Valentines Day ..... Scoring brownie points

[A face]

Folks,

Just wondering is anyone thinking outside the box in doing something different for their partner on Valentines Day?

A card and chocolates, jewelry, restaurant, weekend away, etc. is all the normal stuff but does anyone have any other ideas?

[tetsujin1979]

might be too far outside the box, take her to see the relics of St Valentine in the Camelite Church on Whitefriar St: http://www.carmelites.ie/ireland/Whitefriar%20St/valentine.htm

[A face]

might be too far outside the box, take her to see the relics of St Valentine in the Camelite Church on Whitefriar St: http://www.carmelites.ie/ireland/Whitefriar%20St/valentine.htm

Yeah, i think you're out of your box !! :)

[tetsujin1979]

Yeah, i think you're out of your box !! :)

probably!
you didn't say if you're married or not (or about to be), from the link above

The feastday of the saint on February 14 is a very popular one and many couples come to the Eucharistic celebrations that day which also includes a Blessing of Rings for those about to be married.

[Mr A]

Keep it simple. Don't set dangerous precendents that you'll regret in future years. :)

Otherwise you could book a romantic trip for two.

To Poland.

In June.

[strangeirish]

Being married for the last 15 years, I need to get back in the box...:p

[nigel-harps1954]

She'll be lucky if I make her dinner.

[Magicme]

I did the St Valentines relics one year and it was lovely. First we went to flower market and bought some flowers, then had a lovely breakfast before going to the relics.2nd nicest Valentines day ever I had.

[Dunny]

I thought outside the box last year...

Went to Windsor Park :D

[tetsujin1979]

I did the St Valentines relics one year and it was lovely. First we went to flower market and bought some flowers, then had a lovely breakfast before going to the relics.2nd nicest Valentines day ever I had.
That's all the validation I require!

[SkStu]

despite years of trying ive never gotten enough "brownie points". Still stuck in the box this lad. Good luck all of you in your efforts and let us know how it goes.

[Magicme]

Do the regular stuff like a nite away somewhere, meal, flowers etc but make it personal to her. Personally I am not a fan of roses, prefer purple tulips. Best treat I got was taken to a hotel that meant something to me, room decorated with flowers and candles, taken for a beautiful meal in hotel with wine and presents of a bottle of my favourite wine, a book I wanted, some lovely chocolates and the tulips had been delivered to work the day before. Perfection.

[SkStu]

did that particular mystery man get brownie points from you Magicme?

[Spudulika]

This year I had to get in my good things early. So it was a mini-shopping spree in Next (where they have a major sale on) so I could pick up enough to make myself look like a GBF. Then it was a small gift from Lush. A trip to the Museum of Soviet Video Games got some good vibes, and the whole shebang will be rounded off on Tuesday by a nice lunch. I have to as I leave that evening for a 3 day road trip. All in all, I think I'm doing okay. Better than my worst Valentines when I brought an ex to the theatre, followed by dinner and night tour of London. Her skulling herself on a low hanging lintel (make of some type of stone) didn't bode well, nor did the cut on her forehead that couldn't be staunched. 3 hours waiting in hospital, followed by 4 stitches meant that our relationship disappeared. Though I'm pretty sure, all these years later, that she carries a memory of that perfectly planned night. Shame about the execution though!

[Magicme]

Ask him coz he lurks on foot!

[strangeirish]

...:bulgy:

[osarusan]

A card and chocolates, jewelry, restaurant, weekend away, etc. is all the normal stuff


Do the regular stuff like a nite away somewhere, meal, flowers etc

Whatever happened to a manky card of a cat looking longingly at a goldfish in a bowl? A couple of question marks scrawled inside and you're all set.

[osarusan]

A trip to the Museum of Soviet Video Games got some good vibes

http://cdn.epicski.com/e/ed/469x304px-LL-ed262631_NotSureIfSerious.jpeg

[Spudulika]

http://cdn.epicski.com/e/ed/469x304px-LL-ed262631_NotSureIfSerious.jpeg

Seriously, it's a complete trip into another world. Some odd vibe of nostalgia mixed with insanity.

[born2bwild]

Get her two Internationals on loan from a big club in Moscow? Maybe a Czech and a Pole? Oh, wait....

[BonnieShels]

This year I had to get in my good things early. So it was a mini-shopping spree in Next (where they have a major sale on) so I could pick up enough to make myself look like a GBF. Then it was a small gift from Lush. A trip to the Museum of Soviet Video Games got some good vibes, and the whole shebang will be rounded off on Tuesday by a nice lunch. I have to as I leave that evening for a 3 day road trip. All in all, I think I'm doing okay. Better than my worst Valentines when I brought an ex to the theatre, followed by dinner and night tour of London. Her skulling herself on a low hanging lintel (make of some type of stone) didn't bode well, nor did the cut on her forehead that couldn't be staunched. 3 hours waiting in hospital, followed by 4 stitches meant that our relationship disappeared. Though I'm pretty sure, all these years later, that she carries a memory of that perfectly planned night. Shame about the execution though!

