Do you actually like Valentine's Day?

by **Hitman079** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:22 am

i think it's fine, but getting a non-cliche gift can be quite a difficult task.
do you think it's cliche and inflated? or is it one of your most sacred holidays?

by **muy_thaiguy** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:23 am

Ever since I grew out of candy (yes, it happened), I just see it as a nuisance.

by **Hitman079** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:25 am

muy_thaiguy wrote:Ever since I grew out of candy (yes, it happened), I just see it as a nuisance.

sometimes it's a good thing if your significant other's against it

by **Skittles!** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:26 am

Most people just get roses, don't they?

I don't like Valentines day. Too commercialised for me.

by **Hitman079** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:27 am

tru dat, but you can still make it unique somehow..just don't:
buy roses
buy candy
buy a stuffed animal
propose

by **Skittles!** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:30 am

One girl got a sunflower for today, ha.

by **strike wolf** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:32 am

Not really but it's a little more of a woman's holiday anyways.

by **Hitman079** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:32 am

that's much better. people whose favorite flowers are actually roses are a very small minority. i chose "yes" on accident, i meant to choose the last option.

by **strike wolf** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:36 am

Yeah, my current gf really likes lilies, but hates roses (though mainly because she believes they are "cliche" as mentioned above)

by **Skittles!** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:41 am

Hitman079 wrote:that's much better. people whose favorite flowers are actually roses are a very small minority. i chose "yes" on accident, i meant to choose the last option.

My religious teacher loves roses.

by **autoload** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:20 am

I think it is a worthless day.

by **radiojake** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:47 am

its an awful day -
but having a girlfriend who tends to like these kinds of days i find myself in predicaments quite often.

I took her out yesterday (13th) and am going to take her out for dinner on saturday night - but i won't do or give or mention anything on the 14th.. just my lame boycott

by **Skoffin** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:55 am

This is the first valentines day I've not been single, I still don't care about this day though. It always seemed like just a day for women to expect gifts to me.
I hope someone gets a valentines card saying this though:
IronChef Foicite: well, there's a lot of reasons
IronChef Foicite: i mean, roses only last like a couple weeks
IronChef Foicite: and that's if you leave them in water
IronChef Foicite: and they really only exist to be pretty
IronChef Foicite: so that's like saying
IronChef Foicite: "my love for you is transitory and based solely on your appearance"
IronChef Foicite: but a potato!
IronChef Foicite: potatos last for fucking ever, man
IronChef Foicite: in fact, not only will they not rot, they actually grow shit even if you just leave them in the sack
IronChef Foicite: that part alone makes it a good symbol
IronChef Foicite: but there's more!
IronChef Foicite: there are so many ways to enjoy a potato! you can even make a battery with it!
IronChef Foicite: and that's like saying "i have many ways in which I show my love for you"
IronChef Foicite: and potatos may be ugly, but they're still awesome
IronChef Foicite: so that's like saying "it doesn't matter at all what you look like, I'll still love you"

Wouldn't that be epic?

by **Skittles!** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:58 am

I'm going to go buy a potato now, and give it to someone for valentines day.. Next year! :lol:

by **Dariune** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:33 am

Skittles! wrote:I'm going to go buy a potato now, and give it to someone for valentines day.. Next year!

I actually did that in my younger days.
i had been with a girl for three weeks and on Valentinesday i gave a potato and a sachet of salt to her.

Believe it or not we lasted for another week. :lol:

by **autoload** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:13 am

I don't believe it.

by **the_fatty** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:08 am

i hate it, and i still like candy.

by **comic boy** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:04 am

Had to climb out of the window this morning to buy a newspaper, front door was jammed solid with hundreds of bloody cards :lol:

by **diddle** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:29 am

Skittles! wrote:Most people just get roses, don't they?

I don't like Valentines day. Too commercialised for me.

You must hate christmas then.

by **jennifermarie** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:54 am

A friend of mine is getting married today....I guess this way her husband will only have to remember their wedding day, and not have to worry too much about valentine's day.

by **Dariune** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:02 am

autoload wrote:I don't believe it.

No really, it was so funny. As you can guess we werent particularly close and i was going through a stage of .... explioration and experimentatio :wink:

by **Snorri1234** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:37 am

*mumbles something about this day being an invention of shopkeepers to trick us into spending money and stuff like that*

by **ignotus** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:01 am

Snorri1234 wrote:*mumbles something about this day being an invention of shopkeepers to trick us into spending money and stuff like that*

Well we are living in a consumer controlled society... :roll:

by **Koesen** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:50 am

Here in North America, I find it's so commercialized it's not nice anymore. It's a social obligation more than anything else, and it really is designed to help shopkeepers make money.

In the Netherlands, where I come from originally, Valentine's Day is a day when you send an anonymous card or letter (or something like that) to someone you love but don't dare to approach on a normal day. That, I like.

by **Curmudgeonx** on Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:17 am

Koesen, that is called stalking here in the US

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