Valentine's Day....romantic idea or card co. gimic?

[Cath!]

Do you truly believe in the romance that is supposed to hide behind Valentine's Day or do you think it is just another way for Hallmark to push their stock higher?

Either way that you believe...do you go along with it? You know...the flowers, chocolates, sexy cards, dinner, etc?

 

[Mistress]

Valentine's Day....

Sucks, it always has.....

 

[scrymettet]

Hallmark and all the others chocolate, flower, restaurant etc
In the other side, why not going naïve for the day and play the game ? I use all the alibis I found to spoil her and this one is a good one

 

[lavender]

 

[Angel]

Where is Siren with a link to my Happy Fuck You Day thread from last year?

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Jewel has a song floating on Mp3 somewhere called.

"I hate valentines day" .. Like the song, love the sentiment

 

[Phoenyx]

Valentines day sucks big floppy donkey dick...

May it be consigned to the dustbin of history where it will wither and die like Bill Clintons Honesty.

 

[Cath!]

Jewel has a song floating on Mp3 somewhere called.

"I hate valentines day" .. Like the song, love the sentiment

Valentine's Day
Wish I had a sweetheart
It's Valentine's Day
Didn't even get a stinkin' card
It's Valentine's Day
I just have to say
I hate Valentine's Day


It's Valentine's Day
And I didn't get no chocolate
It's Valentine's Day
If I had a heart I'd hock it
It's Valentine's Day
All I have to say
I hate Valentine's Day


It's Valentine's Day
And I hope it finds you healthy
It's Valentine's Day
I'm glad your stinkin' girlfriend's wealthy (?)
It's Valentine's Day
I just love to say
I hate fuckin' Valentine's Day

 

[EthiopianPrince]

My favorite Valentine story.

My sophomore year in college, another female friend of mine who was a senior and I were very good friends with two men who were slightly older than us.
They planned the date for quite some time. They arranged appointments for us to get complete facials and other stuff to soothe our mind and body. They made appointments for us to get a makeover of our choice at the department store that sold our kind of makeup. When we got to the store there was a disposable camera for us to take pictures to remember the entire experience. They wanted before and after shots. They also arranged for us a gift certificate of our choosing at the place.

They drove us out of town that night. We went to an amazing Italian restaurant with a very good table. We ate dinner, drank wine and talked for hours. Then we went to the nicest hotel in this city and sat in a room where they arranged a piano (several of us were musical). We sat and talked and had just a nice little time before heading off to a club where we danced to really bad 80s music and drank beer. Before going to our rooms for the evening we went out at about 4am to an all night diner place that is nice. Then we went to our perspective rooms and slept.

Now for guys who had no chance of getting nookie, that was pretty damn special. They made us feel like absolute queens.

Those weren't good friends, they were sugar daddies!

 

[JennyOmanHill]

This year is a special one

Most of my Valentine's Days were spent with friends and family sharing cards and candies.

My first romantic holiday was several years ago when my then SO took me to a special taping of the David Letterman Anniversary Show, gave me a dozen roses, took me to a hotel for cocktails, presented me with a red bag full of red wrapped candies, a stuffed valentine bear, even wind up lips, and a beautiful card. (There was a couple next to us, and when the woman saw what he did for me, she almost knocked her husband off his stool! Then she congratulated us for being such a lovely pair.) We finished up the night with a delicious dinner, then fell asleep watching videos.

This year will certainly be romantic and likely the best ever since my darling will be flying into town purposely to overlap this holiday. I do feel fortunate that my situation will allow be to feel "sappy and mushy" this holiday, as I know for too many others it is just another day.

 

[phrodeau]

www.vday.org

If anyone isn't interested in celebrating Valentine's Day for whatever reason, please consider devoting some energy to this organization.

From the website:

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V-Day was born in 1998 as an outgrowth of Eve Ensler's Obie-Award winning play, "The Vagina Monologues." As Eve performed the piece in small towns and large cities all around the world, she saw and heard first hand the destructive personal, social, political and economic consequences violence against women has for many nations.


Hundreds of women told her their stories of rape, incest, domestic battery and genital mutilation. It was clear that something widespread and dramatic needed to be done to stop the violence. A group of women in New York joined Eve and founded V-Day . . . a catalyst, a movement, a performance.


V-Day’s mission is simple. It demands that the violence must end. It proclaims Valentine’s Day as V-Day until the violence stops. When all women live in safety, no longer fearing violence or the threat of violence, then V-Day will be known as Victory Over Violence Day.
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Worth Magazine lists them in the top 100 American charities. Their scope and network is global. Please take a look at their site.

V-Day

 

[T.H. Oughts]

I try..... but it just turns into just another day in my world

 

[Rhys]

Valentine's Day is a joke.

a sick, fucking joke.

However, February 15th is better.

Because, all that candy is on sale...and for those of us who'd rather be in a sugar coma for the whole thing...this is heaven.

 

[LadyDarkFire]

Even when I'm with someone, I sincerely hate Valentine's day. Generally, Feb 14th will find me in all black (ok, so it's not exactly unusual) and ready to Maul anything that looks red, pink, or cutesy.

 

[Pechorin]

Any day should have the potential to be a "Valentine's" day. You shouldn't be told by Hallmark, florists, restaurants etc exactly when you should make an overt show of affection to your loved one.

