Valentine plans

My OH said last evening "we wont buy anything for Valentines Day will we" he said that at Christmas too, on reflection on wakening this morning I thought "No" so I said we cant stop giving because we have everything, I think he has now come to my way of thinking, it will be interesting on Thursday!

My husband and I have been together for 58 years and I would never let Valentine's Day go by without a card. I am also taking him out for lunch and have ordered a magnolia tree for him that he fancied
Not a surprise I know but he has bought me a lovely coral coloured leather handbag that I said I liked

Haven’t got the card yet but himself got me an Epilady to remove the fine hair on my face. (At my request, I should add.)
So romantic!
I tried it the other night and my face came up in great blobs Had to cool it down with cold water. Luckily they had gone the next day.
Note to self.... only use it in the evening long before you are going anywhere!
Haven’t got him anything yet but I’m sure he’ll let me know what he wants fairly soon!

Me too! We both totally forgot last year but it didn't matter as we BOTH forgot...

A card has been posted to my new-ish chap (we've been in a relationship since last July). We won't see each other until Friday but I think there has been a hint that a present will turn up then. Meantime I have been busy with wool - this bloke is definitely knitworthy. Though he's not getting a jersey, we don't want to activate the Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater.

43 years for us and he never forgets St Valentine's day, anniversary or birthday, but I wish he would be less precise about my age! Some of us are never satisfied!!

Meal for two, chocolates ,and We both buy cards.

First one alone but I am going to buy myself the flowers and fizz and drink a toast to DH - we had 45 years! Enjoy your evenings everyone and make the most of the day.

We’ll ignore it!
Even my son doesn’t buy anything for his wife as he he says it’s Valentine’s Day every day for them, not just one day a year!

I don’t need a special day, to show my love for my husband (I’ve been with him since 1970 m. 46years), that is nothing but a commercialised event. I will actually be visiting a friend that day, so we’ll probably have baked beans on toast for dinner.

I will be at a WI Committee meeting. This will be the first time in 35 years of marriage with nothing planned! I'd better get thinking!

pen50, interesting sweater superstition. Fact is my husband is the only one who was lucky enough not to get one. Guess he got me instead!

We'll ignore it too.
But my husband is upstairs right now putting a clean king size duvet cover on our duvet and for that I am more grateful than for a card.........I find it so difficult to do!!

We pick out a big box of chocolates and binge on it, together!

I've given up...I can't remember when dh last did anything. A simple card would do but nope. I carried on even after he stopped but don't bother now.

I will get us a supermarket meal for two. It's hubbies birthday the day after so we will go out for a meal then.

Gosh! We haven't 'done' Valentine's Day for years (married 37.5 and together 42 this year) and this year it clashes with my WI meeting (I'm president so can't miss) and his choir night! So no romance but I don't think you need a special day!

Snap Monica, our anniversary is also 17th Feb, so will celebrate and give each other a present then. Though we kind of acknowledge 14th with cards (anonymously signed) and small chocolate gift for each other that are hidden by the front door and we claim to be from our secret admirers!

It’ll be an M & S meal deal for us too, if there’s anything left in our local store after we’ve been to the cinema on Thursday afternoon! Cards and chocolates are a given and I’m sure some nice flowers will be coming my way.

Though the flowers will be bought the day after, at about a third of the Valentine’s Day price!

Never bother. It’s a waste of money.

My partner also agrees.

Last year we went out with friends for a Valentine's dinner.
This morning we dropped our son at the airport for his flight home to England. We got home and gave a sigh of relief for the silence so I think we will quietly celebrate the 14th at home this year. He is a lovely young man but very full on which I can understand as he lives alone and was enjoying spending time with his parents.

After 45y marriage this is more our style:

A woman was taking an afternoon nap. When she woke up, she told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace. What do you think it means?"

"You'll know tonight," he said. That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it to find a book entitled "The Meaning of Dreams."

When DH proposed to me, he didn't want to do it on Valentine's Day - too cheesey - so the day before he took me for a walk to a park where we'd had our first date. It was unexpected and quite romantic. So we always celebrate our engagement anniversary on the 13th, rather than anything on Valentine's day. This year it's drinks at a local wine bar, lunch at a bistro over the road and then the bus home. Romance has not died! We do exchange cards on the 14th but we're off on hols on the 15th so our Valentine's day meal will be polishing off whatever's left in the fridge.

46th this year but was aware from the start that DH does not do Valentine's Day However, the year we met he presented me with a teddy with a romantic note and a bottle of Babycham (my favourite drink at the tine) completely unaware of the date. He buys thoughtful gifts throughout the year 'just because' not for any commercial occasion as he puts it. Mentioning the day brings back memories for him of the year a girl at my work had an enormous bouquet delivered. This resulted in envious comments, to our other halves, from all girls at work so bunches of flowers were produced later that day or next. It still rankled at the Christmas dance when all the males rounded on the one responsible for giving the enormous bouquet.