Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Relationships

Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. If you need help urgently or expert advice, please see our domestic violence webguide and/or relationships webguide. Many Mumsnetters experiencing domestic abuse have found this thread helpful: Listen up, everybody

Valentine's Day is on its way!

44 replies

Sweetener12 · 28/01/2020 08:14

What are you getting your DHs or boyfriends for the Vday this year?

OP posts:
Mc3209 · 28/01/2020 09:39

We've agreed specifically no presents. Just a card, and cook a nice meal at home Smile.

Ninkanink · 28/01/2020 09:39

We don’t do gifts for Valentine’s Day; we do a card and cook a nice meal.

Mc3209 · 28/01/2020 09:40

@Ninkanink, how synchronised we are Grin

Mamabear88 · 28/01/2020 09:50

We hate Valentine's day. We don't celebrate it. Don't do cards or presents, might get a dine in meal if we're feeling fancy but that's it. I don't like having to be told to celebrate our love on one particular day at the same time as every other couple, it isn't special. Plus all the restaurants hike up their prices.

Our anniversary is in March so we'd rather celebrate that as it has meaning.

ComtesseDeSpair · 28/01/2020 09:51

I have already bought a plain white card which simply says “This’ll Do” on the front. We are not sentimental people.

I’ve also ordered some whole (dead) squirrels and muskrats from a rare meat company and am going to have a go at making them into a pie for dinner. I never cook, so it’ll be a bit romantic, right?

ComtesseDeSpair · 28/01/2020 09:54

We don’t have an anniversary as such (we were just hooking up for a couple of years and it gradually progressed into seeing each other more often and then figuring we were probably in a relationship) so celebrate VD mostly for that reason.

Saladd0dger · 28/01/2020 09:57

I got my husband a bottle of aftershave. Will buy him some chocs to go with it. I might cook him a nice dinner. He wants to go out and eat though. We will see nearer the time.

Aragog · 28/01/2020 10:02

A card. We've never really bought gifts for Valentine's Day, not gone out for a meal. It's my birthday two days before so we celebrate that instead. We also go on holiday the morning after so will spend the evening packing.

This year the week before we've just realised it'll be 30 years since we first got together (was in sixth form at the time so more of a specific date know ) so may celebrate that with a meal out or a nice meal in.

17y Dd is off out for a Valentines Day meal with her boyfriend, though they've also decided against buying extra presents - it's the boyfriend's birthday the week before.

Cloudyyy · 28/01/2020 10:05

Family meal, all invited cooking. DH buys me roses usually and they go in the centre of the table.

Jeleste · 28/01/2020 10:06

Nothing. Valentines day is for DH to shower me with gifts.
Im gonna get slaughtered on here for this, but thats how it is in our house Grin

agaone20 · 28/01/2020 10:26

Making him dinner, naughty outfit and bed Grin

MrsHairyPoppins · 28/01/2020 10:59

We love taking the piss out of each other. Last year for his birthday I hired a mariachi band to serenade him at work. For Valentine's Day he's getting a bunch of balloons with his face printed on - asleep with his mouth open.

Geoffreythecat · 28/01/2020 11:01

Nothing

angelaEhen · 28/01/2020 11:17

Any excuse for a bit of extra fun lol

Buy just little gifts for each other not sure what yet, I even get my kids a chocolate heart and make them a card they love it

TwoZeroTwoZero · 28/01/2020 11:22

Feck all. I hate Valentine's Day!

Elbeagle · 28/01/2020 11:24

Nothing here either. We do a ‘special’ meal with nice wine every Saturday night anyway, so might move it to the Friday this year! DH sometimes gets me a card but I usually forget.

Mirandaqueenbee · 13/02/2020 22:27

I'll just cook a meal for us film night and relax no drinking for me being pregnant

Don't do gifts as think there's no need

AllForeverAtOnce · 14/02/2020 05:42

My dp isn't really into Valentines day, and I don't think grand gestures are necessary on this day for our relationship, as we are pretty much romantic and passionate every day.
However we do do just a small token, a card. We tell and message each other we love one another every day the only difference today is that we'll be writing it down in a card as well.
Absolutely nothing wrong with extra tokens of appreciation no matter how its given.
The only problem I see is if your dp is a cunt who uses valentines day as an excuse to treat you bad the rest of the time because on this day they shower you with gifts.

NineSwans · 14/02/2020 05:53

Card with an IOU for a BJ, his favourite dinner, fluffy handcuffs and Ann Summers’ best French maid outfit.

Oh, wait. I have an actual brain.

None of the above.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page