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VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

My question: should Valentine’s gifts be reserved for exchange between couples or also include friends and family? I have always subcribed to the belief that Valentine’s Day gifts are meant for couples. Some of my friends buy each other gifts as a token of appreciation, and some of my family members will send me cards , candy , chocolate and I appreciate it all but it feels so unnecessary.

What do you think? I would feel so weird getting my best friend a Valentine’s gift.

"You had me at Elk Tartare"
-Erin Wotherspoon

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

I feel like, in most cases, it should be for couples only. However, I did something for my now ex-best friend before. She was stood up on Valentine's Day and so I ran around to get a card, flowers (that was a pain on V-Day, I'll tell ya!), made her a dessert, and drove an hour and a half to drop them in her car while she was working.

Proudly offering too-close encounters since 1977.

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

Now ex best friend? What went sour?

Melting down over top boy

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

We just drifted apart. Nothing went sour, really.

Proudly offering too-close encounters since 1977.

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

You’re truly a special guy. Doing that just to make her feel better πŸ₯Ί

"You had me at Elk Tartare"
-Erin Wotherspoon

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

She had low self-worth and dated guys who fed into that by treating her like something you'd scrape off the bottom of your shoe. I tried like hell to make her feel good about herself and set a precedent for how she should be treated, but I never made any progress, unfortunately.

Proudly offering too-close encounters since 1977.

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Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

I only buy little things for my friends if they're single and sad about it. If they're coupled up or happy spending the holiday alone, I won't get them gifts or candy.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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I've always considered it a 'couples' thing, but I seem to remember that the day was once used to send anonymous cards and gifts to your secret passion, with the hope that they might inadvertently find out who their secret admirer was, and return the emotion. I wonder how often that worked out.

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

I buy my right hand a dozen roses,chocolates and a day at the spa.

Melting down over top boy

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

Your left hand must be jealous…and lonely.

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

Your right hand sounds like a lucky lady.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

My hands are not on speaking terms right now

Proudly offering too-close encounters since 1977.

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

I don't think he's talking about a happy union between his hands here…

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

Then, his hands should stop playing coy and just admit their feelings for each other. One piece of advice, though… don't let right take left's turn and vice versa. That was the final stroke between my hands!

Proudly offering too-close encounters since 1977.

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Lol

Melting down over top boy

Re: VALENTINES DAY SHOPPING πŸ’œ πŸ›

I got my wife’s sister something for Valentines Day a few years back. Well, I should say my now ex-wife’s sister. But she was single and I was worried she’d feel lonely and sad because of this. So I went over to her apartment during the day and drop of my gift which was a bottle of expensive wine and a box of gourmet chocolate. She started sobbing immediately and asked if I wanted to have a glass of wine with her, and I accepted.

And… well… one thing led to another and now you know why I said she’s the sister of my now ex-wife. And not only that, but now she’s my wife. Funny how this world works, you know?


But to answer your question, it’s only weird if you get something for a friend that’s if the opposite gender or of the gender that you are sexually attracted to (bi and pan people are fucked because of this). But, the again, who gives a shit? We all die in the end anyway. Just do whatever you want. πŸ˜‚

Mephistopheles is just beneath and he's reaching up to grab me.
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