Valentine Repeat

[NMAmy]

So--last Saturday, I boxed up all the goodies I'd gotten dd for Valentine's Day and mailed them off to her at college. I included different kinds of snacks, a heart shaped box full of candy, and some bags of candy along with a Valentine's card.

She called me on Wednesday to let me know she'd gotten the box. That's when she told me, "Um, Mom. You got me the same card as last year!"

My first question was, "How do you KNOW that?" Apparently, she's got her card from last year hanging in her dorm room. I had no clue she was so sentimental.

I told her this was just a replacement because I'm sure the one she had hanging up was getting tattered by now. I guess I really liked that card!

 

[hucifer]

Dan has elderly parents (ages 76 and 83). For several Christmases in a row, we kept getting the same card, year after year. It became kind of an inside joke with Dan and I...until he finally mentioned it to his folks.

Now we get different cards at Christmas.

That is really sweet that your daughter saves your cards.

 

[kafitty]

too funny!

i am constantly finding cards my mom *meant* to give me...like for my 14th birthday or something. (She likes to buy cards but then she forgets about them!)

 

[TEENEE]

My dh bought me the same Christmas card 2 years in a row. It was a mushy card so he was surprised when I laughed at it. I went and dug out the one from the previous year to show him why I was laughing. He said "well I guess I liked the card". I still get a chuckle over it.

 

[NMAmy]

Dan has elderly parents (ages 76 and 83). For several Christmases in a row, we kept getting the same card, year after year. It became kind of an inside joke with Dan and I...until he finally mentioned it to his folks.

Now we get different cards at Christmas.

That is really sweet that your daughter saves your cards.

I'm really tempted to go back to Target and buy all they have of that particular card and then just keep sending one to her every year from now on.

It IS sweet, isn't it? She used to do that at home but I had no clue she was still doing it at college. She keeps them on a bulletin board.

too funny!

i am constantly finding cards my mom *meant* to give me...like for my 14th birthday or something. (She likes to buy cards but then she forgets about them!)

Oh, yeah, I do that, too. In fact, I had to search the house for the cards that I knew I'd bought a few weeks ago when I needed to mail the package!

My dh bought me the same Christmas card 2 years in a row. It was a mushy card so he was surprised when I laughed at it. I went and dug out the one from the previous year to show him why I was laughing. He said "well I guess I liked the card". I still get a chuckle over it.

I am SO glad I'm not the only one!

 

[ncmickeyluvr]

DD has an amazing memory for cards. She can tell you what card someone got for her birthday when she was 5. I don't know how she remembers...she doesn't even keep them. This same child can't remember to pick her underpants up off the floor.....selective memory I guess

 

[hucifer]

I'm really tempted to go back to Target and buy all they have of that particular card and then just keep sending one to her every year from now on.

Oh, you should TOTALLY do this! It will become your little Valentine's Day joke, year after year.

I actually love the idea.

ETA: write the year on the bottom of each card so she can keep them straight.

DD has an amazing memory for cards. She can tell you what card someone got for her birthday when she was 5. I don't know how she remembers...she doesn't even keep them. This same child can't remember to pick her underpants up off the floor.....selective memory I guess

 

[Robinrs]

I still carry around a card my Mom sent back when my son was about 1, he's 17 now. I love to see her handwriting to this day. I lost her in 2001.


I'm so glad to see someone so young holding onto all things Mom now. How amazing! Who knows, one day it may be all she has and it'll bring back some great memories!

 

[Sal]

My mom found a Valentine card she had given my dad in a drawer almost a year later. She thought it would be funny to give it to him again. She did it for 12 years before she finally told him. He had no idea!

 

[NMAmy]

I still carry around a card my Mom sent back when my son was about 1, he's 17 now. I love to see her handwriting to this day. I lost her in 2001.


I'm so glad to see someone so young holding onto all things Mom now. How amazing! Who knows, one day it may be all she has and it'll bring back some great memories!

Way to bring me down, Robin! I do know what you mean, though. I have cards from my grandparents and my dad that mean a lot to me.

My mom found a Valentine card she had given my dad in a drawer almost a year later. She thought it would be funny to give it to him again. She did it for 12 years before she finally told him. He had no idea!

That's hilarious! I could totally do this to DH, I think. He'd never realize it.

That's it, I'm going to Target and buying them out of that card! Thanks for the idea about putting the year on them, hucifer!

 

[hucifer]

That's it, I'm going to Target and buying them out of that card! Thanks for the idea about putting the year on them, hucifer!

Excellent! You're starting a new Valentine tradition. I love it.

 

[CDoobee]

My parents (85 and 86) stopped buying each other cards for their birthdays and anniversary several years ago. They still have all the cards they've gotten each other in the years previous. So each birthday or anniversary, my dad goes to the basement and picks out several cards that he'd like to give my mom again and brings up several for her to choose from to give him in return! They don't even have to sign them. They are ready to go! HAHA

My mom's birthday was last week. There were lots of birthday cards on the table....one from me, one from my other sister, some from church friends, a couple from other relatives, and about 6 or 7 from my dad! HAHA I love it!

 

[Handbag Lady]

One year on Valentine's Day, my husband and I gave each other the same exact card.


Later that same year, we gave each other the same exact Christmas card.



We haven't done it again since, but I think now we are trying to hard to find THE card that the other will give.