Stupid Ideas/Buys of the past (so far)... #23: Valentine’s Day… never again.

-- Regards Rob

Well I hate to disappoint you Ducky but Valentine’s Day should be a year long event for the one you care for and not some one off gester of romantic guilt spurred on by marketing and advertising….

I have bought my best girl flowers every few weeks for the past 43+ years….

-- Lifes good, Enjoy each new day...... Cheers from "On Top DownUnder" Crowie

Well I hate to disappoint you Ducky but Valentine s Day should be a year long event for the one you care for and not some one off gester of romantic guilt spurred on by marketing and advertising….
- crowie

That’s why I’ve never obserbved Valentine’s Day...

I have bought my best girl flowers every few weeks for the past 43+ years….

- crowie

So have I and the missus keeps objecting.

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

This is not a flip comment. It’s an actual thing for me.

Over the years I’ve bought my wonderful wife flowers, jewelry (good stuff $$) and other valentine types of things. I always get a “this is so nice”, “That’s so sweet”, or a peck on the cheek.

One day (not on Valentines day) I walked in with a big cup of DD coffee as I was getting one for my self. She reacted like someone would if you’d brought them diamonds. So, I’ve found out that Coffee and kitkat bars are the new gold standard. If I go grocery shopping and she unloads and finds a jumbo kitkat bar, I get that “you thought of me” look out the corner of her eye. Women are such an unusual species.
Go figure….

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful.

stupid idea’s, not the duck! well maybe a few,anyway, yeah you blew it big time.i totally agree with crowie when your guilted into giving a gift what meaning does it have really so i never observe the day myself but i will think of her and get things she likes when i feel like it not when a day tells me too.gave her some flowers before v-day and she loved it.nothing on v-day though.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Lets not get too carried away with the mushie stuff guys.

No mater who we are, who we always think of, loved ones be that they are still with us or passed on, the feelings the same.
Physical things commercialism and all the rest of the financial leeches are always waiting.
But at the end of the day become insignificant, in regards to a smile or nice thought.

If you get a kick out of doing it so be it, if its appreciated by another that’s a bonus.

M are from M and W are from V and it will never change!

refer to #1 above

-- Regards Rob

Can’t remember exactly, but we had a post event conversation that went something like this…

She, with a sneer: “What on gods earth made you give me a Valentine Day’s present, especially with those figurines on it?”

He, with a smirk: “So I can enjoy watching you enjoying making the jigsaw (she likes jigsaws).”

Conclusion: Back in the dog house.

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

... Physical things commercialism and all the rest of the financial leeches are always waiting.
But at the end of the day become insignificant, in regards to a smile or nice thought.
- robscastle

Hell rc, give up your delivery job and risk further falls of a truck to make extra shekels… with dulcet tones like that you should be a marriage counselor!

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

M are from M and W are from V and it will never change!
- robscastle

Guess who’s who?

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD