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02-14-2008, 12:22 PM
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Question: if you were planning on celebrating Valentines this weekend - would you still expect flowers or something...?
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Yes.
But I don't work in an office setting. So what he personally drops off (no deliveries--and I'm not a flower person b/c it's too predictable and easy) isn't for show.
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02-14-2008, 12:27 PM
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"15% of women in the work place buy their own flowers on Valentine's Day."
I heard this crazy stat on the news this morning. Is this legit? I mean is the pressure that high to get flowers on Valentine's Day that some women feel the need to fake it?
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02-14-2008, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by SthrnZeta
Question: if you were planning on celebrating Valentines this weekend - would you still expect flowers or something...? I was listening to the radio this morning and the woman on Kid Kraddick was saying how women in office settings have this pressure to see who gets the best V-Day gift and it made me laugh cuz it's kinda true. You always watch to see if people with SOs get flowers, etc delievered to their workplace. The guy I was dating senior year of college was in Iraq and he had flowers and two stuffed bears sent to my work and then called right after they were delivered and I will always remember that Valentines. Just wondering if I'm being to materialistic to want something special like that even if we're planning dinner, etc this weekend...?
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I am taking B day presents today, and taking (and giving) V tines gifts this weekend 
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Last edited by DaemonSeid; 02-14-2008 at 12:28 PM.
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02-14-2008, 12:48 PM
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Let me put things in perspective for you regarding my wonderful fiance: this is the man who thought your wedding ring should be all blinged out since that's the one you wear forever  So if we've planned to celebrate this weekend, I seriously doubt anything special will happen today. To his defense though, he has talked about getting a hotel in Nashville for Saturday night (and not staying in his dinky on base hotel room that night) and going out for sushi as our V-Day meal since we both love the stuff. Sooo.... I know it'll be a good time but it's always nice to get flowers at work IMO 
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02-14-2008, 12:58 PM
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Have fun. 
He and I express our expectations to one another so if either or both of us expect to receive something on the day of and more on that weekend when we celebrate more extensively, then that's what it is and it isn't too much to ask as far as we're concerned. That can sometimes depend on the timing (i.e. if someone's out of town) and the occasion, though.
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02-14-2008, 01:48 PM
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My wonderful husband got a hotel for this weekend in Vail!!
Unfortunately, it's for him and 3 of his buddies!!
That's ok, we've been happily married for 23 years, so one Valentine weekend apart won't kill us 
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02-14-2008, 02:39 PM
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Probably not doing anything for V-day. There hasn't been much excitement on this day since I've been in my current relationship (now marriage). There was way more drama when I was single, mostly surrounding not having anyone to do stuff with. Now that I'm in a relationship, I'm seeing that there's not so much exiting here either. Or maybe I'm just boring.
4 years ago - We'd just started dating. The big production for V-day was really made by his roommate, who made a point of cleaning the apartment and clearing out. If I recall, we made dinner together that night, then fell asleep watching TV.
3 years ago - He worked at an upscale restaurant at the time, so there's no way he was getting V-day off. I scheduled myself to work that night so I wouldn't be alone.
2 years ago - He was in Japan. I spent the evening alone with my cats and some Ben & Jerry's.
1 year ago - I was on call for work. We tried to go out to dinner but I kept freaking out: "OMG, we're going to order and then I'm going to be paged and have to leave and everyone will be pissed." Wolfed down dinner and managed to make it home before getting paged and working most of that evening.
This year - We don't have any money to spare (on one income right now and saving for a house), so while flowers or something would be nice, I know I'm not getting anything because we can't afford it. We have a volleyball game tonight, so it'll be a quick dinner and then off to the rec center.
ETA: Work did give everybody chocolates this year, though. That was sweet of them.
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Last edited by KappaKittyCat; 02-14-2008 at 02:45 PM.
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