Emma Bridgewater heart mug We’ll have a candlelit dinner later. We are a soppy loved up pair!

I love it too! We do cards and gifts then have an M&S valentine's meal and a couple of movies.

I enjoy it too. Definitely feel no obligation at all! It’s just a fun day here....exchange cards, small gift and a nice meal!

I love it too! No pressure , we get each other cards and nice gifts. A nice romantic meal at home too

We don't buy each other gifts but we do get a card each, and enjoy a romantic meal and have a cosy night in. Why not :)

Like what you like. I think what I don't like about it is for a lot of people they will be treated like shit most of the year then get flowers and the fella thinks it's all good.

But I like fizz, food, chocolate, cake, flowers etc I get it why not use it as an excuse to have a nice day. We do lots of this type of thing but te,nd not to on valentines day. Although will probs have some wine and breakfast in bed. Although right now that's like any other Sunday!

I think it’s sweet ❤️ We don’t celebrate ourselves but it’s nice that others do.