To think Valentines Day is about romantic love?

[KimberleyClark]

And giving cards to family members is just weird?

This all sounds lovely!

No. I don't think it's weird at all.

What I do think weird is the assumption that YOUR way is the only way, leading to criticism of those who do something slightly different.

And a special day, it’s on 13th Feb apparently 😆

I don't get my kids anything for valentines as frankly it's just another expense and they aren't really aware of it. I think there are plenty of celebrations around kids and yes I do believe Valentines is more about romantic love. However, I don't see the harm in people doing whatever suits their family.

DD's prospective college sent her love heart sweets and a happy Valentine's letter yesterday. Bloody weird.

For me and our household, I agree. DH will get a card off me and vice versa. But I really don't care what anyone else wants to do, or how they might celebrate Easter or Xmas or Eid or Bank Holiday Monday or Holi Holi or any other day people want to celebrate.

You’re being weird OP

Agreed. I love my kids beyond words but have never given them cards or gifts or got any from them. I give my husband a card and get one from him.

I’ve just realised I’m a stonking great hypocrite. I got happy Valentine’s letters from the dogs I sponsor at Dogs Trust yesterday and didn’t think it was weird.

🤣🤣🤣 to be fair I'm more likely to get something for the dog than I am for my DH!

It’s supposed to be about anonymously signalling to someone that you want to start a relationship with then, not about established couples even.

The whole thing has become ridiculous tbh

Never given my DD anything for Valentine’s Day but it’s never been one of those days I’ve ever really cared about (once I left school and sending cheeky, anonymous cards to boys stopped being fun or cute!)

DD and her friends are only 12/13 but have decided between them that it’s ‘cringe’, their boyfriends aren’t getting anything and they are organising a girls valentines sleepover instead.

@CulturalNomad that's sweet. Sorry you lost your dad. Yeah, my dad died when I was 13 and I think he stopped doing it when I was about 12. It is a lovely memory to have of him. X

Yeah, I would definitely feel weird if I got a card from a family member. To me it is romantic love

I never do anything for Valentines, with anyone. It's an over commercialised nonsense day to encourage people to buy tat, now they are just trying to sell more tat, with cards for parents and kids.

Apparently I was a right little perv as a child when I chose to make a card for my parents to tell them I loved them! Who knew.
There are a lot of assertions on this thread about what Valentine's Day is. Presumably with a bit of digging we'd find all of those ideas come from either Queen Victoria (wedding dresses should be white) or Hallmark and equivalent companies with a commercial interest (De Beers with the diamond ring/ two months salary campaign).
The original St V and his day had nothing to do with a M&S dine in deal, a dozen red roses, giving your kid Love Hearts, a Galentines night out with your mates. It's all evolved, none of it is right or wrong.
Still no takers for making it a celebration of bee keepers though ☹️

I’m going to dress my dog up as a bee 🐝 I think it’s an excellent idea which will take off (pun intended) massively.
however, I’m still smarting at ‘Galentines’ 🤪

People should do what they want. If you think it's exclusively romantic love, good for you. If someone else uses it as a chance to express other kinds of love, why does it matter to you? YABU. Personally, I think it's good to open it up as much as possible. It takes nothing away from people in romantic relationships, but lets others who are unlucky in love participate, as well. Or just ignore it completely! It's definitely not important in my life, one way or the other.

I so want to see a bee clad dog now @DistressedDamson 😂 on Valentines day too!

I completely agree, OP. It's about lovers, not family, friends and pets!

But then I also think it's the most unromantic day of the year! Utterly contrived, commercial and naff.

@PinkArt I'm up for celebrating the bees! My real name is Hebrew for Bee! 💗

Ha, I have a bee related real name too @MoonWoman69 which is why I love that specific bit of incongruity of Feb 14th. Love, bees and epileptics - St V was diverse.

I can get on board for loving the bees (and all pollinators) 🐝 ❤️

I don't think it really matters, you do you! I wouldn't make a valentine's smartshow 3d video for my mother, but I get her flowers and she gets me chocolates, it's been a tradition for quite some time.