02-14-2008, 08:22 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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agreed. the only thing worse than not getting your girlfriend anything on valentines day is having her find out that after 6 (or something like that) months of going out, you still don't have her name in your cell phone. as innocent as that was (i just wanted to memorize her phone number from memory) boy did i pay for that one.
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02-14-2008, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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I still don't think any guy "gets away with it", no matter what his SO says.
A friend of mine was upset about her boyfriend, and I said to her, "But you always told me that stuff doesn't matter to you" (which she has said every Valentines/New Years/etc).
Her response: "Women lie"
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02-14-2008, 08:40 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 110
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SportsJunky
Anyone here get away with not getting a gift for their better half?
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It's my birthday. I win. We also don't get each other gifts, we just "buy each other a vacation" instead.
Having said that when we were first dating she got a present or two.
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02-14-2008, 08:40 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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nope, it's my wife's birthday today, too so I have to buy double.
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02-14-2008, 08:43 AM
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I am kind of torn, my Girlfriend has two midterms on Friday so I won’t see her tonight or Friday now I have already arranged for a nice dinner and a play for Saturday night
Does this mean I should do something today as well? Other than call her and tell her the standard Valentines Day stuff
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02-14-2008, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Section 222
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I never go with flowers, chocolates or cards... she thinks it's a waste of money. But this year I got her a Prenatal Massage (She's 8 months along) and reservations at her favorite restaurant.
But yeah, she claims never to want anything for Valentines Day but I know I'd pay for it the rest of the year if I listened to her.
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02-14-2008, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: in transit
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J pold
I am kind of torn, my Girlfriend has two midterms on Friday so I won’t see her tonight or Friday now I have already arranged for a nice dinner and a play for Saturday night
Does this mean I should do something today as well? Other than call her and tell her the standard Valentines Day stuff
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^&*# no.
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02-14-2008, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Being freshly single I'm handing out those lil kids Valentines to all the cute chicks in the office.. It's worked wonders in the past..
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02-14-2008, 08:52 AM
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Took her to the Chophouse last friday since she works late thursdays. Cuoldn't done it tomorrow, but the Kings/Flames game is on tomorrow night.
Am I still obligated to give her flowers when she comes over late tonight?
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02-14-2008, 08:52 AM
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Scoring Winger
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I've been with my woman for 7 years now... besides a cheesy BP's heart shaped pizza we don't do anything else for it. We don't like that we are "supposed" to go buy stuff just because other people tell us too.
Setting aside a pre-assigned date for romance almost seems to take the romance out of it but doing random things different days of the year goes a lot further. Call me cheap, but there is no need to spend more than $20 on Valentines Day. Write her a poem or song, clean her car, cook dinner. Goes over much better than spending $300 on a necklace or something. Just my opinion.
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02-14-2008, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by rockstar
^&*# no.
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Well that settles it
Nothing better than getting dating advice from a message board
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02-14-2008, 08:59 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Southern California
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I'm a girl and I think Valentines Day is pretty ridiculous. I'd like to think my man doesn't need one day assigned on the calendar to show he cares. When I tell him not to send me flowers, I mean it. Why pay 200 bucks for flowers that will be dead in a few days because the florists started working on arrangements last week?
I'm not the only girl who tells her guy not to buy gifts and they won't pay for it in the end. I'd rather get something we both want with Valentines Day as an excuse, like patio furniture or a TV.
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02-14-2008, 09:22 AM
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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Last week my gf mentioned she missed Jane Austin Masterpiece Theatre because she was working. So I bought it on DVD.
It's subtle, but it shows I was paying attention. Which women tend to REALLY REALLY like.
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02-14-2008, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I refuse to buy flowers or chocolates on Valentines day simply because the vendors price gouge the idiots who do buy them.
We have 364 other days of the year to buy these two items at much less of a markup, so I'll buy those products then. Besides, I don't need a specific calendar day to tell my wife that I love and appreciate her. V-day is for the morons who ignore their girls year round.
That all said, we usually do something more couple oriented around this time. Usually a nice dinner at home or something like that. We're not about to head out to a fancy restaurant, get ripped off with ridiculous prices, over crowding or poor-service when we could have a really nice meal in a much more intimate setting. But I suppose it's mandatory for new couples 
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02-14-2008, 09:29 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J pold
I am kind of torn, my Girlfriend has two midterms on Friday so I won’t see her tonight or Friday now I have already arranged for a nice dinner and a play for Saturday night
Does this mean I should do something today as well? Other than call her and tell her the standard Valentines Day stuff
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Send her a nice message with a coupon for a free massage 
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02-14-2008, 09:30 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Hookers and blow.
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02-14-2008, 09:37 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: /dev/null
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02-14-2008, 09:41 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Last week my gf mentioned she missed Jane Austin Masterpiece Theatre because she was working. So I bought it on DVD.
It's subtle, but it shows I was paying attention. Which women tend to REALLY REALLY like.
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There's a winner.
I'm not saying every woman is expecting/needs $100 of flowers. Just they they want to be acknowledged; be that a bouquet of flowers delivered or a nice dinner you make for her.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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02-14-2008, 09:47 AM
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CP's Fraser Crane
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My wife and i agreed to not get anything for each other on Valentines.
However I got her a trip to Vegas, to join my sisters who are going there in April.
But I kinda felt a little obligated as she is going to be buying me a new guitar for my Birthday.
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