Valentine's Day keeps getting ruined

Please stop propagating the idea that Valentine's Day is a real holiday. Thank you.

Thanks,

-- All of Mankind

Maybe don't think of it as a holiday and just make it a chance to do something nice for a lady.

Went to the National Aquarium and to Udvar-Hazey Air & Space. No reason it has to be a special day for just one participant.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Please stop propagating the idea that Valentine's Day is a real holiday. Thank you. Thanks, -- All of Mankind

Yes, please do.

In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:

I agree but for 2015, Valentine's Day sales are expected to reach a whopping $19 billion

Sine_Qua_Non wrote: In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker: I agree but for 2015, Valentine's Day sales are expected to reach a whopping $19 billion

My contribution to this statistic is '0'.

Wife still loves me!

Valentines Day is not about spending money, it is about spending time together. Whatever you do, as long as there are no distractions and you are spending the time with her and her alone, she will love it.

We have a simple rule in our house...Nice to each other all year long and hall pass to be a jerk on the Hallmark Holidays. I went ice fishing for Valentines.

In reply to pinchvalve:

This is not what the jewelry, greeting card, flower and chocolate industries had in mind when they put it on the calendar. You can just be nice and spend time together all the time, for free. Valentine's Day is about posting some Q1 numbers during a flat time of year for spending. They didn't buy all those ads to help your relationship. Get out that wallet, son.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Please stop propagating the idea that Valentine's Day is a real holiday. Thank you. Thanks, -- All of Mankind

"Is it not enough that we sleep with them?" --Nick Tortelli

Quite honestly, my wife and I have stopped trying to do something "nice" for each other on Valentines. She's not a chocolate eater and thinks that the price of flowers on V-day is a scam and a waste of money. I'd rather my wife not spend money on me and would rather she use it on herself or the kids. So we spend Valentines day trying to do something nice for our kids. We don't spend a lot of money, no need to. And yes, we give our kids loving every day, but we try to make it more special for them. We get them cards and their favorite candy. Look through the valentines they get at school and just spend some extra time with them.

Sometimes I think the more you "try" on V-day, the harder it is or worse the outcome.

I got to spend the first part of the day in the junkyard pulling a 2.4 turbo out of a PT cruiser for later use (thanks, for the help, eastsidemav! best valentine's day present I've ever gotten from another dude). Once that was done, I spent the evening with my wife's friends:

She works out at a pole fitness studio and they were doing demos and recruiting at a combination steampunk/mardi gras event at a local bar/small concert venue place. Bought a couple drinks, but otherwise it was a super cheap valentines date that we both had a great time at. Bonus is that all she wanted for Valentine's Day was a plush dancing hippo from the Hallmark store.

In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:

Its my State's birthday. So I typically celebrate that with some beer and burnouts as God intended.

We did the same thing we do on all of our date nights which is dinner and a show.

Only difference was this time I chose the band based on her tastes even though it was my turn to choose. So for us it was Bob Schneider show and dinner at a nicer upscale Italian restaurant.

In reply to Klayfish:

Are you normally not honest?

We dropped the kids off at the in-laws for the night. Then we went to the grocery store and bought nothing but junk food and booze. Then we went home and watched Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men Days of Future Past, and Fast Five. It was awesome.

I took my three kids the to the Air Force museum and then my wife and I went out for dinner and a movie.

bravenrace wrote: In reply to Klayfish: Are you normally not honest?

You know, there are more than two options: it is possible to be something between an shiny happy person and a sucker. Cheez.

In reply to Duke:

Blasphemy! That's like saying there are more than two political parties, or saying there is something between atheism and blindly following religious dogma, or saying there are other cars besides miatas and gas guzzling poor riding tank-u-v's only driven by soccer moms to and from the wild shopping mall.

Duke wrote: it *is* possible to be something between an shiny happy person and a sucker

Isn't the thing between those two called the "taint"?

BlueInGreen44 wrote: Maybe don't think of it as a holiday and just make it a chance to do something nice for a lady.

pinchvalve wrote: Valentines Day is not about spending money, it is about spending time together. Whatever you do, as long as there are no distractions and you are spending the time with her and her alone, she will love it.

All of this. Some people are bad at expressing themselves throughout the year.

On top of that, while a "hallmark" holiday, there are plenty of people that would kill to be in a relationship that treated them well enough to be part of the holiday.

Its like saying "why celebrate Christmas" and to that I say "why not?" If you and your significant other have decided not to, thats cool. But don't E36 M3 on people that do. It also happens to fall on/around a 3 day long weekend in Alberta, so it makes a good time to go have fun :)

I spent the first half of the day on a 30 mile training bike ride with my daughter and her friends, then came home and prepped the race car for Sunday's championship event. Wife and I don't put much effort in to Holidays, especially Hallmark holidays. Christmas and birthdays are for the kids, not adults. This is why I love her soo much and try to make everyday special for her

Bought my wife a card and we went on a somewhat pricey group date dinner with some friends.

I think that few women would object to getting some extra attention on V-Day.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

Duke wrote: it *is* possible to be something between an shiny happy person and a sucker

Isn't the thing between those two called the "taint"?

I'd rather be taint than be right there in the stink. But that's just me.

Are you the kind of guy who wouldn't give your wife a Mother's Day card because she's not your mother?