With Valentine’s Day around the corner, how many couples still do the candy and flowers routine?
| She Said | He Said |
| I’ll admit right now that I am not a typical female. I love sports and don’t own a ‘little black dress’. So it’s a good thing that Jack and I agreed to not do anything special for Valentine’s Day. Am I sacrificing one of the mandatory girlie days of the year where you are guaranteed something nice and pretty? In hind sight, maybe I should reconsider . . .We’ve never been big on Valentine’s Day throughout our almost 14 years marriage. We have usually done something little for one another – but this year we decided to bypass the gifts and just try to enjoy the day together – as a family. Does that sound unusual?
After further thought, I want to be sure that we aren’t getting complacent – I don’t want our relationship to get old and boring from lack of effort. It’s hard enough to keep a marriage fresh, loving and fun due to our busy day-to-day lives. So, are we being lazy? Should we challenge ourselves to find the perfect gift for under $10? Should we come up with something special to keep Cupid’s arrow on target? I welcome your ideas! |
A little black dress sounds good:-)Does love require gifts, red roses or dinner at a fine restaurant?
Being in love and having the opportunity to share a day with my high school sweetheart is enough to make Valentine’s Day special. Hey, but you’d expect a guy to say something like this considering I had the opportunity to think about it first! The real deal is a hug means more to me than any $10 gift. Cuddling in bed, an unexpected kiss or the occasion when Jill pats me on the ass as she walks by are the acts I cherish the most. The great recession has not bitten us but it has impacted us. We’ve been trying to be even more conservative over the past 18 months than usual. For the holidays we agreed to not buy anything for each other. Not that we totally lived up to it. When Jill tossed out the idea of not spending for Valentine’s I simply took it as a sincere gesture to continue our more frugal ways. Sounds like Jill is having second thoughts. |
Readers: Time is wasting away fast. Are Valentine celebrations just another marketing induced commercialized ploy to get people to spend money, or do cards, chocolates and flowers really make a difference? Please leave your thoughts and comments by clicking the comments link below.
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