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?

@Nothitrockbottomyet bitch plopping is posting a single provocative or offensive comment and then retreating to watch the fireworks.

The naysayers need to get over themselves. The "if I'm not having a great Valentine's Day then no one should post about it" is just the latest variant of "if I can't afford it then no one should post about it." Envy is an ugly emotion.

If you can't be happy for other people then just scroll on.

He gave me a card, flowers, bottle of fizz and a packet of my favourite nuts. Gave him a card, chocolate, Pringles and a candle for his weekend baths (!). We're off to the pub later for food and booze. We never usually get to celebrate because one of us is always ill at this time of year!

I am the most long-term single person I've ever encountered, and I'm really enjoying this thread. Accounts of little kindnesses and caring rituals are so nice.

Why the hell would you read it if you weren't up for that?

I find it inexplicable that you felt the need to comment, @Nothitrockbottomyet @EleanorRigby2U and @Muffin777. I guess an overwhelming urge to piss on other people's chips?

If you get nice gifts from " nice significant others" then surely you should be celebrating those gifts with your " nice significant others"?

What is the point in boasting about it to other people? Unless you are so insecure that you are desperate for the world to think you must be " loveable" because somebody bought you a Valentine's day gift.

I haven’t ‘whinged’ nearly as much as you just have in that reply! I said it was weird - it is, I would never think to jump on mumsnet to brag about my Valentine’s gifts. But there we are.

Because some people get enjoyment out of celebrating nice things, yes including things they've got, and talking about it with other like minded people. Fucking imagine that.

I don't even celebrate valentine's day lmao but I cannot fathom why you're so bitter and salty that you're here pissing on the people who do.

My god what a horrible comment to make.

But you would think to jump on Mumsnet to slag off the people who do celebrate and enjoy talking about it? Because thats not weird at all 😆

But we want to share our happiness? I love hearing about other people’s romantic gestures. Its nice. Must we only complain here at mumsnet?

Take a day off! It's one thread celebrating nice stuff. Scroll on if you don't like it.

You are entitled to have your opinion and I'm glad you are enjoying the thread.

I posted a comment which offers a different opinion on the value of Valentine 's Day. I am entitled to voice my opinion, within the MN guidelines.
Similarly the other posters you are chastising for daring to post their opinions have every right to have their say.
You are perfectly entitled to ignore the opinions you dont like.

I didn’t slag anyone off. I said it was weird to start a whole thread with the predominant purpose being to boast. It is weird. But you crack on, you seem very angry.

Sure babes, happy valentine's day 💐

Excuse me but exactly what gives you the right to tell other posters not to post their opinions?

Im so confused why this thread is an issue
Are we only allowed to share if we are miserable about something?
The amount of mothers day/christmas/birthday threads where people are complaining they didn't get a gift, or didnt get a good enough gift etc, is there a particular reason its OK to revel in someone else's unhappiness but not share someone else's happiness?

I'm going to call out pettiness where I see it, if that's what you mean. There are thousands of terrible relationship threads on MN and you're begrudging a nice one on what's traditionally a romantic day. It's so churlish.

My "significant other" is still at work. I'm in an Uber.
So I am taking this time to chat on Mumsnet.
Chat. Not boast.
Just chatting.....🙄

Perhaps you should look at the new thread where the OP is actually feeling really depressed because of all the people banging on about their wonderful Valentine's Day on SM.
If people want a romantic day then they are entitled to enjoy it why aren't they going off and having one instead of boasting about it and ramming it down people's throats.

We usually just do token VD but this year, we've suffered a sad loss and it's also the year of our Silver Wedding Anniversary and my DH's 50th later this year, so we thought we'd do a special VD this year.

He has bought me an amethyst necklace with silver angel wings around it - my birthstone and the angel wings are to commemorate our 6 lost unborn babies.

He bought me a ruby and zirconia (I could lie and say "diamond" but why?) eternity ring - the ruby is for our female rescue dogs Ella (who had originally been called "Rosie") and Rubie and the zirconia is for our male rescue dog because his nickname is "Diamond Boy".

He bought me a bunch of multi-coloured tulips because my favourite Nanna used to grow tulips in her garden.

I've bought him a Nightmare Before Christmas ottoman and have filled it with loads of NBC items like blankets, cushions, a lamp, glasses etc because he collects NBC stuff.

Tonight we're having a cosy night in by the fire, with our dogs and cat, sharing dinner, a bottle of Merlot and a horror movie - there's only so much romance we can take haha

Next year, it'll be back to tokens like a bottle of something and chocolates but it's felt a bit like Christmas today.

Learning when to quit digging is a vital life skill.

Meaning what exactly in this context? You've lost me.

I am lying on the couch, in pain, while my loved ones plot how to celebrate me, and themselves, in a lovely valentines meal. In honor of the tumor that was just removed from my chest, which we affectionately called “the hedgehog” my daughters are also making truffle hedgehogs which we will slay with our teeth. Why not! Why shouldn’t we share this frivolity?

So by your rationale, women who've lost weight on injectables shouldn't post about their success on the Weight Loss boards, women shouldn't share a photo of their positive tests the Conception boards, and women shouldn't post on the Cancer boards celebrating that they're in remission. Etc etc.

No. You don't get to silence women who want to celebrate finally being in loving relationships. You have no idea what any of us have been through to get to this point.

Wishing you well after your op. Enjoy your VD celebrations with your loved ones.