My GF is effin' keeper.

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Cuda1447

Lifer
Jul 26, 2002
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My wife hates valentines day so we never get/give anything.

Same here. We actually go out of our way to make sure we do nothing of merit on that day. At best, we will watch tv together and eat a meal at the dinner table together. At worst, we will eat leftovers whenever we damn well feel like it.
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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Dude, it's one day a year. She wants to have one of those movie romance feelings. Give it to her. You'll be paid back 20x over.
 

ch33zw1z

Lifer
Nov 4, 2004
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+1 for it's a trap.

But, go with it. When she's all like "WTF". Tell her: Say what you mean, mean what you say.
 

OlafSicky

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Feb 25, 2011
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t's a test do something. Get a unicorn that shoots rainbows out of it's ass or some other girly thing.
 

MotF Bane

No Lifer
Dec 22, 2006
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Seriously, man. She's setting you up.

/thread
 

irishScott

Lifer
Oct 10, 2006
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Wow, a lot of cynics in this thread. Valentine's Day, fake or not, is a nice excuse to have a romantic night out. Why not take advantage?
 

waggy

No Lifer
Dec 14, 2000
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even when women say that they STILL want to be taken out. So do it anyway
 

DAGTA

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Oct 9, 1999
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I don't imagine it's a trap. Some women out there really don't play the game and really do mean what they say.

Having said that, I would still have something prepared. Especially if this is your first Anna Howard Shaw Day together.

Those women are called 'men'
 

Baked

Lifer
Dec 28, 2004
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Just about everybody knows when a woman says no, it really means yes...
 

manimal

Lifer
Mar 30, 2007
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Call her bluff. Get her a new microwave and see her reaction. Of course you can put something cool INSIDE the microwave like a small token of your affection.


Some girls are sentimental and NEED this stuff for them to be happy. She may say otherwise but its usually just to see if you do it anyway.

BTW the above trick with the microwave worked pretty well last year. I put a diamond necklace in it with three stones for each of our three kids.

I learned a long time ago that my wife was cool without this stuff on a day to day level. On special occasions she LOVES it.

She still talks about her new fur coat with a twinkle in her eye because of how she got it.
 

Pliablemoose

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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While guys remember erotic interactions, women remember romantic ones, step up and do something nice that she will remember.
 

Puppies04

Diamond Member
Apr 25, 2011
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While guys remember erotic interactions, women remember romantic ones, step up and do something nice that she will remember.

Yes Sir. I was supposed to be working away next week so I booked a table at a nice restaurant for tonight. Just about to leave now, if i'm not back in 2 hours..... wait longer
 

God Mode

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Jul 2, 2005
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Girls are romantic creatures. You're a fool if you think they don't secretly wish for these things. They're just making you feel as comfortable as possible and its up to you to take the initiative once in a while. V-day is simply a custom and I'd bet any girl would feel left out no matter how much she says its pointless.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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It would drive me nuts if I had to tell my SO nice things to do for me.

She wanted about a $50 musical figurine for christmas. So I got that plus an S95 and a TAG.
 

QueBert

Lifer
Jan 6, 2002
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personally I'd hate to be with a female who didn't love V-Day.

"Random, Romantic movies give unrealistic expectations to women about men & ruin relationships......Porn has the same affect on men." - Chad Ochocinco.

That quote sorta fits this thread imho.
 

MichaelD

Lifer
Jan 16, 2001
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Valentine's Day: Another fake holiday made up by industry, made to generate billions of dollars by guilting men across the nation into spending yet more money they don't have, in hopes of getting sex of some sort, which they won't