trouble too early in marriage LOL

[Tsalagi]

I do agree.

My main gripe about Valentine's Day is echoed by the sentiment from The Incredibles, "Saying 'everybody is special' is the same as saying nobody is."

Let me say I love you {en masse}.

Bleah.

[Sis]

I do agree.

My main gripe about Valentine's Day is echoed by the sentiment from The Incredibles, "Saying 'everybody is special' is the same as saying nobody is."

Let me say I love you {en masse}.

Bleah.

You sound like a cynic. LOL  I still like chocolate holidays. Even if I only eat a piece or two of sugar free.

[Tsalagi]

Nothing wrong with chocolate.  Just not Hershey.  Yuk!  Cheap chocolate tastes like paraffin wax.

I just think if a couple is going to have a special day, why should they have to celebrate it the same time as the rest of the world?  IMO, that just cheapens it and defeats the point of a "special day".  Which is why I don't like Valentine's Day.

[Melody]

Sis, it sounds good, but who really needs to be the one to make the other happy in that scenario?  The one who wants to show love all the time or the one that insists they need THAT day?  We can't count the cheap bums cause they won't be doing anything the rest of the year either.  The men I'm referring to are the ones that don't want to cheapen their romance and affection with gaudy, clichés.  If a man is feeling that way because he wants his woman to have something that all the rest of the world makes a commodity, should he compromise his integrity?  Or should she appreciate and value that he is so passionate and get over her desire to keep up with the "Jones".  Because if it wasn't about what others are doing on that day, she wouldn't care in the first place.

hehehehe, stirring the pot.   

drats, Tsalad posted quicker than me.

[kkay]

Call me weird but it almost means more that we don't go all out for these holidays but on some odd, insignificant day, BAM, something totally thoughtful.  Just the fact that the world has so much hype about it makes it less appealing to me to participate.

This'll be my first Valentine's Day actually having a "mate", but even so, I'm not too hyped up about it because I get special things all the time.

I agree with Sis though..if you know your sweetheart is aching to get something on that day and you just totally ignore it, then it's just mean.

[Tsalagi]

I agree with Sis though..if you know your sweetheart is aching to get something on that day and you just totally ignore it, then it's just mean.

I'm not a my-way-or-the-highway kinda guy, I just think Valentine's day is cheap.  Kinda salty and greasy feeling, like the little short guy with horrendous breath who lurks at the bus stop hoping to scrounge some spare change from passersby.

If my gal was really het up about it, I would do my best to make sure she was not disappointed, but if she was my gal, she'd already know what I thought.

I like 'relationship surprise' even less than I like Valentine's day.  :grin:

[kkay]

Agreed. I don't like surprises unless they're good ones

At any rate, we haven't heard from pianogirl for a while..hopefully everything has worked out for her.

[SippinTea]

Men that don't do sweet things to surprise their honey throughout the year, generally don't remember Valentine's Day anyway. Or so The Tea Sipper has observed. Guys that behave like robots don't deserve to be married anyway. And gals that marry robots shouldn't be surprised at the (lack of) level of affection from said robot.[/rant]   

And neveryoumind who I was thinking of. LOL

Nothing wrong with chocolate.  Just not Hershey.  Yuk!  Cheap chocolate tastes like paraffin wax.

True dat. Dat's because it IS paraffin wax. *grin*

I'm amazed to know a guy that actually knows the difference.

[kkay]

And gals that marry robots shouldn't be surprised at the (lack of) level of affection from said robot.[/rant]   

Agreed.

[titushome]

Men that don't do sweet things to surprise their honey throughout the year, generally don't remember Valentine's Day anyway. Or so The Tea Sipper has observed.

"The Sea Tipper," huh?  I mean, "The Tea Sipper."  Cute.

[sunlight]

The replies to this post, and the discussion that followed were definitely worth reading for me.

[SippinTea]

Into bumping old threads, Chelbertina?

if she was my gal, she'd already know what I thought.

She knows.

But she still thinks Sis had a good point...

And any guy worth his salt, would give HER what SHE would like and put his own "beliefs" about the holiday (Which usually is a symptom of being cheap) aside and make the other person feel good.

So, m'dear PC... how well do you know what I'd like - or NOT like - regarding Vday? *cheeky grin*



(Not that he's reading this, but I'm still going to have fun with this one. *grin*)

[YooperYankDude]

The replies to this post, and the discussion that followed were definitely worth reading for me.

Definitely some interesting input from others... and most of it was good. 

[Tsalagi]

Into bumping old threads, Chelbertina?

if she was my gal, she'd already know what I thought.

She knows.

But she still thinks Sis had a good point...

And any guy worth his salt, would give HER what SHE would like and put his own "beliefs" about the holiday (Which usually is a symptom of being cheap) aside and make the other person feel good.

So, m'dear PC... how well do you know what I'd like - or NOT like - regarding Vday? *cheeky grin*



(Not that he's reading this, but I'm still going to have fun with this one. *grin*)

How do you know I'm not reading this? 

[Sis]

OH OH! 

[SippinTea]

*giggle* Quit trying to look angelic. We all know you're not.

[upcchris]

IMHO A marriage devoid of words of affirmation and/or displays of affection- whatever form they take, is akin to a death sentance. It kills you and it kills you slowly.