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Aibu to ask what you got for Valentines day?

434 replies

3Daddy31982 · 14/02/2022 18:00

I got a lobster biscuits and multicoloured rose, bunch of red roses in a vase, a valentines day balloon, a balloon that's red and says love. Also Indian tea x

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Calyx72 · 14/02/2022 19:33

Lovely card and a bottle of Prosecco Smile
It's our first "married" valentines day Grin

girlabouthome · 14/02/2022 19:34

A voucher for a year's worth of massages with my favourite local masseuse - one a month.

Flowers

Breakfast in bed

Goldenbear · 14/02/2022 19:34

By not buy

Figgyboa · 14/02/2022 19:34

Nothing. We don't celebrate it. I don't need a set date on a calendar to do something nice for my DP. We do little somethings for each other often to show our appreciation

ClariceQuiff · 14/02/2022 19:38

We exchanged cards - DH got a surprise extra card 'from the cats'. DH cooked a meal of goose as a change from our normal Monday dinner made of yesterday's leftovers (which we will have tomorrow instead). That was enough for us!

SquirrelFan · 14/02/2022 19:38

@SirChenjins well, there's not liking it, and then there's being mean about it...

We had a steak dinner (which he arranged, and we cooked together) last night and got flowers that we both picked out for both of us. I also bought him some special chocs.

That said @moltenpink, that's a romantic gesture I can appreciate!

roarfeckingroarr · 14/02/2022 19:39

Four cards from my toddler that he made at nursery 🥰.

Suretobe · 14/02/2022 19:39

Christ, do it don’t. But no need to judge.
We were encouraged by eight year old DSD to mark it. So we did. My DSD drew us a picture with lots of hearts. We made a fancy dessert. And my partner and I cracked open a bottle of champagne.

SunshineCake1 · 14/02/2022 19:40

Some really spiteful people on here. Similar to when people who aren't married say it's just a bit of paper. You never get married people making digs at the unmarried or those who exchange Valentines gifts sneering at those who don't.

Mo1911 · 14/02/2022 19:41

Nothing. It's just a swizz to extort money from some and make others miserable.

inappropriateraspberry · 14/02/2022 19:42

There is a happy middle between going OTT and buying into all the commercial hype, and using the day as a moment to appreciate each other and say thank you for what they do for you, how they make you feel etc.
It doesn't mean you don't mean or feel it any other day!

MinorWomensWhiplash1 · 14/02/2022 19:42

I gave DH some Hotel Chocolat chocolates. He forgot and got me nothing, so I’ve eaten the chocolates myself.

ILoveAllRainbowsx · 14/02/2022 19:43

@Garman

Nothing, because it's a commercial/marketing load of shite.
This
SirChenjins · 14/02/2022 19:43

there’s not liking it, and then there's being mean about it

Mean?! Grin Just ignore what others think about Valentine’s Day, it’s only their opinion about a commercial event, and it certainly shouldn’t shit on your happiness, for goodness sake.

ShallWeTalkAboutBruno · 14/02/2022 19:44

A packet of mini eggs. Perfect Grin

DeeCeeCherry · 14/02/2022 19:44

Roses teddy balloon and went out for lunch. Nice day.

ShallWeTalkAboutBruno · 14/02/2022 19:46

This is a genuine question and I don’t mean to be sarky… but for those of you who have been bought teddies, what do you do with them after Valentine’s Day? Do you have them on display?

RedCarHonkHonk · 14/02/2022 19:46

I used to love valentines in my 20ties when anonymous cards and flowers arrived. This was before mobile phones so I guess it was like putting your profile out there with no photo.

Today DH gave me the love eyes that said ‘this life is knackering but we are still us’

JennyForeigner · 14/02/2022 19:46

A bottle of extra special red wine, just for me and absolutely not to keep for a special occasion. I am delighted.

I bought him a ukulele and a book of teach yourself Taylor Swift. He is delighted too.

DoNotTouchTheWater · 14/02/2022 19:47

After he made a big fuss about how we had to celebrate it, I got a card and a story about how he was going to but some special wine but it was Sunday afternoon and also didn’t have any (I could have told him it was online only because I’m the only person who ever bloody bothers). And of course he waited til Sunday afternoon to give it any thought, after pestering me for weeks to make sure I got him a present and a card. He had plans for the weekend you see.

This follows him getting me flowers for Christmas probably as an afterthought as he was ordering his nana and mum flowers. And he contributed precisely nothing else to Christmas at all.

I don’t know why i bother.

ShallWeTalkAboutBruno · 14/02/2022 19:47

@JennyForeigner

A bottle of extra special red wine, just for me and absolutely not to keep for a special occasion. I am delighted.

I bought him a ukulele and a book of teach yourself Taylor Swift. He is delighted too.

I need to get DD2 a Taylor Swift ukulele book! She’d love it
Doggydoodah123 · 14/02/2022 19:48

Flowers, chocolates, perfume and a new bag. Nothing expensive but all things I love.

Juliauns91 · 14/02/2022 19:49

We have no money - none.
He made me a card. The best thing is that there is a job I have to go and do every night 4.30-6pm 7 days a week. He went and did that job for me without asking. I am so happy - no shit job to do and dinner served to me in bed.

RedCarHonkHonk · 14/02/2022 19:50

@JennyForeigner brave move getting a ukulele, he is loved.

DoNotTouchTheWater · 14/02/2022 19:50

That should be also Aldi didn’t have any. Because a last minute present bought in Aldi is the stuff of dreams. Especially wine which would be less a present than a contribution to his own dinner. Which I had to go to the supermarket and buy. And he messaged at lunchtime to say I should get champagne (since he wasn’t even bringing anything).

It would all be fine if he didn’t expect me to get him things. I always get thoughtful gifts for him. It might be a pretend holiday but it’s the fucking inequality of it!