Do you do anything to celebrate or is Valentine's just another day?

[cheermom1]

We always wait till the day after when everything is 1/2 off. Plus it takes the pressure off of it as well..I get the kids a small box of candy and sometimes we go out sometimes we stay home just depends. we are more into we love each other all year round than just on one day...

 

[crz4mm2]

I usually get DH a card.
We used to go out and eat, but don't anymore!

 

[Rora]

I typically send cards and obviously give one to my DFi. We might go out to dinner or make dinner together at home. We rarely do gifts (my birthday is Feb. 13th). That all being said- I always want us to spend the day together.

And... I make him wear red while I wear pink . Thankfully, he's a good sport.

I love Valentine's Day but we don't go too crazy.

 

[C.Ann]

When my kids were little it was treated as an actual "holiday".. When they arrived home from school I would have special treats made up; decorations; Valentine napkins, cups, and plates; cards for them; etc.. St. Patrick's Day was treated as a "holiday" as well.. I was really big into ALL of the holidays when my kids were little - even the least significant ones - so they always had something to look forward to..

Here at DD's, we don't decorate - but we do try to have something "special" for dinner - or a treat (I may bake a heart shaped cake or make heart shaped cupcakes; etc.) - and DD's DH always buys flowers for all of us.. I was kind of shocked the first time I received flowers from him after my DH passed away, but his response was, "XXXX isn't here to do it himself anymore, so I figured I would do it for him.." He really is a "sweetheart" on Valentine's Day..

If I lived alone - other than sending cards and buying some candy or something for my DGD - I probably wouldn't really acknowledge it anymore..

 

[charming23]

When I was younger my dad used to go all out on Valentine's Day with cards, flowers, candy, and small gifts for my mom and I. When I got to high school a group of my friends decided that since boys would come and go out of our lives we should spend Valentine's day together doing "girly" things like watching Chick flicks, painting our nails, and facials. It has been a tradition for almost 10 years now and I love it. I figure things will change as we get older and married with kids but for now it is a special day for all of us.

 

[MIGrandma]

DH and I always celebrate Valentine's Day. We usually get each other a small gift, candy, and/or a card and we go out to dinner unless it's snowing and bitterly cold outside then we'll postpone it to a nicer night. We try to go early in the evening though, when the restaurants aren't so busy yet.

When the kids were at home I always bought them candy too.

DH sometimes buys me flowers, not always, so it's not expected. In the past he bought flowers for our DD too, and even DGD a couple times when they lived next door.

 

[dollydell]

the guy that I am dating was married before and his wife died on valentine's day, we haven't talked about it yet, as we have been dating less than a year, but I imagine if we do something it will be before or after, not around that day, start a new tradition of sorts.

 

[minkydog]

DH & I get each other a card and we usually go out, but not on Valentines Day. Usually it's the afternoon before or after, cuz I'm a cheep date. I always make heart shaped sugar cookies and I buy the kids a small box of nice chocolate. I send valentines to each of Christians classmates and all his teachers, paras and therapists. And usually I send in some cupcakes or cookies to them, too. DD16 gets in to the decorating, so we'll likely wake up to hearts suspended from the ceilings, too.

 

[englishteacha]

Our last dinner out on actual V-day was an unprecedented disaster, so we will NOT be going anywhere nice for V-day! I say, McD's and a movie! Last year we went to a birthday party and had a friend up for the weekend, so it was lots of fun but not at all romantic. Oh well!
I found a Mickey pendant on eBay for under $3 that I hope I get, and DH wants more Christmas lights. He always wants Christmas lights.

 

[Ember]

Valentines is a big deal for us and has been for the past 12 years. It's the only day DH plans all by himself and it's always a surprise. We've done everything from low key heart shaped pizza to a hotel room with post in notes all around it with each with a reason why he loves me - I think there were over 200! I think this year will be another quiet one just because of the situation at home (caring for mum) but I'm sure we'll still do something.

My favorite gift by far was a little box filled with love letters, all hand written. It's purpose is that whenever I'm having a really bad day and just need to feel loved I can open a letter. He's refilled it twice so far over the past three years so that it's never empty even though I've never said a word about it.

 

[Luv Bunnies]

Well, my husband spends the entire day delivering Singing Valentine's to other women (and some men)! It's the biggest yearly fund-raiser for his men's singing group and he usually leaves around 7:00 a.m. and doesn't get home until 9:00 p.m. or later. Sometimes I can catch his group on a few local radio spots if they have any booked. They go to offices, homes, schools, hospitals, restaurants, etc.

