are you for or against it and why


whose job is it to make it 'special' the man or the woman's ?






what is your idea of a romantic Valentine's Day?


best one ya ever planned or participated in?

you're welcome and enjoy your evening

I am babysitting my grandson so my oldest son and daughter-in-law

may do something together


I told them to go out and try to recall what it feels like to be

a couple

Singles Awareness Day....or SAD for those of us not in a relationship or dating anyone. I'm not for or against Valentine's day.

It is actually both their responsibility.


My idea would be based off what my significant other would enjoy.

I can't elaborate on a good planned Valentine's day. Last one I celebrated, (4 years ago) I made a cherry cheesecake for my girlfriend at the time. She loved cherry cheesecake, and the bouquet of flowers I had gotten.

Thanks, I try every so often...

This may not be the most romantic brag, but as a Valentine's Day present, I'm paying for some much-need dental work for my sweet (no dental coverage on her health insurance). Will probably be several thousand dollars when it's finished.

I always thought it the mans job to make it special. Fact is we don't tell them we love them enough so on Valentines Day we get to make up for that a bit

It may have been special once but now it's just another holiday that businesses try to make money off of.

I personally have NEVER had a reason to celebrate it because I have always been single on that day.

against.. v-day always means virgin day for me..

sent my son two or three good ideas I saw around town this week

dinner and two tickets to a movie deal at a local restaurant


one place was having a prime rib dinner with lobster tail


giving him a few ideas to get the ball rolling


asked my daughter in law if she thought it was the guy's job

and she kind of thought it was


asked her if she was open to maybe planning the night out together

I've had years that I've had a relationship on Valentines and years I haven't. This year, I'm acknowledging valentines day as the day I spend part of the day to preserve my happiness as a single father. It will begin by going into court to ask that the charges not be dropped and the CPO be maintained. This Valentines day will be about spending time with family, the parts I can love and protect.

Welllll, I had met a guy on here but we were keeping it a secret
(I had seen so many crash and burns) for about 7 months.

Then I logged in on (the day before) Valentines Day 2011 to find
he had announced it on M2..he could not hold back any longer hahaha
https://mingle2.com/topic/296677?page=1

Now he tells me happy Valentines nearly once a week, because that
is when we made it official.

OMG Soufie. This may very well be the sweetest written declaration of love I have ever read ! you are both so damn deserving of each other !

As for the OP's question,I am totally in favor of valentines day and any other day that people choose to pay special homage to their loved one.

Ideally I think that both people in the relationship should make it special for each other , but let me say... that the man who puts effort into romancing his woman on ANY DAY ....... will be "thanked" ...

VIGOROUSLY and REPETITIVELY

It's all about the love. If you have someone it doesn't need to be anyones main job to make it special. Thats what being together means. How awesome would it be to suprise one and other. or even just make dinner and talk. It doesnt need to be about what you spend or do, but whom your with!

do you think we get burned out on this?

or we sit and stew sometimes on hard feelings

based on how someone has done us wrong at some point in the past


and because of this...we have stopped trying?

I loved this holiday as a kid

I can remember one year we had to decorate a shoe box and cut a hold in top

and make a mailbox out of it to take to school for our

Valentine's Day Party

and my mother helped he decorate mine with red velvet and lace around the edges


I kept that thing for years on my dresser

Never mind.

Still can't get pictures to post.

There's actually a posibility that people do get burned out from previous valentines that culminated into heap of broken dreams.

I made a conscious effort to celebrate valentine with my single friends after my break ups. Romantic love is not the only type of love worth celebrating. Its a great way to re direct our emotional energies.

And the few valentines that I.didnt celebrate with friends , i celebrated my love for myself. Ie bought myself something nice or ordered myself a lovely meal. Ive learned how to be a splendid date to myself after years of practice :)

That is so sweet sofie ... Congrats...here's to all that mushy stuff and all ...

I am not against Valentine's day but then again I don't celebrate it. My friends that are in relationships usually take the day to spend with each other and show how much they care for each other. Reasoning is that life gets so busy and hectic; they never really take a day just for the two of them. They do simple things like dinner and movie so no real pressure to go overboard. I think people that don't like Valentines day are just the ones that have to spend it alone and are bitter of those who have someone. I say let the couples have their day and be happy for them.