The Valentines Thread of hooray

[CelesJessa]

NO WHINING I guess you can if you want.

Anyway I love looking at dorky Valentines stuff so I thought I'd share these MGS ones I found with you guys:

So I figured we could have a general Valentines day discussion kind of thread. Share dorky valentines, tell stories, did anyone do nice things for you, did you go out and get drunk, whatever.

[PCD]

Are these suitably dorky

[Amake]

A story: For one year my lover and I did cheesy Valentine's day stuff every single day except on Valentine's day. It was fun.

Endeavor to cherish each other unequivocally!

PS. Them's some cute cards dere.

[Mannix]

Originally Posted by Invisible Queen

my lover and I.

That reminds me of that old SNL bit with Rachel Dracht and Will Ferrel.




I heard one time the gift hierarchy for women goes like this:

Shiny
Tasty
Pretty

[Kim]

My guyfriend and I are going to Fisherman's Wharf for lunch, and checking some other stuff out. I forget what. It's his plan. I honestly didn't even realize it was going to be on Valentine's until someone else pointed it out. I can't figure if he's thinking of it as a Valentine's date or just a regular date, and if I should do anything special for it.

[Specterbane]

Originally Posted by NonCon

My guyfriend and I are going to Fisherman's Wharf for lunch, and checking some other stuff out. I forget what. It's his plan. I honestly didn't even realize it was going to be on Valentine's until someone else pointed it out. I can't figure if he's thinking of it as a Valentine's date or just a regular date, and if I should do anything special for it.

Well it's a bit late to plan anything, but I would say don't let that stop you. Do something simple; get his favorite desert ready and have that at your place after dinner, get a quick gift that you know he'll like, the key is just to go the extra mile cause he's your special someone.

OOH, OOH, make him a mix tape! That always worked in like...the 80s?

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Specterbane

Well it's a bit late to plan anything, but I would say don't let that stop you. Do something simple; get his favorite desert ready and have that at your place after dinner, get a quick gift that you know he'll like, the key is just to go the extra mile cause he's your special someone.

Thing is we haven't been going out for very long at all. I mean, I've hardly been living in the area a month, you know? I don't know his favorite desert or anything like that.

[Specterbane]

Originally Posted by NonCon

Thing is we haven't been going out for very long at all. I mean, I've hardly been living in the area a month, you know? I don't know his favorite desert or anything like that.

Then you probably don't have much to worry about, just going out to dinner should be fine. If you want to do something special, do it. The key is to do something that would let him see a little bit more of you, and show that you do understand him. Or at the very least that you tried, and if it doesn't turn out great just have a laugh about it.

Just to give an example that kinda fits. My last girl-friend and I had been dating around a month and a half and found out our birthdays were on the same day and coming up. So I told her I'd get her a present without knowing what I'd get, I like doing that kinda stuff. Well we'd been talking a while back and I found out she enjoyed baking cakes as kind of a hobby, but since we were both in college her oven was gas and didn't have a thermometer so she never used it. What did I get her then? An in oven thermometer and some oven mitts since she had the pans already. Wrapped it in newspaper as a joke since she said she didn't want me going all out or anything, but she loved it and I even got a cake out of it on our birthday. Her best friend even said it was a great idea when my girl-friend told her about it later on.

So yeah, you don't have to do anything big. Fuel a hobby with a gift, or even get a gift card and say you want to go shopping together to get to know him a little better. OR, you perfectly fine just going out to dinner at this point. Like I said, the key is if you want to do something, do it; otherwise don't worry about it and just enjoy each other's company.

[Nikose Tyris]

Girlfriend is not fond of any of the generic idealisms of Valentines: cut flowers are murder and worthless to her because they die, she has ample jewellery and hates when I buy her more, and all the candies are either high in fat/sugars or have gelatin which she refuses to eat.

So I got her a toy well from Schliech and bought her minecraft. This was apparently a good gift choice as she's been nose deep in her laptop playing minecraft for the last 3 days.

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I'm going out today to help my friend plan a romantic evening with his girlfriend. They've been together for 4 months and he's going all-out; Tablecloth, Candles, Flowers, cooking dinner, and chasing everyone out of the apartment. [All the upstairs roommates are going to be downstairs at my place now. ] This morning, we're picking up wine to go with that dinner, and I put together a mix CD of music for the event.

And my girlfriend stopped me from putting Sir Mixalot's I like big butts on the CD which kind of ruined my fun.

[Mannix]

Originally Posted by Nikose Tyris

Girlfriend is not fond of any of the generic idealisms of Valentines: cut flowers are murder and worthless to her because they die, she has ample jewellery and hates when I buy her more, and all the candies are either high in fat/sugars or have gelatin which she refuses to eat.

So I got her a toy well from Schliech and bought her minecraft. This was apparently a good gift choice as she's been nose deep in her laptop playing minecraft for the last 3 days.

Your girlfriend sounds like a barrel of fun.