fooled once Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I am hoping this turns into a fun, love filled thread! What do you have planned for Valentines Day with your husband/wife or life partner? I am cooking dinner - homemade lasagna - for my H. I rarely cook anymore since the kids are all grown and gone, but I figured he deserved a surprise! He has been so supportive of a very stressful situation that has been going on for the last 2 months - always willing to hold me when I cry, or help me figure out the "next steps". I have a card and his favorite candy for him and will leave work early to come home and make him dinner. Candles, music and telling him over and over again how much I love him and how truly blessed I am to have him in my life. This will be our 13th Valentines Day together and I am so glad he is mine and I am his Valentine So what about you? Link to post Share on other sites
alphamale Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 nothing planned Link to post Share on other sites
Whatshername Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I am working, going to a butt kicking Crossfit class with my daughter. I made Beef Bourignon (from Julia & Julia).......and a devils food cake w/my home made frosting for dessert. Link to post Share on other sites
jimfaster Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Out for a meal with my Partner, we're not going to hit the city later or something, because we both had work the next day. Link to post Share on other sites
OWoman Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 This is our 7th Valentine's and so far it has been wonderful! I have just found another little lovenote (smuggled into the pages of a book I need to reference for a project proposal) telling me how much he loves me, and why... and my calendar keeps reminding me of the "mystery plans" for later this evening. We've spent a loved-up weekend and it just keeps getting better :love: :love: Link to post Share on other sites
Stung Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) I mentioned on a different thread that I didn't expect to celebrate Valentine's Day, other than making cards with my children. We have both kids on Monday and I have a class in the evening; also my husband has always taken an anti-Valentine's Day stance on principle, believing it's manufactured by corporations, and since he takes plenty of opportunity to be romantic throughout the rest of the year I just let it go. At one point I did mention to him that I grew up celebrating it in my house, however, with presents in-family, and I missed that. I spoke too soon in that other thread. This year I feel like I'm living in an alternate universe. We've been having a whole Valentine's weekend. Friday he secured babysitting and we spent a few treasured hours alone, watching sunset on the beach, cocktails, dinner at an amazing Burmese place we've been wanting to try for months. Saturday he surprised me with a gorgeous, huge bouquet of white roses. Sunday he drove into Chinatown in the city while I was still asleep and surprised me with Dim Sum breakfast in bed, and then we spent the evening having a children's Valentine Party with his family, everybody gorging on chocolates and red velvet cake and making homemade Valentines, the horde of children covered in glitter and glue. My husband made me a surprisingly great card using construction paper silhouettes and negative space, sometimes I forget about the artistic streak as it's obfuscated by the more obvious engineer. I made him a card, too, but honestly arts and crafts are not where my own talents lie. He also told me that he has booked us a family holiday for next weekend, the long President's Day weekend. I have no idea if he's got something up his sleeve for today or not--I rather doubt it, due to our schedules today--but I'm more than satisfied as is, I know he hates this holiday and I'm very touched. Perhaps this is the perfect solution, doing something off of the actual holiday so he doesn't feel his principles are compromised but I feel my childhood memories of Valentines Day are being honored, too. I bought him a token gift that I haven't given him yet, but I didn't prepare much because I wasn't expecting anything. I did tie him up last night and express my appreciation, though . Plus I'm letting him sleep in right now while I take care of the kids' breakfast and getting ready for school, and will be bringing him coffee in bed in about five minutes. Edited February 14, 2011 by Stung Link to post Share on other sites
Alma Mobley Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Wow, Stung, I am jealous! That sounds awesome. We have put off our plans because my husband had to work today (and work all weekend), but now it looks like it's going to rain all week, so we need to make another change of plans. I'll be happy with whatever we do, though. Link to post Share on other sites
alphamale Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 i think i'm going to run out and get jimmy johns and then down a pint of vodka Link to post Share on other sites
JamieA Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Wow only 7 replies on this thread in this section. The same question on the OW/OM forum has 98 responses. And so many of those 98 aren't OW/OM. I find that interesting that as much as there is complaining about the other forum, people sure do like to hang around there a lot more. Link to post Share on other sites
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