What a long-winded attempted murder.

[BonnieShels]

On the subject of V-day. I never do it. In every relationship I've ever been in I make it clear it's a pile of balls and that surely doing nice things throughout the year is better than a night of being in a restaurant full of couples pretending that that's where they want to be.

I'm single this year. :)

[tetsujin1979]

On the subject of V-day. I never do it. In every relationship I've ever been in I make it clear it's a pile of balls and that surely doing nice things throughout the year is better than a night of being in a restaurant full of couples pretending that that's where they want to be.

I'm single this year. :)
Immediately made me think of this - http://theoatmeal.com/blog/valentines_day

[BonnieShels]

Immediately made me think of this - http://theoatmeal.com/blog/valentines_day


Less complaining. More sexy rumpus.

This is my new mantra.

[BonnieShels]

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0032/7882/products/vagina_squadron_large.jpg?101059

For us singletons! :)

[nigel-harps1954]

Nothing better to get you in the mood for the day than having an argument with the missus about how invalid the day itself is, the night before valentines day.
Went to bed in a foul mood and I'm left at half 4 on foot.ie. What a night.

[theworm2345]

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0032/7882/products/vagina_squadron_large.jpg?101059

For us singletons! :)
I know I'm a hopeless romantic, but as I said in the say anything thread (http://foot.ie/threads/99286-The-say-anything-what-s-on-your-mind-thread?p=1572246&viewfull=1#post1572246), they pretty much do. Walk in to any bar on Valentine's Night, give a deep sigh and look sad/lonely and its like you've got a magnet in your pants. The later you wait the easier it gets. The price of a few drinks surely beats the hours of planning/agonizing and wads of cash needed to essentially get the same effect if you're in a relationship. Plus it eliminates the sizable risk of you doing/getting them something stupid and ****ing it all up anyway.

[Spudulika]

What a long-winded attempted murder.

It was almost as long as the wait in casualty. Oddly we kind of broke up a couple of weeks later over some insignificant incident.

[BonnieShels]

Nothing better to get you in the mood for the day than having an argument with the missus about how invalid the day itself is, the night before valentines day.
Went to bed in a foul mood and I'm left at half 4 on foot.ie. What a night.

It used to be that because I was on foot.ie I would get into trouble.
What a pox of a day.

[BonnieShels]

I know I'm a hopeless romantic, but as I said in the say anything thread (http://foot.ie/threads/99286-The-say-anything-what-s-on-your-mind-thread?p=1572246&viewfull=1#post1572246), they pretty much do. Walk in to any bar on Valentine's Night, give a deep sigh and look sad/lonely and its like you've got a magnet in your pants. The later you wait the easier it gets. The price of a few drinks surely beats the hours of planning/agonizing and wads of cash needed to essentially get the same effect if you're in a relationship. Plus it eliminates the sizable risk of you doing/getting them something stupid and ****ing it all up anyway.

Yeah. It doesn't quite work that way at all in Dublin. I'm too broke to head out tonight though I may knock into the local later and have a look-see.

[nigel-harps1954]

It used to be that because I was on foot.ie I would get into trouble.
What a pox of a day.

Oh theres that too. "Get off that damn footie site, we're going to be late" is a personal favourite.


Crisis averted though, this smart bas**rd got out of bed early and made breakfast in bed and played it all off as a joke followed by a big surprise. ;P

"Sure I had to make it more surprising for you. Wouldn't have been much of a surprise if you expected me to do something nice".

Damn I'm good.

[Magicme]

I love today! :D

[BonnieShels]

Oh theres that too. "Get off that damn footie site, we're going to be late" is a personal favourite.


Crisis averted though, this smart bas**rd got out of bed early and made breakfast in bed and played it all off as a joke followed by a big surprise. ;P

"Sure I had to make it more surprising for you. Wouldn't have been much of a surprise if you expected me to do something nice".

Damn I'm good.

No chance of her ever seeing that eh?

[theworm2345]

I love today! :D
This will probably come out far meaner than intended, but I bet you're one of those women (and some men) who buys in to the day way too much and is unbearable to be around for the duration

Yeah. It doesn't quite work that way at all in Dublin. I'm too broke to head out tonight though I may knock into the local later and have a look-see.
You would need to seek out the Americans studying abroad or something...the fact they're in a foreign country and alone on Valentine's Day would make it all the easier. Personally, its 9:50 PM and I just got home from class, have a fair amount of reading to do, and am running on reduced sleep so I won't be able to exploit the day myself. :( Actually, its perhaps somewhat ironic that while I am against being in a relationship on Valentine's Day, the past two I couldn't have done anything anyway as I was working until 11 last year.

