To think don’t bother with V day gifts

[Trulyme]

I’ve just been shopping and it was busier than I’ve seen it for a long time.

I was confused at first but then realised it was FULL of men buying last minute valentines gifts.

They were in their work gear and all of the flowers and chocolates were gone and so they were resorting to buying random things ‘for the misses’.

They were joking with each other about what towel to buy her, or whether to get a jar of coffee or fancy tea bags and that they had better come back with something else she’ll be in a shitty mood all night etc.

I’ve never brought into the whole Valentine’s Day thing anyway so it may be me being biased but AIBU to think that buying a last minute gift to ‘keep the misses happy’ is not what Valentine’s Day is about and if it was my partner I’d rather they’d not bother.

YABU - yes they should get their DP something, even if it’s last minute as somethings better then nothing.

YANBU - no if they can’t be bothered to make any effort then it’s an insult to buy anything last minute, just to keep their DP’s happy.

I think both of your options are partially true - in that, if gifts are important to their partners, then something is better than nothing and it's insulting that they haven't put in any effort!

DH and I haven't exchanged valentines. We were very enthusiastic about pancake day though 😂

I forgot until DH reminded me last night, whilst also checking i hadnt got him anything because if i had remembered, he was in the shit because he forgot too🤣

I forgot til I got last min flowers delivered and then I went and got a last min card. Then we had a lovely last min meal and quite frankly it was all delightful. Who cares what other people do? Not me.

A lot of peoplу are busy with other stuff yet they still want to do something for their SOs. I think it's better to acknowledge the day with at least something, be it a box of chocolates or a smartshow 3d video with their wedding/family photos than nothing at all. We aren't big on celebrating Valentine's day, but I know I wouldn't be exactly happy if my partner never acknowledged it at all.