I hate valentines day

sooo over rated...lol

of course it doesnt help that its my birthday, so it means that if Kent buys me flowers they cost the earth becasue of the day....honestly i cant see what the big deal is about one day, kent and I tell each other every day we love each other, and we both feel that there doesnt need to be a special day for it.

And before anyone asks, yes i think mothers day, fathers day, easter and christmas are all over rated too....BUT we aren't religious so easter and christmas doesnt hold any significance for us, BEFORE anyone jumps on me, im not trying to offend anyone, its more that everything is so commicalised now that all the meaning has gone out of everything, and the prices go up, and we spend way too much.

Hmmm i think i need to go back to bed and get up again...lol

I agree with you. Why does it seem to take a day for people to buy each other flowers or to show each other they are in love. It would mean much more to me if my DH came home in the middle of the year with flowers just because. We tell each other we love each other a couple of times a day and it means just as much each and every time.

As you can guess we boycott Valentines in our house too

Why does it seem to take a day for people to buy each other flowers or to show each other they are in love? Because it reminds all the slack buggers in the world that they really should be treating their mrs to something nice for a change instead of expecting her to remember EVERYTHING.
I always get my boyfriend a nice card and some little present, I dont see any harm in it at all, this year i'm hoping its gonna be a good excuse for him to finally buy me that engagement ring that he's been promising me ;)

I am religious and hate that feast days have been commercialised so much.

The funny thing is that if you do look into St Valentine what we're actually celebrating on 14/02 is the anniversary of his horrible violent death.

"Valentine was a holy priest in Rome who assisted the martyrs who were being persecuted under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith ineffectual, commended him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on Feb 14 about the year 270".

Among other things St Valentine is the patron saint of epilepsy, fainting and the plague.

Hmmm, chocolates and flowers anyone?

It's just another way for shops to steal more money from people

Nope we dont celebrate valentines day here. DH and i have always gotten stick for it as our friends always thought he was just trying to get out of it. But ive always aggreed withhim. If he cant show me how loves me everyday, then what does one day matter?
As for easter, we dont celebrate teh cho eating (diabetic lol) but we got to mass. I love mass for xmas and easter. Always the best!

I love valentines day and mother, fathers day etc. However we dont just celebrate these days by buying expensive gifts but just as another day to celebrate love and family. My kids do love going off the the $2 to buy me a mohters day gift and fathers day gift, they also love to show me their appreciation of me by making me breakfast in bed , cards and pictures to hang all over the house etc..... Awww it makes get warm fuzzies!!

Bugger about not having a partner to get at least a valentines day card from

I brought Arabellas Dad Shirts for Valentines day last year lol. . I'm to practical for Valentines day. .
I am so dreading easter this year! Must wear a sign that says "Don't feed me chocolate (no matter how much I beg)"

we don't celebrate valentines day here - due to our wedding anniversary being the 19th we would rather celebrate that... one of the reasons we got married when we did. i agree over commusulized..

The_Stuarts wrote: The amount of chocolate Michaela got last year was ridiculous. She was one year old for goodness sake, why would anyone buy a one year old chocolate!!

So that the parents can eat it

All these holidays - Valentines Day, Christmas etc, don't have to be about spending money. Why not make things? A heart shaped cake, biscuits etc.
Some flowers from the garden. You don't have to buy into the commercialism.

My DP doesn't usually get me anything for Valentines - if I want him to make something I usually buy some food for a nice dinner etc lol.