Help! Valentine's Day

[minsue]

Insane sex? Please explain

I'm thinking it involves a straightjacket and a man in a white coat, but that may be my own fantasies coloring my opinion.

- Mindy, waiting for them to come take me away ha ha

 

[shereads]

Insane sex? Please explain

The kind of sex that you would have in an abandoned warehouse with a kidnapper who gives chocolate shoes.

Athough the white jacket idea that min brought up could work too.

I'm feeling terribly romantic right now. What to do...?

 

[damppanties]

Sexual intercourse, in bedroom with soft lights, sexual intercourse in the living room with soft lights, sexual intercourse in the kitchen with soft lights, sexual intercourse in the garde... oh, wait! That's what she should be doing to make it errr... romantic for you.

You should be making love in bedroom with soft lights, making love in living room with soft lights, making love in the kitchen with soft lights, making love... elsewhere with soft lights.

 

[A7inchPhildo]

Excellent point Dampy. Besides the sex should be a by-product of what romantic idea you come up with, not trying to make it the romantic thing by it self.

I like Svenflicka's hubbies thought the Bed spread is a novel idea and sets up for the sex, I mean love making.

 

[whispering_surrender]

Okay, this is just my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt.....but....

The best way to show your wife you love her, is not on February 14th at all. Everyone sorta "expects" something on that day. It's March 22nd or August 8th when they stop everything, look deep into your eyes and say I love you. Something small, but special done on no particular day whatsoever. If this is done often enough, anything you do on Valentine's Day will be translated as he loves me by a woman who is secure in her spouse's adoration.

Sorry about the lecture....I'm done now.

Whisp

 

[shereads]

Whispering Surrender's advice about surprising your wife with a romantic gesture at an unexpected time is lovely.

But if you skip Feb. 14th, she's not going to be happy.

So you have to do both.

 

[shereads]

Excellent point Dampy. Besides the sex should be a by-product of what romantic idea you come up with, not trying to make it the romantic thing by it self.

I like Svenflicka's hubbies thought the Bed spread is a novel idea and sets up for the sex, I mean love making.

What is it with men and romance? Women want sex. Sex, sex, sex. Romance is for rookies.

 

[Vincent E]

Valentine's Day is nothing more than a fabication of the Greeting Card-Confectioners-Floral industrial complex as a way to seperate the consumer from his money between paying Christmas bills and buying beer for St. Patrick's Day.

I say forget the whole thing and buy lot's of discounted chocolate for yourself the day after, when everything goes on sale for 50% off.

Vincent E - the E stands for Ever the Nonconformist.

Wow, this is the most radical post I've ever written.

 

[NoJo]

What is it with men and romance? Women want sex. Sex, sex, sex. Romance is for rookies.

Are you saying that women want sex three times in a row, now? Oh, I give up.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I know what I'd like for Valentine's Day...

Huggable!

 

[lucky-E-leven]

valentine shmalentine

Why is Feb. 14 so perplexing?

All I really want is a hammock rigged up in the backyard, but I've asked for this one thing for the last three birthdays, christmas' and valentine's days...and at this point, I'd settle for a box of tic-tac's, thoughtfully purchased in my favorite flavor.

For all the fancy chocolates containing indescribable nougets, convenience store stuffed animals and used candles that get brought out (in my honor) over the upscale dinner of Subway sandwiches, I'd rather be left alone for a hot quiet bath than grin and praise the half-assed effort. Sure it's the thought that counts, but c'mon and make the thought count!

I don't need wooing based on cliches of candy, snugglies and candles...I need something sincere, even if off the beaten path(tic-tacs).

Valentine's day was more fun when I was in grade school and decorated a shoe box for all my cards and candy. Hope this isn't the case for anyone else

-E (obviously attached to the least romantic person alive)

(on the up side...I purchased myself a hammock and will soon know the finer points of installing one) romancing oneself is good

 

[minsue]

Re: valentine shmalentine

Why is Feb. 14 so perplexing?

All I really want is a hammock rigged up in the backyard, but I've asked for this one thing for the last three birthdays, christmas' and valentine's days...and at this point, I'd settle for a box of tic-tac's, thoughtfully purchased in my favorite flavor.

For all the fancy chocolates containing indescribable nougets, convenience store stuffed animals and used candles that get brought out (in my honor) over the upscale dinner of Subway sandwiches, I'd rather be left alone for a hot quiet bath than grin and praise the half-assed effort. Sure it's the thought that counts, but c'mon and make the thought count!

I don't need wooing based on cliches of candy, snugglies and candles...I need something sincere, even if off the beaten path(tic-tacs).

Valentine's day was more fun when I was in grade school and decorated a shoe box for all my cards and candy. Hope this isn't the case for anyone else

-E (obviously attached to the least romantic person alive)

(on the up side...I purchased myself a hammock and will soon know the finer points of installing one) romancing oneself is good

ROFL! Reminds me of my parents when I was growing up. Before any gift giving occasion (birthday, x-mas, v-day, etc), my mother would take me aside and tell me exactly what she wanted and that it was my job to go with my father and make sure he got it. She started that after one mother's day when she had given my father the Sears catalogue with the exact jewelry box she wanted circled and the page marked. She ended up buying it for herself the day after mother's day and from then on it was my job to take my father shopping.

If it helps you feel any better on the lack of romance front, my husband's right up there. For our first anniversary I had set a price limit on gifts because we were saving for a house. I bought a picture frame and painted song lyrics from "I'll Stop the World and Melt With You" around the frame (he seems to think that's 'our song' although I've no idea why). He bought me a Nine Inch Nails CD and didn't even bother to wrap it. Who says romance is dead?