Maybe we should start a thread nearer the time to try and find the most tastefull Valentine gift being advertised. Plenty of tacky stuff around.

My wife and I get more anti Valentine as we get older. A few years ago she sent flowers to my office for me to embarrass me. It worked perfectly.

 

[LadyDarkFire]

Any day should have the potential to be a "Valentine's" day. You shouldn't be told by Hallmark, florists, restaurants etc exactly when you should make an overt show of affection to your loved one.

Maybe we should start a thread nearer the time to try and find the most tastefull Valentine gift being advertised. Plenty of tacky stuff around.

My wife and I get more anti Valentine as we get older. A few years ago she sent flowers to my office for me to embarrass me. It worked perfectly.

All right, I'll say this, and I warn you, it's a rant.

The overt displays of affection are one thing I detest about Valentine's day. Wonderful if you are in a relationship that is happy, and you have a partner who is willing to do this, but it is one of the most depressing things you can see if you don't have those rare circumstances. I get nauseated seeing all the "pookies" and "pumkins" cuddling during class, lunch, work, whatever. It's frankly depressing, and sickening. There are only so many times I can hear "Sugar Lump" without going homicidal.
Honestly, I've only had relationships on 3 Valentine's days, and all of them were awful. One guy gave me a fake rose he'd found on the ground, and then proceeded to try and act like he'd brought me the head of some great beast. Meantime, I had cooked him dinner, got dressed up (he liked to see me in a skirt, and I rarely wear them), etc, ad nauseum. Second guy, made some lie up about visiting his mother, for a special treat. Caught him in his own appt with another girl when I thought to go check on his cat. 3rd guy, frankly, acted very nice, and very sweet, considering that he was so nice in breaking up with me on that day. He even said "I hope this doesn't ruin your Valentine's day." Now, why would it do that?

Frankly, Valentine's day is a torture that alot of us put ourselves through. We get our expectations, our hopes, up, only to be met with disappointment every single time. I don't like holidays in general, but this one I detest. I can't stand it. You want to give people a happy Valentine's day? Cook dinner at home, maybe a small gift, hold hands, but don't go to a restaurant and show how close to blatant fucking you can get in a booth. It saves the people in the next booth from being embarrassed, and it saves the single people alot of thoughts. Love is one of those things that can be a double bladed axe. Great if you have it, one bitch of a thing to confront without something similar.

 

[Pechorin]

Oh wow, I'd forgotten about the small adds with their "pookies" and "pumpkins"!

Around us the supermarkets cleared their shelves after Xmas of seasonal goods and slapped the Valentine related stuff right up there. Ah well, only another month to go.

 

[sch00lteacher]

Charlie Brown

Do they still pass out cards at school like they used to? That was always a trip.

I walked through Eckerds (sp) last night with my wife. They had a whole row of Valentine crap. Not just cards, and candy. Toys, stuffed animals, ballons. So forth and so on. Hey she gets a card, and a heart shapped box of chocolates. Size depending upon how much cash I have on hand. That is it.

They are trying to turn it into another big $ holiday. Like they have almost done with Halloween. Come on, pumpkin lights to hang up on your house?

Dads, don't forget to get something for your daughters, no matter how old she is.

 

[heterotic]

Rhys, you've discovered the true meaning of valentine's day. This is a spiritual enlightenment that will stay with you forever. Or at least 'til your sugar rush dies off, whichever comes first.

 

[sexy-girl]

booooooooo all you valentines day haters ... its my birthday (so of course for me the days AMAZING i get spoiled double ) not long to go yet too hehe

 

[JazzManJim]

booooooooo all you valentines day haters ...

Yes! Thank you!

Hell, I've had one relationship through a Valentine's Day and I used it to spoil her stinking rotten!

I'll do it again, too, if I hae another relationship go through the day.

And I'll call her "Pookie" and smile when she calls me some other pet name, and I'll send flower to her office, and I'll buy chocolates and cook dinner and give her a back rub and watch her favorite "chick flick" and I'll smooch the hell out of her right out in public, preferably in front of some Valentine Day humbugs.

Not that I wouldn't do that on other days, but Valentines' Day is a day specifically devoted to love, or lust, or whatever you want to call it, so hell.....we're all begging for some peace and love in the world, what better day to celebrate it all than Valentine's Day?

Then again, I'm also nuts about Christmas and Easter and Thanksgiving, too. I love the holidays..except maybe Arbor Day. What's the deal there, anyhow??

 

[Cheyenne]

Where is Siren with a link to my Happy Fuck You Day thread from last year?

I think there is little chance of her pulling that one back up- it ended in a battle, remember?

 

[fallon2]

Both

It started out as a romantic idea that has been over commercialized.

 

[lovetoread]

I think it is over commercialized,but the sentiment is still there for me.

I never have received the flowers,candy,dinners or stuff like that. Last year I got a stuffed love monkey,the first thing in 12 years he bought on his own.

I give valentines things to my children who think its just a day to get candy.

Oh and yes,my kids still pass out cards at school.

 

[TigerClaw]

Valentine's Day is very commercial......

I really dislike how $20.00 roses go up to at least $60.00 if not more. One year the roses were up to $90.00. I refuse to buy Roses on valentines day just for that reason. I do buy flowers at the other times of year including roses. I do special things for valentines day. This year money may be short but I will think of something.

Unfortunately, I can not mention what I have done otherwise someone may get a feeling for what I may do.

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