Valentine Grumpies?

[StartingOver]

Is anyone besides me getting sick of all the mushy Valentine stuff this year? I'm in the process of going through a divorce -- so for some reason I'm grumpy this year! (Wonder why . . . ha ha.) Even though the divorce is extremely amicable (we're still in the same house, same bed, still eat dinner together), and there is no hatred between us -- just indifference -- I'm still getting sick of the mushy tv and radio ads. Anyone else going through this? (On the bright side, I guess I only have to put up with one more day of it . . .!)

[IamCricket]

You aren't the only one. But then again, I have said for years that I don't need a day to tell someone that I love them. I'm sooo tired of the jewelry ads..I wonder why we celebrate this day anyway?

[Jennieb67]

I detest Valentine's Day but for a lot of the same reasons as you! Of course I figure IF you love the person you are with, why do you need one day to PROVE it? Just my 2 cents on that one.

[Kate]

I'll be glad when this day is over, too. :)

[rads76066]

i am terribly sick of all the mushy stuff , i am married and still dont get a valentine gift , it was a horrible year this year, he didnt even try to get me anything so therefor we spent 2 days not talking , in my opinion valentines is a way for the candy and card makers to get more money, it has very little to do with actual love now days,

[Mori]

My husband learned very early on in our relationship, that if he didn't get me anything for Valentine's Day he'd hear about it until the "next" one, so he rarely forgets & I make sure to "remind" him!:smilie2: I don't think it's asking for too much considering everything we do for them throughout the year! :laundry:
I love Valentine's Day & like to buy little gifts for all my loved ones! I can't understand why some people hate it. Even when I was single & in no relationship, I would just "buy myself" a little something for the day! :cheerlead

[kyhunny]

rads76066,

I am also married (8 yrs.), and I rarely get anything for Valentine's Day. I think maybe twice since we've been married. I got a card last year......it looked like something that you would pick up at a gas station on the way home from work, and he didn't even bother to sign it. I think he got it so I wouldn't be pissed off. I didn't get anything this year. Not a "Happy Valentine's Day, an "I love you" or anything. Nothing. Just another day.....like always. But it's also the same for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, you name it. It just hurts that he doesn't even care enough to even acknowledge me on a special day.

kyhunny

[rads76066]

Kyhunny, i am so glad to see that i am not the only one with a husband that dosent have a romantic heart, i guess men are just that way,, i stopped trying to figure mine out after this year,, i am going to start doing him like he does me,, and see how he likes them apples,, maybe it will trigger his memory on days like valentines and birthdays,, :)

[DownOnTheFarm]

I don't watch TV so I don't know what ads you're talking about, but I basically like Valentine's Day. I don't always get something and over 30 yrs. the percentage of not is a lot higher than get, but.... I have decided the showing of my love for others can't depend on if they treat me the way I want to be treated. I also feel a lot more joyful when I'm planning a special gift for my husband, children, or whoever without wondering if they are going to get me something. I find the more I think about what I want to do to show my love to them, the less I worry about what I don't get. :)

Just some lessons I've learned over the years. And I don't have it perfected yet. God's still workin' on me!

[kyhunny]

rads76066,

I used to buy my husband things on holidays, but he would always throw a hissy fit over it.....so I quit buying him anything. From now on whenever a holiday comes around and I don't get acknowledged, I'm going to go out and buy something expensive for myself and then say to him, "Aw, gee thanks, honey. That's so thoughtful of you!" and see what happens then. HA!

kyhunny

[Digitizingqueen]

My husband and I do not celebrate valintines day because our anniversary is almost a month before (Jan 16th) this year we had 25 years and he bought me a goregouse ruby Ring....it doesnt have to be a holiday to do soemthing sweet for you rsweetheart, my husband has picked me wild flowers, taken me on picknics, spent the day in the mountains (looking at an Art show) being togehter is the best gift I have with him!

[YellowRoseTex]

I've never been big on Valentine's Day, except perhaps when I was a kid and everyone exchanged those funny little cards and we always got some candy. :D

I let my dh know that I love him every day, Feb 14th is no different. I think the day is another reason for restaurants, florists and jewelrey stores to make lots of money. I'll never forget the year we decided, on the spur of the moment to go to dinner on Feb 14th. What a big mistake. The shortest wait was 2 hours. We came home, put in a movie and ordered pizza.

I used to work for a Florist. The cost for a dozen roses during other days of the year was about $30 in a vase, on Feb 14th they were $70! :eek:

[spasmo]

We try and celebrate our love all year not just on Valentines Day. I don't like the commercialization of concepts that I hold dear (such as our love) and I don't like to play into the greeting cand and florest industry on Valentines Day... if we do something to mark the day it is going to be offbeat.