Can we have a happy VD thread?

[Littlebitpsycho]

We've got a Galentines thread which is awesome but can we also have one for those of us with decent men (if only to show that they are out there!)

I'll start:

I had flowers, chocolate, a card and a takeaway coffee handed over at work before 7am this morning (the coffee was particularly appreciated as it was bloody cold this morning - i work outdoors)

Anyone else?

Flowers, card, and my new favourite body spray from lush. The schools are off so he made me and DD love heart shaped pancakes 😍

Well I have been getting the same lovely treatment for over 20 years so unless he has a personality transplant I will be posting the same glowing report next year 😁

me and my DP have just watched Ted Lasso - I made a card that said Whistle.... you've lasso-ed my heart.

he got me a lovely card!

And because we are both looking forward to pancakes - we are making pancakes tonight. I hate going out on Valentines day...

I have spent the last week making him Lego roses and have left them next to his bed for when he wakes up (he's a night shift worker). I can see a medium sized gift bag in the office so I assume there's something nice in there waiting for me. We are out for dinner later. I typically receive some lovely flowers and a few little gifts (like a candle that says you're the best thing I've found on the internet). Happy Love day peoples and thanks for this thread OP.

My lovely DH got me a witty card, wine, chocolate and a plant for the garden.

All very lovely gifts but unfortunately will need to try and swap plant for something else. This is because it is toxic to cats/dogs/small children whi all have free range to wander around our garden and may attempt to nibble/touch it! 😂

In his defence he’s not a gardener and this wouldn’t have occur to him to check. He just saw a plant in my favourite colour and decided it would do the job.

Meanwhile I’ve played it safe with a Lego set - the only danger is from standing on it! Ha ha!

There is no sour grapes on my part.

I've not been an MN user for long but I've read enough posts by women genuinely really upset because they didn't get Valentine gifts/ Mothers Day gifts/ birthday presents/ Christmas presents.

I find the premise of this thread smug and self satisfied.
If posters genuinely set store by being gifted something on Valentines Day fair enough. I genuinely hope the gifts give them pleasure.
But why come on MN and boast about their gifts?
It just feeds in to the narrative that actually the day is all about show, not about the real meaning of love.

We don't do gifts or meals out for Valentine's Day (neither of us has ever wanted to) and it's also v. close to my birthday so we always do something lovely for that. But we do exchange cards and this morning I got a lovely one handed to me along with the cup of tea DP brings me in bed every morning. plus a big kiss and him telling me how much he loves me 😍

Oh that's fantastic. Now that's a card I would like. ❤️ Ted Lasso

A card with a poem he'd written when he brought me coffee in bed this morning. I got him a card and a few tins of anchovies! (They are supposedly good ones from a fancy deli, he loves trying different types out!)

Are you sure your user name is accurate? Because you do sound like you're very much there.

Honestly, just let people enjoy things, eh? You don't have to click on the thread if it bothers you to see people happy.

FWIW, I've had 22 nice Valentine's Days with my DP so far. Seems unlikely that next year's will be the one on which our long and happy relationship will be destroyed, but I'm happy to come back and confirm on 14 Feb 2026, if that would help?

I got nothing, I stayed at mine last night. He hasn't planned anything either. I hastily booked a table in a grotty local restaurant (but amazing Turkish food) as a suprise. Ill pay though, its my treat to say sorry for being grumpy after a particularly stressful week. I had my regular hair appointment today and was listening to everyone talking about their plans and outfits for tonight and some would think I should be a bit sad as its only our 2nd valentines but I'm not because he is the most patient, funny, kind and generous (not to mention gorgeous) man Ive ever met.
He runs me a bath and wakes me up with coffee for work most mornings.
He picks me up at any time of night when I'm out with the girls and drops us all off so we don't have to wait for cabs.
If I mention I'm looking for a certain top or bag he will go hunting for it and just buy it. I was moaning about how my bathroom needed decorating so he took the day of work and painted it for me as a surprise.
No he never buys me flowers but he takes my granddaughter out to buy a sparkly tutu and let's her put unicorn tattoos on him. He takes my mum to dr appointments if needed. He always tells me I look beautiful even when I dont.
Nothing is too much trouble for him, ever and he makes laugh and swoon in equal measures. So I'm keeping him, even if he did buy me a shark hoover for Christmas (I loved it btw). Happy valentines day everyone.

We love gift giving rituals, the sillier, the better. This morning, I was blindfolded and made to wait patiently while my presents were brought in and arranged nicely: proposal lego set, mug with sculpted cat inside, rose in vase, more chocolate for the Velvetiser, travel book on where we’re going later this year.

You're rather missing the many posts also talking about what they've done for others. Also, it was made quite clear what this thread is for, people celebrating. We're not going and bitch plopping accounts of gifts/nice times on a thread where someone isn't happy.

In my own case and that of my DH, life is hard, and if a daft balloon and some flowers cheers him up I'm going to do it. Entirely realistically, this could very easily be the last one we have together.

@pikkumyy77 wishing you a speedy recovery, I am glad your DH has taken good care of you xx

DH reminded me today this is our 28th Valentines together and he is running out of things to write in a card
I got him fancy biscuits, fudge and chocolates, he gave me some lovely roses, and my fave chocs
We are having a takeaway and a bottle of sparking rose tonight

I honestly thought OP was looking for positive stories from people who have had VD.

Not to detail this thread but does remember when Victoria Beckham insisted on the wedding invites being from “VD”??? Apparently she absolutely insisted lol

I can see the point of the Galantines thread because if you’re feeling a bit down, recently separated, single not through choice, having relationship difficulties then having the sickly sweet VD stuff rammed down your throat gets a bit much.

If youre in a happy relationship and got everything you wanted then there’s probably no need to create a thread about it - just be content with that aspect of your life.

For my part I’m single and not too fussed about meeting anyone. When I was in a relationship I’d get the usual - card, chocs etc etc. It didn’t make me feel loved or valued because it was a token gesture and couldn’t make up for the many things wrong with our relationship. It’s never something I’ve cared much about because it’s ultimately pretty meaningless: feels like everything (even love) can be monetised in the West

I got nothing and neither did husband but that's because since we started dating we've celebrated on the 15th instead and done dim sum day, which is exactly what it sounds like - We eat unholy amounts of dim sum and watch the shittest horror movie we can find (open to suggestions if anyone knows any really cheesy ones). It's our own stupid tradition and I love it.

I've bought some pink love heart bao from Aldi this year so that's quite Valentine's-ish!

Agreed this is a really weird, pointlessly boastful thread.

Bitch plopping??
What on earth is that??
I just googled it and still don't know what it is.
I hope it's nothing to do with the disgusting definitions of " plopping" in the Urban dictionary.

Flowers, chocolates and a card.
We did a clear out and went to the recycling centre, then i made his favourite lunch and put him in a food coma.

Who says romance ia dead 😂

It's quite obvious what it would be about though so if it's not your thing you could always have just ignored it. No one put a gun to your head and made you read it did they? But here you are 4 pages in whinging instead of doing literally anything else. I think that's far weirder than having a bit of a boast because you've had a nice day.

Dh and I are in our 60s and have been together almost 40 years, and we're going out to a very nice restaurant. It's what we always have done--no cards, chocs, etc. just a lovely gourmet meal with wine pairings.

Yeah absolutely, didn't you all know Mumsnet is exclusively for being dull and miserable? How dare you all celebrate the nice things you got from your nice significant others! There are starving children in Africa don't you know.