Valentines Day Ideas

[Cathleen]

Valentines Day is less then a month away now, it is on a Monday this year - perhaps a long weekend.

Growing up we used to celebrate as a family since it was my mom's favorite, it was always a big day. I'm hoping this year we will all be able to get together to rekindle the tradition and share it with the next generation.

I am looking for ideas - OK, I'm stealing ideas from you all, for families as well as our romantic loves too.

 

[BlueSugar]

My step father is an origional kinda guy ... mom remarried on valentines day
They usually go away that weekend, and us kids were stuck with a babysitter (my older brother) until we were all dating on our own.

You want advice on restarting the tradition?
Or rekindeling things between you and your S/O?

 

[Cathleen]

I would like to get some different ideas for getting my siblings and their families to restart the tradition - as a whole family.......

Ideas for my SO would be wonderful, unfortunately it is a LDR but that won't stop me from celebrating. (I will have to tell him no peaking at this thread )

 

[BlueSugar]

I would like to get some different ideas for getting my siblings and their families to restart the tradition - as a whole family.......

Ideas for my SO would be wonderful, unfortunately it is a LDR but that won't stop me from celebrating. (I will have to tell him no peaking at this thread )

we could send PMs and you can comment if it was a good or bad idea to make him insanely curious haha


Sounds good though - I would send out valentines to them all maybe make them "secret" if you can. Start now, because people start making plans early for valentines.

 

[Cathleen]

Oh I like the idea of teasing him.......

I think I will do a special invitation and send it out - one of them has to have it at their home, mine isn't big enough for everyone. Maybe I can have them each do one special valentine for someone - like the secret Santa idea. Thanks Blue, that is a great start.

 

[BlueSugar]

Oh I like the idea of teasing him.......

I think I will do a special invitation and send it out - one of them has to have it at their home, mine isn't big enough for everyone. Maybe I can have them each do one special valentine for someone - like the secret Santa idea. Thanks Blue, that is a great start.

Or a family style restaurant meeting place.

 

[Kissophile]

Skip it.

 

[Xectxny19X]

Skip it.

ditto.

 

[Cathleen]

Skip it.

ditto.

yea

 

[Travelintheways]

For once, I'm guaranteed a Valentine's Day that won't make me feel sad and lonely! I'll be with my mom either in Rennes or Lyon, far from the Flat Boys, and that's a good thing

Sorry, I have no suggestions, though. I like the secret Valentine idea.

 

[daiseelady]

When I was a sophmore in high school... I went to my boyfriend's house for dinner... his mom had everything done in red...

red cloth napkins, a red rose bud on each plate, red beads dangling from the water goblets, we drank hawiian punch with dinner, red table cloth... I can't remember everything, but I remember thinking that she was an amazing woman to do something *that* special for the guy and I... she was teaching her son to be a romantic! heh

 

[someplace]

I'm determined to make heart sugar cookies for my kids -- who are all mostly out on their own now. I'll mail them in time for receipt by the 14th. I plan to put icing messages on them like conversation hearts.

For my daughter in college, who has decorated in bright pink this year, I saw something in a florist's window I want to try. I'm going to take a heart-shaped form and cover in a pink feather boa, so it's a large fuzzy feathery heart she can hang in her room or on her door (or whatever). It would be fun and easy and cute.

 

[SweetErika]

When I was still at home, my mom always woke me up with a small gift...earrings, a special trinket, a big white fuzzy bear one year, good chocolates, etc. I think she also made heart pancakes for breakfast. In college, she still sent the gifts and a tearjerker card. I always tell her she gets triple the love because she's herself, it's her birthday, and it's Valentine's Day.

Hubby and I don't do gifts for any holiday, we make plans to just spend time together. I might steal some of these ideas this year though!

 

[BlueSugar]

my father always gave us girls roses and chocolates that day. In the college years he didn't know he could call the local florist so he was upset for a few years bc he felt I was left out

 

[Kissophile]

For the record, my initial post to this thread was not indicative of my usual attitude toward Valentine's Day.

As an incurable romantic (and if someone does develop a cure, point him out to me so I can turn him over to Tony Soprano), I like to think of a small gift that somehow symbolizes the state of the relationship. It might be a small keepsake, a bit of jewelry, or even a treasured piece of music. That's not what matters so much as what it symbolizes.

 

[CoolidgEffect]

Well my suggestion would be to flee the country, but if you must celibrate, don't flee the country alone.

 

[Xectxny19X]

Well my suggestion would be to flee the country, but if you must celibrate, don't flee the country alone.

awww...hehehe. Good idea.

 

[CherryPop22]

my family always has a nice dinner. My mom gives me a gift and my 2 brother usually give me flowers. My dad hates this holiday so never gives my mom anything. Last year my brothers and I all chiped for my mom to get her hair colored

 

[frisky]

2 years ago I baked a cake for my partner (her favorite flavour) and wrote my own little message on top of it. Considering I had barely cooked anything in my life before, at had so little time to do it (due to a high work load), she absolutely loved it. Of course I completely stuffed it and it tasted terrible, but due to some nice forsight I had strawberries and chocolate sauce on backup.

Anyway, the point is that the actual gift was absolutely terrible, but the thought + effort made her so happy. That in my opinion is what it is all about.

 

[SweetErika]

2 years ago I baked a cake for my partner (her favorite flavour) and wrote my own little message on top of it. Considering I had barely cooked anything in my life before, at had so little time to do it (due to a high work load), she absolutely loved it. Of course I completely stuffed it and it tasted terrible, but due to some nice forsight I had strawberries and chocolate sauce on backup.

Anyway, the point is that the actual gift was absolutely terrible, but the thought + effort made her so happy. That in my opinion is what it is all about.

Awww...I love stuff like that! You're absolutely right about how meaningful the effort is...I'd much rather have a terrible tasting homemade creation that took time and thought than a storebought gift anyday.

 

[Undomiel]

I was happy to find out my boyfriend thinks valentines day is stupid. We can show each other affection etc any time, don't need a special day for it. Waste of money really. Sorry I'm ruining the valentines day spirit here.

 

[tigerjen]

I remember making homemade Valentines......using red
and pink paper and white "lace doilies"!


tigerjen

 

[dcraz]

I must admit the idea of a family Valentines day strikes me as odd. Having grown up in a household where family affection was present but not exactly over abundant.

However, being the sappy romantic I am, Valentines day with a SO is a very special day. For many reasons. We are all so busy with our lives today. It is true, we can show and express our love and affection any day of the year. But Valentines day presents an opportunity for us to concentrate on our feelings of love. A day of celebration to reflect on the love and apreciation we feel for one another.

For myself, tradition blends with the personal. A nice romantic dinner and roses are still required. Money well spent on the one I love. Yet, the gifts we exchange are simple and heartfelt. Often inexpensive, sometimes even home made but always born of the intense love we feel and more precious than any valuable token of jewelry or the like.

The simple values of a simple man....

May we all be surrounded by the kind of intense, joy and peace only true love can provide...

 

[Mary Hall]

My boyfriend sent me a mushy romantic letter

 

[Dazz Hetfield]

And I have a few more things up my sleeve hunny.