NTTGPR: Will You Be My Valentine??

3beautifulsoul · January 2015

So DH and I have been looking at places & restaurants for Valentine's Day, but clearly we should've started last Fall. So many things are pretty much reserved or booked that day here in ATL... Yay for procrastination! I've been thinking about ideas and whatnot, but I'd love to hear what you ladies have done in the past or what you're going to do with your DH this year!

Is Valentine's Day still a holiday that's celebrated between you and your DH? What is your best Valentine's Day memory, and what did you do? Any plans yet for VDay 2015?

Motleycrew90 · January 2015

DH and I still celebrate the holiday. Years past we would either order in or cook something at home. I do not handle crowds very well and would rather be comfortable at home. Last year I was on the night shift and he was on days so we saw each other in passing. This year I am hoping to eat dinner at home and then drag him to go see the Fifty Shades of Gray movie!

cmac827 · January 2015

We haven't been married all that love long. DH is in the Coast Guard and I think he's been gone for every Valentines Day. I'm pretty sure he's gone this year, but I don't know. We usually go out for a nice dinner when he gets back to celebrate and I spend the actual night with another Coastie wife.

omgitscasey · January 2015

Valentines Day is one of my busier work days - at a spa. So I always am working to give other people wonderful dates.

H usually gives me something from bath and body works and we go out to Cheesecake Factory the week after.

Rooskie87 · January 2015

DH is in charge of the meal and will usually cook steaks or get Papa Murphy's heart shaped pizza and then we spend the night in. The first year he made all kinds of assorted things. I can say his cooking skills have gotten better with time.

We do small gifts too. This year I'm getting a new watch! I just have to pick it out. Not really sure what to get him....

3houlagirl · January 2015

DH and I alternate; one year he takes me out somewhere, the next year we stay in and I cook something fancy.

The best was a few years ago: DH found a small museum here that was giving a dinner lecture on the science of love. It was a total surprise and the lecture was really really cool. It was very "us". DH always finds the weirdest, neatest things to do for special occasions. I heart him

TKO86 · January 2015

I like your story @Joy2611‌

H and I don't do much. We normally make a nice meal at home, drink lots of wine and have a bath. It's nice to just spend the time together (drunk in the tub)

I am big on cards so we do those but rarely get presents for one another.

I agree with you @ladynymeria‌ it is nice to get flowers just because rather than because the media said so.

AMMR84 · January 2015

I will take any opportunity for a celebration, so I like going out on a date for Valentine's Day. I love getting dressed up for a fancy dinner, but cooking (or ordering delivery) at home could be just as romantic! You could go out to a show, too - movie, theater, dance or music. I am kind of over valentines gifts, but we always exchange cards. This week valentine's day is over a long weekend (Monday is President's Day), so you could plan something special for Sunday night instead and avoid the crowds but still mark the occasion?

And don't forget the important sage wisdom of Dan Savage for these sorts of things: Fuck first.

Edit: Spelling and hyperlink.

3beautifulsoul · January 2015

I love the treasure hunt idea! You can get very creative with that @LindsRockies‌

Awwww, very nice story @Joy2611‌!

Yaaasss, for Fifty Shades of Gray! I think I'm going to drag DH to see it too @Motleycrew90‌

Drunk in love & in the tub. I love it haha DH and I did that two VDays ago and it was fun talking and laughing about everything. Gotta love the simple things! @TKO86‌

I'm enjoying reading everyone's stories, ideas & opinions!

thechickencoop · January 2015

Yea, we don't really do anything. My interest in doing something crowded and overpriced is almost at zero. When we were first dating H used to get flowers or whatever and I was like, meh, you don't have to do that, Valentine's day just....isn't a big deal to me lol.

::shrug::

whatsit · January 2015

Like a few of you I like flowers at other times, not just because H feels he needs to buy them.

