Who else doesn't exchange Valentine gifts with your SO?

[LostInAnomie]

My girlfriend and I have never exchanged Valentine gifts.

Who else?

[Briarius]

1. LynzM and I don't

we both know it's a commercial holiday, so why bother?

[LostInAnomie]

3. That's pretty much our thinking as well.

Why buy into the marketing?

[Midlodemocrat]

24. There you are. Boy,you are sure making this stalking thing hard.

:bounce:

[Briarius]

29. it's like hide and seek

:P

[Silver Swan]

2. No gifts, no cards

My spouse and I do not exchange gifts, but we will go out for a dinner of heart-shaped pizza.

[tigereye]

4. we get each other chocolate....

but nothing fancy.

[Kat45]

5. I'll find out tomorrow.

It's my first Valentine's Day with my boyfriend. I'm guessing the answer is no.

[Elidor]

6. I gave my SO some krispy kreme donuts

It wasn't for Valentine's, but she decided it would do fine for a Valentine's gift. Damn, that was easy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear LostInAnomie..........

My husband and I generally don't......

Once in a while I'll send him an e-card........

But that's about it......:shrug:

[GalleryGod]

17. Shocked ! I say shocked.

Truly surprised, Peg.

Even when I had shoulder length hair,smoked dope,wore elephant bell bottoms, and love beads...I always celebrated V-Day with an exchange of gifts and a "dinner out". Never even then, bought the "commercialization-marketing excuse"

[enigmatic]

8. We don't

Not our thing; we both really don't care for Valentine's Day. We'll probably go out to eat, but that's it. When we first met she warned me not to get caught up w/ that kind of stuff and just focus on the love every day instead, and it's another of the million reasons I love her..

[Dervill Crow]

9. We don't. n/t

[Orsino]

10. We don't.

We have Valentine's Day every day.

[emmajane67]

11. We don't.

Never have for the last 6 years. This year, since we're doing the LDR thing for a couple more months, he was gong to come and visit me and suprise me but couldn't get the time off. I said I'd prefer he came in the weekend as we'd have a better time and he'd be here for longer.
He sent me an Anti-valentines card and I sent him a photo of a part of me (he he) and that's probably the most extravagent valentines day we've ever had!!!

[Skittles]

12. ME, ME

I hate any kind of gift nonsense - if I feel like giving a gift I do it any time, I don't feel f***ing required to do it on certain days and I really dislike receiving gifts anyways

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. We don't.

We never really have. We have a nice dinner with the children and give them candy on their plates and just kind of enjoy the life that love built... Corny, I know. I love it.

Sometimes we joke. If MrG has to buy a tool of some sort he'll had it to me and say "Happy Valentine's Day". :D

[Katherine Brengle]

14. We don't --

I've always thought it was rather foolish actually.

[Saphire]

15. we don't ...we exchange small, inexpensive gifts all year long.

I think it's much more meaningful to know he was thinking about me that day.

[GalleryGod]

16. Oh,well...

More for us to buy, I guess.:bounce: :loveya:


Even when I was single and wasn't "allowed" to touch the 34 undergrad women I taught...I at least celebrated the

"St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (being Italian and all that)
:shrug: :loveya: :donut: :loveya:


We do it up full blast each year..just like our birthdays...and Mother's Day...anyhow, "I guess that's why Sardi's has menus".

[azmouse]

18. I refuse to make holidays a test

of how much my husband loves me. We don't exchange gifts on any Hallmark holiday or anniversary or Xmas.

[slj0101]

19. Not this year, We're broke.

:(

Actually, we may be going out to lunch on Friday.

[wovenpaint]

20. We agree, commercial holiday

so we don't go to great lengths. Every day is like Valentine's Day!
This year I've made a "kindergarten card" for fun.....remember the messy tissue paper glued to cardboard and you added glitter?
I used glow in the dark glitter, teehee.

:loveya:

Edited to say that I feel that I posted this too hastily .... I see nothing wrong with going all gooey over this day either-I'm loving reading the "mushy" stories here. So, commercial or not, having a day devoted to appreciating love reminds us that every day CAN be like Valentine's Day!
Have a great one-and keep the vibe going!!
:hi: :loveya: :woohoo:

[Mary Tyler Moore]

21. hmmm

I consider myself forgotten if I do not receive some symbol of love. I want to feel like I am in a relationship and to me without something from the heart, it is like having lasagna on Thanksgiving.



Disclaimer: I also bought into the marketing of the Epilady and silk hoodies.

[NewWaveChick1981]

22. Hubby and I got away from giving each other Valentine's Day gifts a few years ago.

We usually get a little chocolate, and sometimes he'll get me roses, but it's usually very low-key. We do the same thing on our anniversary.

[matcom]

23. Mrs Matcom and I don't

but we WILL share a bottle of wine or 2 with dinner tonight

[Midlodemocrat]

25. We don't. Our first Valentine's together he bought me a new car,

so there's no topping that.

We don't exchange anniversary gifts, either. We usually buy something for the house that we both want.

[matcom]

26. but that was a mini-van

:eyes:






































:hide:

[Midlodemocrat]

27. HA. Actually, it was a Honda Accord Coupe, 1989

Prior to that, I had been driving a Pontiac sunbird and on my lowly teacher's salary, couldn't afford a new car.

I loved that Honda. It was such a great car. I kinda wish I had kept it for TM to drive.

It was my first car with A/C. We had to get rid of it when #3 came along because we couldn't fit three car seats across the back. :sigh:

[zanne]

28. 28 years of not exchanging gifts...

That means we're either practical or cheap.

[PVnRT]

30. We don't celebrate Hallmark holidays

n/t

[Justpat]

31. We don't.

We tend to ignore all culturally mandated spending sprees.

But we have learned to treat every day as if was special.

[JackBeck]

32. We don't.

And last night, we made sure neither of us was getting the other a card.

[JVS]

33. In my house participation in holidays which honor lustful sentiment is forbidden

[Blue_In_AK]

34. No gifts, just cards

and a nice dinner out. :)

[Patiod]

35. I am making him cook my favorite dinner

We're broke this year, so I asked for daffodils and my favorite dinner (well, my favorite that he doesn't like -- I have other favorites that we have pretty often because he likes them).

Gifts depend on our finances. If he's making money, I'm not adverse to a little treat. If he's not working, no pressure.

[GalleryGod]

37. You know I love you, Patty!

[Samurai_Writer]

36. Never have and never will

Even when I was married, Valentine's Day was never celebrated. It's a crass, consumerist, commercialized holiday that has nothing to do with St. Valentine -- the Catholic church can't even determine who he was.

http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/ValentinesDay/

A quick quiz: St. Valentine was:

a) a priest in the Roman Empire who helped persecuted Christians during the reign of Claudius II, was thrown in jail and later beheaded on Feb. 14.

b) a Catholic bishop of Terni who was beheaded, also during the reign of Claudius II.

c) someone who secretly married couples when marriage was forbidden, or suffered in Africa, or wrote letters to his jailer's daughter, and was probably beheaded.

d) all, some, or possibly none of the above.

[kedrys]

38. We don't

We exchanged toasts over shots of sake for most of the evening, though. Much more fun than gifts. :evilgrin: :toast:

[sakabatou]

39. Having no SO

the point is moot for me.