cycworker
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 4,375
Jun 26, 2014 0:42:38 GMT
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Post by cycworker on Feb 15, 2017 6:24:57 GMT
Nope. Valentine's day is his gig. We celebrate him on March 14th, I make a mean steak. I see what you did there. Took me a sec, but I did, too.
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Post by JoP on Feb 15, 2017 6:35:32 GMT
I gave him 6 heart shaped chocolates, a millennium falcon bottle opener and a card. He gave me a card and 18 red roses 🌹
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Feb 15, 2017 16:28:04 GMT
I got him a card and some chocolate. He got me roses for V-day and since it's my birthday I also got a new Garmin running watch.
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Post by jenb72 on Feb 15, 2017 18:31:45 GMT
I got him a very nice card, which he loved. The sentiment in it fit us perfectly. I didn't get him anything else because he felt bad at Christmas when I bought him gifts (none of them at all expensive, but still) and he wasn't able to get me anything. So I kept it low-key for Valentines Day.
A few years ago I made him an 8 x 8 album - it has a burgundy leather stitched cover (very manly) - and the pages inside are full of things I love about him along with some pictures of us. He proudly displays it in our living room with some of our favorite vacation albums so anyone visiting who wants to look through it can do so. I've also cooked him some of his favorite meals or made him a special dessert. He's pretty easy to please, lol.
Jen
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Post by chlerbie on Feb 15, 2017 20:04:34 GMT
No--he's not huge into gifts for it, and while he used to do a lot more for me when we first got together, he just gets me a card and we go out to dinner and...spend the evening together.
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Post by LisaDV on Feb 15, 2017 20:51:45 GMT
He surprises me with flowers or small gifts at various times throughout the year, but early on said he was not into hallmark holidays. I'm fine with this. I will occasionally get him something but not every year. Two years ago I got him Kiwi plants.
When we started having kids, I always made sure to get the kids something. He would complain about hallmark holidays when I did. I'd explain that my Dad always gave me a valentine and I will always get our son (then children) a valentine. My Dad died when I was a Jr. in high school. This year, the importance to me of getting the kids something finally sunk in the old man's head (maybe he just wasn't listening the other 14 years). This year he actually felt bad about not getting me anything, even though I told him it's only important to me to carry on my Dad's tradition, which means me getting the kids something. He did make sure he was home and not traveling, which is a gift in itself in my book. I also made filet mignon for dinner.
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RedSquirrelUK
Drama Llama
Posts: 6,732
Location: The UK's beautiful West Country
Aug 2, 2014 13:03:45 GMT
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Feb 15, 2017 22:52:14 GMT
No flowers, but I made him a card and got him a bottle of nice wine and some chocolates, both of which we'll share. He didn't get me anything, but that's OK.
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Post by justkat on Feb 15, 2017 23:08:44 GMT
I made him breakfast; steak and eggs. Brewed him a big to-go cup of his favorite coffee which he gets on special occasions. And I made mini heart cut-out cookies for his lunch that I made up like conversation hearts. I also put a silly Valentine card in his lunch.
I sent him an edible fruit arrangement large enough for him to share if he wished to do so.
That morning he left me a silly card and a box with Pandora charms by my chair as a surprise. He sent me a beautiful floral arrangement and gave me a huge box of Godiva chocolates.
He came home from work earlier than usual. We went to dinner at a very lovely Belgian restaurant that recently opened in our area (I'm from Belgium). I gave him a gift of sterling silver US Navy cufflinks and a nice card. He gave me a gift of a special photo he had printed on metal for me and a nice card.
We try to tell and show each other every day how much we love one another. But we both love all the silly, fun, romantic, cheesy etc Valentine's stuff too. It's just fun to be all silly and romantic after our years together. :-)
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Post by lisacharlotte on Feb 15, 2017 23:14:59 GMT
A cookie (a very big, yummy cookie) and then we went to see John Wick 2. I was very happy!
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