We generally acknowledge valentines day ( cards etc) but we usually go out and celebrate on the 12th, as that was the day of our first date. It's more special for us, and less busy. Crowds suck.

mustloveerica · January 2015

We're going to a glass blowing class and then dinner afterwards at a place called Chocolate Bar :-)

carolinagirl67 · January 2015

We celebrate but not doing anything big. If DH is off, we just do nice cards and homemade dinner. If not, cards are all we do the day off and out to dinner the weekend after/next night he's off. Best memory? Probably the first year DH and I were together, he set up dinner, rose petals and two bottles of my favorite wine. We won't be celebrating this year because our nephews 1st birthday party is on valentine's day. Might do dinner the day after.

ramaholic · January 2015

I guess I'm the odd duck here. MrRama and I celebrate Valentine's every year by going to our favorite restaurant, which happens to be the first place he took me out to eat. They have reservations and it's a small-time gig, so even though it's "busy", technically, it doesn't seem crowded.

...Then we go home and watch kung-fu/Jackie Chan movies while cuddling on the couch, because they are obvs the most romantical. Wheels on Meals is the best, go watch it.

MrsC0617 · January 2015

We usually go to our favorite expensive restaurant and maybe to a movie. Like others said, we usually don't do it on the exact date because fuck them crowds. It sounds like total mush but every day with DH feels like Valentine's Day because we are so crazy about each other, even after 12 years. I don't feel the need to have a special day to say I love you because we say it every single day.

Ok, sappy shit over.

ginger1228 · January 2015

We don't usually buy each other gifts unless it's something small, but we do buy cards. We'll usually have dinner but not on Valentine's Day bc it's too crowded. We'll probably go the weekend before or after this year. I really like all holidays so I like to celebrate somehow.

Edit to take out extra word

bobcats67 · January 2015

No gifts, just cards and MH always sends me flowers at the office (which is nice because I'm an accountant & Valentine's Day is during tax season, so it's fun to have pretty flowers to look at when I'm otherwise drowning in work and there for long hours). We've done fancy dinners at a restaurant some years, and fancy dinners made at home other years.. I like both.

3houlagirl · January 2015

debthelibrarian said:
Imma just gonna leave this here.

I fucking love White Castle. Their onion rings are the best.

catwine · January 2015

We don't go out anywhere. I'm sure all the restaurants would be booked, so if we do want to go out to eat we do it on Feb 6, which is D's birthday.

For our first Valentine's as a married couple I booked us a weekend at a cottage rental place. It was really deserted, which was weird! We got to hike, feed deer, go snow shoeing and all that fun stuff. There was a pub on the grounds over looking the lake so we ate dinner there one night and then ate homemade food in our cabin the next. It was a really fun weekend and I'd love to do it again.

Michelle N · January 2015

We usually skip valentines day, but we always celebrate steak and a bj day on march 14th. It's more fun for both of us

. For valentines day we'll just do family stuff. Maybe skating or a winter activity!

dinodna3 · January 2015

This will be the first year we are both not working. Thank you hospitality industry. We usually just do cards and maybe dinner the following week.

walbs424 · January 2015

My birthday is February 12 (H calls it hell week) so we usually go out to dinner then and for Valentine's Day H usually cooks my favorite meal and we stay in and watch a movie.

MrsJenE · January 2015

We don't celebrate but for awhile when we were living in LA, it was our tradition to go to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles on V-Day. Damn good fried chicken and waffles.

Remylove1011 · January 2015

We don't do a v-day celebration. Usually pretty low key and we'll see an early movie and order in. When we used to live close to my family we would sometimes do something with them. My younger sister's birthday is v-day so my parents never did anything growing up. Guess I just never got into the craze. :x

renbee · January 2015

I'm pretty sure Valentine's Day last year is when we conceived, but I went on to lose that pregnancy. That was definitely my favorite Valentine's Day, and I don't think I will ever have another Valentine's Day without thinking about that little one. This year, we will probably just have a quiet night at home.

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