[Eminence Grise]

Well, romance is alive and well... somewhere, but probably not for Carlton Cole. The BBC lifted this snippet on their football gossip column today:

West Ham striker Carlton Cole has revealed to his Twitter followers his Valentine's Day gifts for his partner - an iron, cleaning products, Oxo cubes and a bottle of champagne.

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/gossip/) The full story is in the Daily M**l - if you can bring yourself to read that! Somehow I don't think it his largesse would receive the Magicme Seal of Approval.

(Actually, the snippet below this one is about Aston Villa buying Gee - they must have misunderstood Bonnie's 'squadron' post...)

[Magicme]

Wormy, I don't. I really am not about the whistles and bells. I loved yesterday because I got back with the man I love and want to spend the rest of my life with. He had spent almost a year messing me around, breaking my heart but it all got sorted and much to my amazement I even got flowers from the worlds biggest commitmentphobe. That's why I loved it. Now going back to bed to cuddle up to him.:-D

[BonnieShels]

Wormy, I don't. I really am not about the whistles and bells. I loved yesterday because I got back with the man I love and want to spend the rest of my life with. He had spent almost a year messing me around, breaking my heart but it all got sorted and much to my amazement I even got flowers from the worlds biggest commitmentphobe. That's why I loved it. Now going back to bed to cuddle up to him.:-D

Well if that doesn't keep him from taking the Sligo job, nothing will.

[Spudulika]

Oh sweet jesus, of all the things to put into my head on a cold Wednesday night, no, I'm going back to watch Mean Girls, in Russian.

[nigel-harps1954]

No chance of her ever seeing that eh?


Too late, and now hard to explain. Note to self, should not divulge details of Valentines day on foot.ie. Leave it in the head.

[Dunny]

Decided to splash the cash and get her one of these.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/427589_347824855251157_326728523_n.jpg

[Ozymandias]

I did the St Valentines relics one year and it was lovely. First we went to flower market and bought some flowers, then had a lovely breakfast before going to the relics.2nd nicest Valentines day ever I had.

Okay I waited for someone else to bite but it never materialised. what was the nicest Valentines day you had

[Magicme]

It did......was the one with the beautiful nite in a hotel.

[peadar1987]

Lucky enough to be going out with someone who hates Valentine's day as much as I do.

And would much rather spend/have money spent on going on an adventure somewhere interesting than on some grossly overpriced flowers and useless jewelry.

And just to cement my reputation as a cynical misogynist, I had a discussion the other night about wedding rings. Apparently you're now supposed to spend 3 months wages (thanks, Americans!). That's not going to happen unless the lucky girl is chipping in 50%. I'm fully supportive of equal rights for women, but demanding that expensive things are bought for them with no effort going the other way doesn't really fall under this.

So that's why I split the bill in restaurants, don't buy girls drinks unless they want to get into rounds, don't do Valentine's Day, and am probably going to end up dying alone!

[BonnieShels]

Lucky enough to be going out with someone who hates Valentine's day as much as I do.

And would much rather spend/have money spent on going on an adventure somewhere interesting than on some grossly overpriced flowers and useless jewelry.

And just to cement my reputation as a cynical misogynist, I had a discussion the other night about wedding rings. Apparently you're now supposed to spend 3 months wages (thanks, Americans!). That's not going to happen unless the lucky girl is chipping in 50%. I'm fully supportive of equal rights for women, but demanding that expensive things are bought for them with no effort going the other way doesn't really fall under this.

So that's why I split the bill in restaurants, don't buy girls drinks unless they want to get into rounds, don't do Valentine's Day, and am probably going to end up dying alone!

I hate that assumption. Screw Romance. RUMPUS FOREVER!

[Magicme]

Will be easier to screw if you do the romance bit first though.

[theworm2345]

Will be easier to screw if you do the romance bit first though.
At a certain point it just isn't worth it anymore though (obviously that point varies depending on the girl)

[BonnieShels]

Will be easier to screw if you do the romance bit first though.


Screw that.

I manage quite well without the romance.

[peadar1987]

Will be easier to screw if you do the romance bit first though.

Yes, but romance doesn't have to come in financial form. I can love someone plenty without having to prove it by shelling out obscene amounts of cash on overpriced annular tokens of committment!

Don't get me wrong, I love doing nice things for my gf, but it has to be a two-way street (and not in the sense of "I buy you a necklace, you do all sorts of naughty things"). Girls who think they're entitled to be showered with gifts and never give anything back as the norm aren't going to get anywhere with me. If I was going out with someone who was earning the same amount as me, I would appreciate it if they were also coming out with half the gestures. It's not too much to ask that if I pay for a romantic meal one week, they pay for the football tickets the next!

[Magicme]

Totally agree with you Peader. I have never been or never could be all take like that and the trip to relics, cheap flowers at the market day was great without much money being spent. It's never about the money but akways abiut tge thought and effort and not just on Valentines day.