Be Mine

[sarasarabobara]

Guys and gals,


What does Valentines Day mean to you (if it means anything at all)? What special things do you like your spouse to do for you on this day? I'm prepared for responses like, "Sarasarabobara, EVERY DAY should be valentines day and we should treat each other as such!" In fairytale land, i've gotcha, but I'm asking about this particular special day. If you don't usually celebrate it, that's cool, too.

Alright, I'll start us out. I love it when hubby sends flowers to my work and takes me out to dinner on lovey dovey day. What ensues after that, I simply cannot predict.

 

[HeatherJay]

My hubby always buys me roses and chocolate. And he always seems to find the sweetest card...I always end up crying, because romance is such a foreign concept to him, and to see him express himself in that way is always so special to me.

He also sends a pink rose and a balloon to school for each of our two daughters. I think that's so sweet.

And, yay, this year we're all (he and I and our girls) getting our teeth cleaned on valentine's day. Woohoo! Party!

 

[Godisgr8r]

This will be the 1st Valentine's Day with my new hubby, so I really don't know what to expect. I'm sure it will be good though. He is very sweet and romantic. I will make sure I do my part to make it special.

 

[sarasarabobara]

I like these responses!

I failed to mention what I like to do for hubby on Valentines Day (you selfish, selfish girl!). Actually, I love posting little notes around the house that tell him how special he is to me. I usually personalize a small gift or two like boxers with hearts, etc. and make him wear them.

 

[andiesmama]

we don't really do much...I buy him a card, he gets me flowers...I'll make him brownies or cookies or something...then we'll spend some "quality time" together that night!

 

[seamonster]

This will be our first Valentine's Day being married, but we'll probably just spend the evening alone together at home.

 

[Cordy]

And, yay, this year we're all (he and I and our girls) getting our teeth cleaned on valentine's day. Woohoo! Party!

LOL! My husband and I celebrated our last anniversary at the dentist. Unfortunately for him, his visit was more than a cleaning. He had some filling work done, and was frozen for most of the day.

I love to take full advantage of holidays because I use any excuse to celebrate. Although my husband and I have class all day and evening on Valentine’s Day this year, I am going to find ways to celebrate our marriage on that day. I think I might make him breakfast in bed, make some Valentine’s Day sweets in the evening, and put a little surprise in his bag for school.

 

[Leanna]

An excellent question.... I don't know what we are going to do on Valentine's day... I suppose it depends on whether he works into the night or not. If so, I will probably have something cute and nice ready for him when he gets home but we will have less time to celebrate and no babysitter... but that's okay too.

 

[Febe]

It is not a day that is celebrated in Sweden, traditionally... The day means nothing to me.

 

[Stan53]

Valentines day? I thought that was 365 days of the years?

 

[Athene]

For me it's a crappy fake holiday which is over marketed by supermarkets who try and sell us crappy cards and stupid teddy bears with hearts on saying 'be mine' and awful underwear with red hearts all over it.

We don't do anything on valentines day.

 

[c1ners]

Valentine's Day falls on a Tuesday this year, and that's one of my husbands pool nights. I don't really know what I'll do. Maybe I'll wake up a half hour early and make him (and my daughter) a special breakfast. I've been looking for a quick and romantic dinner recipe for at night. (Haven't found one yet though). And I thought I'd pick him up some flowers and put them (along with a card) in his truck so he finds them when he goes to shoot pool. I don't know what he's got planned. Hopefully This year I'll at least get a card.

 

[sarasarabobara]

For me it's a crappy fake holiday which is over marketed by supermarkets who try and sell us crappy cards and stupid teddy bears with hearts on saying 'be mine' and awful underwear with red hearts all over it.

We don't do anything on valentines day.

I wasn't aware that holidays were fake (gosh, maybe birthdays are, too).

To each his own, I guess

 

[MaraPetra]

For me it's a crappy fake holiday which is over marketed by supermarkets who try and sell us crappy cards and stupid teddy bears with hearts on saying 'be mine' and awful underwear with red hearts all over it.

We don't do anything on valentines day.

Don't hold it in, Athene!

I'm with her...I don't do the commercialized, prepackaged stuff that retailers throw at you.

I do a personalized card every year, incorporating photos that were taken in the past year for the design, and rounding it off with writing exactly how I feel inside. Love isn't just a Hallmark moment, you know.

Since we're both working that day, I'll probably surprise him with a bubble bath when he gets off of work, and possibly some chocolate-dipped strawberries (his fave), with whipped cream and a light wine.

Whatever happens with the leftover cream, I'm not responsible for

 

[Redguard]

What does Valentines Day mean to you (if it means anything at all)?

I think that it's a wretched day and it makes me quite miserable.

It was much more enjoyable when I was a kid. There would be a nice pouch beside your desk and everyone in your class would leave you a nice little Valentine's Day card with a picture of Garfield, Care Bears, Transformers, or GI Joe saying, "Be mine, Valentine!"

Nowadays, it's like a death sentence. You can treat your wife/girlfriend like a queen everyday, but if Valentine's Day doesn't measure up to her expectations, then all is lost and nothing matters anymore.

Eeeeevil!

 

[PuppyPawz]

We don't celebrate Valentine's Day in particular, and that goes for most Hallmark Holidays. At the risk of sounding cliche, we do our best to show love for eachother and those we love every day of the year. I feel that putting a mother, father, spouse, whomever on a pedestal only once a year is very disrespectful. Although there are many who love a lot of recognition on one day in particular per year and that is great for them! Just as long as it isn't the only day each year.

 

[E_Powers]

we dont necessarly celebrate valentines day. we ovbserve the 16th the aniversery of our first date.

 

[amyp31]

My husband explained it best. We spend so much time concentrating on our 4 kids that it's a day that we set aside to concentrate only on each other. Sure we get the kids little Valentine's day gifts but we spend time coming up with creative ways to let each other know just how special we are to each other. We used to take the weekend before or after Valentine's day and go somewhere pretty close to home so that there wasn't a lot of travel time. We stayed in a hotel, took horse and carriage rides, went out to romantic dinners, and just spent quality time that we usually don't have together. Now that there are 4 children it's harder to do that but we still make it as special as we can.

 

[firestar]

Most years we ignore it altogether. There is something in me that rebels against the idea of buying into a money making scheme of this magnitude, under the guise of showing the man I love how much I love him. I also hate cliche- like flowers and chocolates, and fixed dates on a calendar. I'm much happier with random surprises and special date nights.

 

[Cordy]

I don’t understand why people are stuck on it being a materialistic holiday. Yes, like almost everything, our society capitalizes on it. But Valentine’s Day has been around for hundreds of years -- way before the mass marketing we know so well today (in almost every sector of our lives). Corporations don’t own the rights to Valentine’s Day. You don’t have to buy a thing to make the day special. Like a “date night” it is just a time you can take aside to make things extra special for your spouse. You don’t have to, but I enjoy the excuse to make another day special.