QOTD #52: Have any Valentine's plans?

We have no plans. We never do anything for vday.b she hates when I buy her flowers. She says it's a waste of money cause they die, and she don't like chocolate. I bought her a card. That's about it. Although I did get up with the dogs this am at 5 and left her in the bed so she could sleep late. That means a lot to her

 

We're very traditional about Valentine's Day. We plan to watch some Romans kill an obscure Christian missionary.

 

YES. I love you for making this comment and I'm also letting you know I am going to steal it.

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I'm going to go to the mountains and watch deadpool with a friend. We don't really celebrate vday.

I did make a comment yesterday that this was the first year I saw Vday advertisments and didn't feel hulk rage towards the holidays. Cinn is rubbing off on me and making me less angry.

 

It sounds expensive

 

I got two two valentines today - one from Kohl's and one from an ex to her friend sent to me by accident.

 

Our Valentine's tradition is to ignore it. "Hallmark Holiday" has never been anything special to us. We treat each other with massive amounts of affection everyday.

 

What did you buy

 

I don't like hallmark holidays. Hubs still doesn't quite believe me. I keep telling him, "if you can't show me your love on a Thursday, don't bother on Valentines Day." I'm planning to finish studying, play with a bunch of the stuff I got at the Asian and Indian grocers yesterday and maybe bake something sweet to give away. And I think some lemon-blueberry sorbet and a cocnut-protein powder ice cream for the hubs when he gets back.

 

I sent goofy valentine cards to some of my friends on faceyspace. It was almost as fun as giving them out in person.

Eden was supposed to go up to Boone to see Deadpool, but decided against it because of the impending snow. My original plan was to make some chili-cheese dip and watch The Princess Bride and Valley Girl and snuggle with the pups. I'll probably still end up doing that.

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Valentine's Day has, for the most part, always been more about general love for me than strictly romantic love. ZS and I used to do "Anti-Valentine's Day," where we'd have a sleepover and eat junk food and watch horror movies. I think the first time was 7th grade, and I'm pretty sure we continued the tradition every year that we lived in the same state. One of my favorites was the time we got snowed in and the slumber party extended to day 2. That was fun.

Mom and I always send each other valentines. This year, she sent me one with puppies, and I sent her one with a giraffe.

When I worked in restaurants, I'd buy kiddie Valentine cards and some kind of small candy (blow pops or mini candy bars or something) and hand them out. The last year I worked there, I found these super-awesome National Geographic valentines that featured different wild animals with an interesting fact on every one. They were so cool!

So many of my friends are bitter about Valentine's Day. I will admit to finding the whole thing a little overdone at times, and blatantly lovey-dovey stuff tends to make me gag. But it's a holiday, and I love holidays. It is what you make it. And I choose to make it fun and silly.

On a related note, how many posts have I seen today along the lines of, "show me you love me everyday!" ? A lot. And I always want to say, "well, why celebrate the 4th of July? Be patriotic everyday! No point in cooking lots of food on Thanksgiving and getting the family together if you don't already do it every week to start with!" I mean, yeah, it's silly. But I revel in silly. And I'm such a dork for holidays.

 

My wife's birthday is at the end of the month, mine is two weeks later, followed by our anniversary two weeks after that. The last thing I need is to add another one and extend the chaos.

Bah humbug.

 

Aaand I totally didn't notice that before I posted or sent you a valentine, lol. Sorry

 

Cinn, the holidays you cite have historical significance, while V day is a pure money grab. St Valentine did nothing to promote or enhance romantic relationships. You are free to celebrate any day, in any way you wish, though.

 

Well we already saw deadpool this morning, so that was something. And of course a new walking dead tonight. That's all she has been talking about the past couple weeks.

 

No, although I plan to cook some steaks later.....which at our house doesn't happen very often.

Sort of VD )) related. One of the TV channels is showing a Lethal Weapon marathon. In one scene Mel Gibson's character is trying desperately to get a woman to go out on a date with him. He says, "Hey, you could be original and say yes; everyone else says no."