I usually end up cooking a lasagna and he brings home a few hungry singers for a late dinner. I hear all of the funny (and sometimes scary) stories of them trying to find addresses and the people they've been hired to serenade. Most people are very receptive and love it. Others (mostly big, burly men) get a little indignant about men in tuxedos singing to them. Once they were hired to sing to a woman in her home. Another couple was also there and the wife dragged her husband into another room. While they sang, they heard, "You never do anything like that for me!" coming from the other room. They just had to ignore it but they sure had a good laugh afterwards!

 

[dislaney]

I usually make something special for dinner and then we will go out and eat another night that is less crowded. I don't like eating out when it is so crowded so this works for us. We do exchange small gifts and sometimes dh sends flowers sometimes not.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

Before DH & I were married we celebrated Valentines Day ~ now our anniversary is our Valentines day without the inflated cost

Other than each other, I will say that we do get something small for the kids and I can imagine I always will ~ chocolates, special dinner, heart shaped pizza, pink mashed potatoes, see what hits the mood that day as well as for our grandchildren when & if that time ever comes (but thats a LONG way away ). And of course the kids do still participate in stuff in their classrooms now.

 

[courtneymarieclare]

DBF & I have been dating for almost four years (our anniversary is actually on another mini-holiday-St. Patrick's Day) and we usuallly do a low key Valentine's Day--dinner or lunch and a card for each of us, although last year we did give each other small gifts, which was totally unexpected.

I do always have one request: flowers. I know they are expensive and they wilt after like two days, but when I was in high school I always felt that every other girl besides me got flowers delivered to school on Valentine's Day, which made me hate the day. I know I should get over it, but, I don't make many requests throughout the year, but that is one. Our first Valentine's together I didn't get anything and I was crushed, so now I always make subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) hints as the day approaches.

This year we will be at WDW for Valentine's Day and I'm really excited!

As a side note, kuddos to all the parents who do even the smallest of things for their kids on V-Day. My mom still gives me a little something every year and I look forward to that as much as flowers from DBF!

 

[Plannin'Shannon]

This year we will be at WDW for Valentine's Day and I'm really excited!

Us too! But only because it just happens to fall on a three-day weekend from school.

We've never done anything to specifically celebrate Valentine's Day. I hate flowers, so that's out. My boyfriend and I will surprise each other with cards or little gifts "just because" all year round. Valentine's Day was also my parents' wedding anniversary. This would have been their 23rd anniversary; my father passed away three years ago. So on Valentine's Day, I typically like to stay close to my mother.

 

[HannaBelle]

We do not go out to eat either, but when the kids were little we started a tradition of having dinner by candle light. The kids loved it...and still do even at 12 and 16.

We do surf and turf every year with baked potatoes, caesar salad and “red lobster” cheese biscuits. I usually buy a specialty dessert to top it off.

Since V-Day is on Sunday this year, I am thinking about inviting DH out for dinner on Saturday and then surprising the kids with live lobster on Sunday. We have never done live lobster and I think that they would LOVE it!

DH has been looking for work for several months now and has an interview tomorrow AM that sounds very promising. He has been talking to this guy for a month or so and then are bringing him in for another interview in the am…I am praying hard!!! So, if he lands the job, I will definitely splurge a little….after he gets his 1st few paychecks!!!

 

[AKL_Megs]

DH and I celebrated Valentine's Day only once... the first year we started dating. If I recall, he baked me a heart-shaped chocolate chip cookie and took me out to a really fancy Italian place, candle light and all!

After that, it sort of became like any other day.

I sort of wish that we could do something nice and start a tradition, but I think DH is set in his ways!

 

[lillygator]

I know many feel it's just another Hallmark rip off and why celebrate if we express our love every day . However, DH and I have acknowledged Vday for our 46 yrs together . We're still young spirited and like to exchange a token... be it a card, candy, flowers, balloons or whatever. We usually do dinner out, be it on that day, or one close to it to avoid the rush, occassionally we've ordered in.

We also enjoy giving a small token to our adult children and all 13 grands . I always bake cupcakes to decorate and my day care kiddies get heart shaped pancakes for brkf! Our adult kids do likewise for their spouses, kiddies and us. What can I say, I'm a sucker, I love Valentine's Day!!

Enjoy your getaway!

Neither my husband nor I are romantic but we've gone out for a special dinner for 26 Valentine's Days now.

these sound great.

goodness, this will be our 13th Valentine's together!

 

[HannaBelle]

It will steak and lobster tails this year for V-Day!!! DH got the job and I am sooo pleased. I need to come up with a special side dish to go with our baked potatoes...something worthy of lobster.

 

[AprilShowers]

It will steak and lobster tails this year for V-Day!!! DH got the job and I am sooo pleased. I need to come up with a special side dish to go with our baked potatoes...something worthy of lobster.

Woo! Congrats on the job! Sometimes I just add a simple tossed salad to steak & seafood. That gives me more of a chance to concentrate on the good stuff! lol. Then you can make a killer dessert to celebrate!!