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Valentine's Day

  • What's the bare minimum you can do (gifts, flowers, whatever) to not get in trouble from or not piss off your wife/ girlfriend/ sig other?

    If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?

    chrs0049 ●

  • Heard some commercial on the radio the other day, and the woman says "don't buy me lingerie, that's for you and not for me." Typical. You have to remember it's all about them.

    sugarmag ●

  • I don't have to do anything. But I will bring flowers (not the $100 bouquet variety, though). And she gets to go to the Boston College game on Thursday.

    Hell of a week for her, if you ask me.

    StoneTheCrow

  • I stopped talking to mine yesterday.

    Watch how much evil we call the crime picks up...There is nothing else to do Sal!- Ray Lewis

    TerrapinFanMan ●

  • My wife thinks spending a ton of money on flowers is stupid so I just get something nice from the grocery store that's less than $10.

    We usually just use it as an excuse to go out for dinner that weekend, which we'll probably do this year.

    Baldwin

  • We don't celebrate Valentines day, it's a stupid commercial holiday.

    Also, you should buy your girlfriend flowers throughout the year so she feels special on random days.

    strago

  • strago said...

    Also, you should buy your girlfriend flowers throughout the year so she feels special on random days.

    This. A $5 bouquet of grocery store flowers on a random Wednesday in July gets you more points than a $50 bouquet of flowers on Valentines Day does.

    Baldwin

  • I usually have to do flowers/ chocolates and maybe a small gift - it's a combo for valentine's day and "thank you for not making me pay attention to you for the past 19 Sundays"

    If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?

    chrs0049 ●

  • Baldwin said...

    This. A $5 bouquet of grocery store flowers on a random Wednesday in July gets you more points than a $50 bouquet of flowers on Valentines Day does.

    I think my biggest pimp move was surprising a girl with flowers and as I was driving to her place she called me in pieces because she found some notes her father wrote to her before he died. I keep her on the phone then show up at her door in five minutes fresh from the store with flowers.

    "WE WANT MORE WE WANT MORE girl is providing the rallying cry for the 2013 O's." ~dh2k3

    JDawgBBall9

  • Baldwin said...

    We usually just use it as an excuse to go out for dinner that weekend, which we'll probably do this year.

    This - great excuse to try a new place. I think we're going to go out on Wednesday.

    Nice bouquet of flowers and a card should be more than sufficient, IMO.

    DTMoney121

  • JDawgBBall9 said...

    I think my biggest pimp move was surprising a girl with flowers and as I was driving to her place she called me in pieces because she found some notes her father wrote to her before he died. I keep her on the phone then show up at her door in five minutes fresh from the store with flowers.

    Nicholas...Sparks?

    7erps

  • We have a beer leagues game of skeeball, cornhole and shuffleboard. Should be a romantic evening for sure.

    RUbaseball

  • I have flowers going to her office, but she is actually cooking a nice dinner for me tomorrow so it's not a bad trade off at all.

    7erps

  • We went out to a swanky dinner two weeks ago, since my parents were in town and could watch the rugrat. Probably going to get her a card tomorrow, and then we'll have a romantic dinner of trying to feed the 5 month old rice cereal and dodge vomit.

    tent84 ●

  • She wants to go spinning and to Wendy's. Awesome. (We're going out for nice dinner on Friday instead), but I got her some makeup that she's been wanting.

    Get her a card and write something nice. That's the biggest thing.

    This post was edited by GQCoolest on 2/13/2012 at 9:33 AM

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    GQCoolest

  • Pretty sure if your wife/gf/SO cares too much about this day, or gets too bent out of shape/sensitive about it, then you picked the wrong girl.

    gmanterps

  • chrs0049 said...

    What's the bare minimum you can do (gifts, flowers, whatever) to not get in trouble from or not piss off your wife/ girlfriend/ sig other?

    It's thinking like this which makes us suck at basketball.

    Chip Kelly --> NFL --> Fired --> Maryland

    Hogie

  • I'll get her a card and cook dinner, and if she says anything bitchy I'll say "well what did you get ME for Valentine's Day?"

    She'll then follow up with "well, it's a holiday for women."

    To which my retort will be "you better mark your calendar for Steak and a Blow Job Day. March 14th. I'll cook the steak."

    PaulUMD ●

  • Answer is different if you are married (and length of time), just starting to date, "hanging out", and dating for years (lady waiting for the rock). Most women like candy, flowers, jewelry, etc.; but a nice card or gesture goes a long way all year around (as strago and Baldwin have stated). Just tell the person you care, doesn't have to be an a selected day (should be mandatory).

    One tip: I will say, you score a lot of points if you send flowers to her work, all the women in the office will be jealous and comment for a week. "Oh, your boyfriend/husband is so wonderful". Blah Blah Blah.

    amyeg

  • mmmm dodge vomit. Much better than that imported Honda vomit. Go America!

    VelvetBulldozer

  • 1) Find some index cards.
    2) Cut them down into even smaller rectangles
    3) Write something you like/love about her on each one (or, Rutgers).
    4) Put all of them in a cute little box for safe keeping.
    5) Finish on her face without consequence.

    Allenbaba

  • strago said...

    We don't celebrate Valentines day, it's a stupid commercial holiday.

    Also, you should buy your girlfriend flowers throughout the year so she feels special on random days.

    Yeah, we don't celebrate it either. And even the rest of the other holidays we don't spend a lot of money or make a huge deal out of them (with each other, holidays are still a big deal for the kid). I do try to make an effort to occasionally bring home flowers on some random Friday and in December I kind of randomly surprised her with a diamond bracelet. I think spontaneous stuff means a lot more than some obligatory gift on a made-up holiday. I mean, if my wife thought Valentine's Day was a big deal I'd give her a gift, but I'm just glad she doesn't.

    She also handles our finances so if I buy some extravagant gift I'm basically spending her money anyway.

    MisterSmiley ●

  • I'm having rotator cuff surgery (again) tomorrow morning.

    Since my wife will have to pick up my drugs at the grocery store, I figure I'll toss her an extra 20 bucks so she can grab some candy, couple flowers, and a card.

    She can write whatever she wants on the card and I'll sign it in a percocet haze.

    RandomTerp

  • Im spending vday doing what I love the most, playing basketball.

    Mr Tiffles7673

  • this should be negotiated pre-marriage along with "do you want kids" and how finances will be handled.

    We chose to ignore it, though she still gets a card.

    terpinnyc

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