- Mindy

 

[Guest]

Re: valentine shmalentine

... romancing oneself is good

I like your attitude, E.

My best lover used to bring me two dozen roses every week; not the long-stemmed expensive kind (he was a poor composer) but they were dark red all and lasted a couple weeks so I always had several vases of them throughout the flat in various shades from red to violet.

Once when I was about to leave town the next day (for a week)he showed up with a new bunch. At my surprise he said, "I couldn't have you be without roses, ever."

I have one dried one left, framed.

Perdita

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Re: Re: valentine shmalentine

ROFL! Reminds me of my parents when I was growing up. Before any gift giving occasion (birthday, x-mas, v-day, etc), my mother would take me aside and tell me exactly what she wanted and that it was my job to go with my father and make sure he got it. She started that after one mother's day when she had given my father the Sears catalogue with the exact jewelry box she wanted circled and the page marked. She ended up buying it for herself the day after mother's day and from then on it was my job to take my father shopping.

If it helps you feel any better on the lack of romance front, my husband's right up there. For our first anniversary I had set a price limit on gifts because we were saving for a house. I bought a picture frame and painted song lyrics from "I'll Stop the World and Melt With You" around the frame (he seems to think that's 'our song' although I've no idea why). He bought me a Nine Inch Nails CD and didn't even bother to wrap it. Who says romance is dead?

- Mindy

Good idea, but my daughter is two and no help there. If I sent her out shopping she'd come back with Elmo and Dora the Explorer, and to be honest...neither of the cute cartoons really does it for me. Now if I could get her interested in Aeon Flux we might have something...

I'm the romantic and it used to really excite me to do fun stuff, but now it's like...why bother? It's not really appreciated and only makes him feel like he needs to do more and I'm not sure I could tolerate it if he added a dozen overpriced flowers to the mix, completing the already bad cliche.

Romance might not be dead, but it is damn near flat-lining around here. Glad to know not everyone has a big hullaballoo that day. Maybe I'll PM you with sweet nothings after I suffer through my $6.00 box of chocolates

-E

wookin pa nub in all da wong pwaces...

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Re: Re: valentine shmalentine

I like your attitude, E.

My best lover used to bring me two dozen roses every week; not the long-stemmed expensive kind (he was a poor composer) but they were dark red all and lasted a couple weeks so I always had several vases of them throughout the flat in various shades from red to violet.

Once when I was about to leave town the next day (for a week)he showed up with a new bunch. At my surprise he said, "I couldn't have you be without roses, ever."

I have one dried one left, framed.

Perdita

That's awesome...I need a best lover

I still have the stupid stuffed animals, but what possessed him to bring me a penguin beanie baby is still a mystery. But, I would hate it if I was forgotten on that day altogether, so i kept the penguin for a reminder that I was not completely forgotten in 2000.

Still, flowers (even the inexpensive grocery wildflowers) given often just for a smile, would kick ass! And everytime you passed them by in your home you would smile again. I grumble and choke the penguin when I see it...is that as rude as it sounds?

-E

 

[Guest]

E, "choke the penguin", a new tee-shirt slogan for me. Thanks.

Perdita

 

[English Lady]

OK for one....I would kill any man who tried to take me to an Arse......nal game..unless it happened to be against Manchester United


For two... Lucky-E-leven my daughter loves Dora..but can't get her mouth round the name so she sings it like in the beginning of the song but never gets past the "D D D D D...." bit....very cute!


For three......read my valentine entry Sub Joe.....several ideas of how to romance your loved one without spending a fortune on commercialised crap!



So there *L*

 

[Svenskaflicka]

"Romance yourself" - that's what I do all the time!

 

[lucky-E-leven]

"Romance yourself" - that's what I do all the time!

me too...but at least your other-half isn't even in the same country, let alone under the same roof

-E

Edited to add: Thank goodness for sites like this, eh?

 

[Black Tulip]

If all suggestions fail, you can always move to the Netherlands. No Valentine's Day there.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

If all suggestions fail, you can always move to the Netherlands. No Valentine's Day there.

Am packing bags while on the phone with travel agent...

-E

Thanks for the heads up...does this mean I have to use Euro?

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Euros... or tons of Valentine mush...

Plague or colera?

 

[NoJo]

SF, I found this image, and thought of you. Happy V day.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Thank you for helping me with my diet, Sub Joe. Now I'll never be able to eat chocolate again.

 

[sweetnpetite]

I haven't read through all of the suggestions, but I'll give mine real quick.


If you have kids, I suggest that *you* call a babysitter, take care of all the details and take her out to dinner (and maybe a grown-up movie)


If you don't have kids (or they are grown) I'll bet she'd still like to go someplace nice. Rather than buying her a thong, how about a nice dress to wear out on the town.

Another good gift would be a 'spa package' they offer those at the salon (manicure, pedicure, facial, ect) That's a good one to give, and you don't have to be present. Afterwords though, you might want to take her out and let her show off her the pampering you've provided.


IMO, lingere isn't a 'romantic' gift. It's more for him and it suggests that something is required of her. If you do get lingere, don't let it be the only thing. ON the other hand, you do want her to know that you still think of her as sexy, so if you would normally get her something like this- don't leave it off eather or she might think that she's turning into an ugly old cow. (we are irrationally hard on ourselves sometimes)