[OT, Valentine's Day] What are you doing for your sweety?

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Nothing. I have no one. And I am probably the least desirable person alive, so that is not likely to change.

At least you still have your sense of humour eh? I have felt the way you are feeling before. It definitely sucks ! But things change, and when you least expect it, BAMMMO - there it is.

- I have come to hate Valentine's Day because of all the manufactured expectation and obligation. My wife and I don't celebrate this holiday. But we are always trying to better our relationship, and look for opportunities to show that we do not take each other for granted. And I think that is the true spirit behind "Valentines Day". We give each other a lot of space, and that is what has worked for us. Altough she does get frustrated some times with how often I seem to be on the EnWorld Messageboards. Heh.


All that being said, my wife and I are going to see ( hopefully Andre Agassi) play tennis at the HP Pavilion ( Siebel open- was the Sybase?) this friday. She is a huge fan.

And hey RW: My UNsolicited advice would be to sever any and all contacts with your ex ASAP. Working together in any capacity doesn't allow wounds to close. Some people drip drama on anyone around them, and she sounds like one of those. ( Errr ...I'm sure she's top notch in many, many respects! )

- BFG ( on that damned black screen again ) Ooi





sorry hong

 

[jgbrowning]

hrm

does "don't know" qualify as "good husband?"


joe b.

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

I will be getting my wife some chocolate and some roses (I pick up fresh flowers every week, not roses mind you... but it is something I like to do and her face always lights up when I bring them home and it makes her happy... so) and of course we are going to see Daredevil that night.

I try and do little things thoughout the year - cards, flowers, dinner at places she likes, cooking breakfast Sat mornings, etc. Not much as I am not romantic, but little stuff that makes her happy. It is a good feeling at times

 

[KitanaVorr]

I got her a bread machine.

Thankfully, I like bread.

[sarcasm]oh how romantic[/sarcasm]



I hope flowers came with that, too.

 

[KitanaVorr]

Re: hrm

does "don't know" qualify as "good husband?"


joe b.

Not even remotely

 

[incognito]

I have no idea what recently happened btwn me and my "special someone"

it sort of fell apart last week - major bummer, as it was my birthday that week. Went from staying over, to not talking, somehow.

So, only tears this v-day, chaps.

Wish me luck for next year

 

[Toj]

Well me and my wife don't feel V-day is even worthy to be a holdiday. Doing something special for your 'sweety' shouldn't require a special day. You should try and do it all year round.

Now I did propose on V-day so it is special to us for that reason.

I am taking my wife out to eat on Thursday, so we can actually find a place that's not packed, and then Friday we are catching the matinee to Daredevil.

 

[Arravis]

As part of my goal to be the uber-geek.... I hired Dr.Midnight to do a drawing of both our D&D characters that I'm getting framed and surprising her with it on Friday.

While she's at work, I plan to actually clean the house, put candles all over the place, some glow in-the-dark stars to put in the ceiling, a rotating disco-ball, some valentine's hearts that I'm putting on the wall, a large amount of chocolates and cookies and I'm making her favortite dinner. Dinner will be cooked before she gets home from and I'm putting it in the oven, on warm. When she gets home from work, I'll turn off all the lights, light the candles and I'll put on a Velentine's day CD I made for us and we'll dance the night away in our out-living room. When she gets hungry, dinner will already be done, so it all should go smoothly... anyway it should make for a nice intimate night .

 

[Nifft]

A couch, a bottle of wine, a nice candle-lit dinner, and some quality nookie.

-- Nifft

 

[mythago]

What, you don't give her quality nookie all year-round? Bad penguin!

I'd like to point out that the only women who are hung up on this are the women who don't see that kind of affection all year round. Because of that, they see V'Day as the one day you'd at least HAVE to be affectionate and treat them like a queen.

Well, not quite true. There are also people (men and women) who are just into the whole mushy V-Day thing, yes they know it's a silly holiday but they don't care, and while they will be okay with it if you don't like V-Day....

Can you guess I married one of the mushy types?

I will probably make him marizpan roses or a big heart-shaped platter of chocolate chip cookie dough as his V-Day present. His present to me should be happily accepting his present FROM me.