Valentine's Day - funniest and least romantic gestures

The first Valentines Day after I met my husband (in 1968) I waited expectantly for a card or maybe even flowers. What I did get was a short verse penned by him on the back of a beermat since he had been out celebrating with a pal who has his birthday on the same day. Kept it for ages until it fell to bits - the kids are always highly amused by their romantic Dad and I think that was the one and only acknowledgment of 14th Feb!

Maggie
This morning my husband and I shared a kiss and a lovely warm hug in the kitchen and wished each other a happy Valentine's Day. It was enough. [contented ]

We went to Paris on a February half term and ate in a lovely little restaurant on the Ile de France on Valentine's Day. DH was gazing intently across the table at me over pudding and I thought that after 35 years together he was finally going to get in touch with his romantic side. "What are you thinking?" I asked, raising the glass of fizz. He didn't even hesitate. "I just noticed how the candlelight makes your spots stand out."

I met my DH 44 years ago and we have been married for nearly 37 year. Never , in all that time has he acknowledged Valentines day. I've never minded as I think it is just another commercial date and I know he loves me every day. However today as he was leaving for work he came back and put a small heart shaped box of chocolates on the table in front of me , kissed the back of my head and said, 'see, I can still surprise you after all these years'.

Oh Elegran that comment about the helmet and gum shield made me laugh out loud!

Brenda - sorry to lower the tone, but did I detect a Freudian slip in your post above? - heats desire . . . ?

First Valentine day with my first ex I'd asked him to send me a really slushy card, so he sent me one with a toilet on the front!

When we were first married we were stoney broke - like many others. Our first Valentines Day together I wasn't really expecting anything but when he arrived home from work he was carrying a small bunch of flowers - not really special you might think - except that he had made up the bunch to match my wedding bouquet.

Happy Valentines Day to all. May it bring your heats desire, well we can live in hope.

Well, after years of exchanging cards and nothing else I've just received a big (and I mean BIG) bouquet of red roses delivered to the door. I'm VERY surprised and a bit giggly now ... I hope all the neighbours saw!!!

The most romantic valentine's story I know concerns me only in a supporting role. My cousin went out with a lad called Paul for three years in their teens and after pressure from her family she dumped him one January. He adored her and was bereft and so I went out with him a few times over the following weeks, just to cheer him up and listen to how she was the love of his life. I obviously did a good job of building his confidence and making him feel better because on Valentine's Day he sent me a dozen roses (unheard of extravagance in our circles) and that evening we agreed that he was over the worst and we went our separate ways. He totally believed that my cousin was his soul mate and they would eventually be together. A year later my cousin married a policeman.
But that's not the end of my story because two years ago, each with a failed marriage behind them, they met up again by accident and have been living together ever since. Aaah, don't you just love a happy ending?

Ooops! Just realised that many of us have not exactly followed the brief in the OP!

(No wonder I cocked up yesterday!)

I hope Mr P will remember to re-send "the" card. Our first Valentine's day together he sent me a beautiful (and probably expensive) hand made card.

I told him I didn't want any other one, so each year he writes a new message in it.

My dad used to send all his four granddaughters lovely Valentines cards getting various other people to sign them.

Years ago DH and I went for a romantic valentine's dinner. At one point we were holding hands over the candlelit table when I realised the odd smell that had appeared was my jacket sleeve burning

DD and SIL are going to a very nice restaurant tomorrow evening, she was at the Pedeatrician this morning to get DGS his age two certificate for starting school and the doctor, a very nice German man commented that he could not think of anywhere to take his girlfriend, DD told him where they were going, he phoned the restaurant there and then, thanked DD and said I am sure we will see you there, she was too gobsmacked to say anything.

Oh she probably has them already Elegran she is fitness mad !

Happy valentines day darling...................... thump.......dead arm ........ ouch

Has he ordered himself a helmet and gumshield too?

Simply have to tell you all that ;

My son has just asked my husband if he would mind popping into Argos (on his way to get a sandwich) to pick up a Valentines gift he has reserved for his partner (and the mother of my three grandchildren).

My husband has just returned to work with....................

A pair of Boxing Gloves !!!

............and they say that romance is dead.

My dear late Mum told me she had only received one Valentine's card when she was a young girl. She excitedly opened the envelope to see a large smiling gorilla !!

She never found out who sent it.

That was lovely gillybob thanks for sharing.

Valentine's Day comes just a week after our wedding anniversary so we do tend to remember it. On the end of our honeymoon we were driving back to Exeter via Exmouth to pop into my parents and OH said 'we can't stay too lomg' and that made me cross. Mid argument he squealed the car to a halt, told me to get out and look in the boot. I found a beautiful bouquet for Valentine's Day. Felt very ashamed and also wondered how he managed to organise that surprise given we had not been apart in those seven days.

That is lovely. I've gone quite tearful. You lucky woman.

What a lovely story ! Have you written your memoirs gillybob? You are having a very interesting life (despite your problems).Enjoy!

Too right Elegran