Valentine's Day

dotti34 · 22-02-2023, 06:18

Valentine’s Day, another commercially-driven event, is over and done with for 2023. There was a Valentine’s Day thread on Accyweb some years ago but I don’t think one has aired in recent years, unless it has been and gone without me noticing it. Just for a bit of fun and to lighten the atmosphere a bit I wondered if anyone has got a Valentine’s Day story to tell, either as a giver or as a receiver? Better still if it’s one that went wrong. Did you get one this year? Did you give one this year? Here’s a story from me, apologies if I have already related it somewhere else, but I’m old and I forget.

In the bloom of early days I wrote a love poem and put it in with my husband’s lunch. Correction, I actually put it IN his lunch, well I put it between two slices of bread to be precise, thinking he would check what I had packed for him and he would be quite overcome. Didn’t work out very well, he nearly was overcome as he was talking when he started to eat what he thought was a regular sandwich and my love poem almost choked him. He was not happy.

Margaret Pilkington · 22-02-2023, 14:34

I have never ever had a Valentines card….well, no I lie.
I have had one, but it was one I sent to myself.
I got a workmate to write it and one of the Reps (who lived in Cheshire) to post it.
It created a whole lot of trouble when it arrived.
My other half wanted to know the ins and out of a crows bum….who had sent it, how had I met this person…you can imagine it.
What made it worse was that I put it on the mantelpiece and left it up there for over a week.
He kept taking it down and I kept putting it back.
Eventually I owned up and said someone had sent it as a prank…I did not admit that the someone was ME!

I still haven’t had a Valentine!

MoreJoe · 23-02-2023, 00:04

Dear Margaret,
I was going to send you a dozen roses for Valentines but I am tapped out from New Year’s Day, Three Kings Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lunar New Year, Black History Month and Groundhog Day.

Now I am saving for George Washington's Birthday, Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Purim, International Women’s Day, Holi, Saint Patrick’s Day, Ramadan, Aprils Fools’ Day, Palm Sunday, Passover, Easter, Tax Day, Eid al-Fitr, Earth Day, Administrative Professionals Day (formerly Secretary's Day), Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, National Day of Prayer, Cinco de Mayo, National Nurses Day, Día de la Madre, Mother’s Day, Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Pride Month, Flag Day, Father’s Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Friendship Day, Sister's Day, Women's Equality Day, Labor Day, Grandparents Day, National Day of Service and Remembrance, Hispanic Heritage Month, Rosh Hashanah, Citizenship Day, Yom Kippur, Clergy Appreciation Month, Clergy Appreciation Day, Indigenous People’s Day, World Mental Health Day, National Coming Out Day, National Boss Day, Sweetest Day, United Nations Day, Halloween, All Saints’ Day, Election Day, Veterans Day, Diwali, Thanksgiving, National Native American Heritage Day, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and then its back to New Year’s Eve again.

But here you go, I got you an emoji ��

Happy Valentine's Day,
-Joe

Margaret Pilkington · 23-02-2023, 08:48

Thank you Morejoe.
I have not suffered from lack of self esteem by the fact that I have never had a Valentine.
My life doesn’t revolve around anyone else’s opinion of me.
I know my value and my worth…..so it bothers me not.
My sending myself a Valentine was just to see how my other half took this….and I really knew what his reaction would be….and it was funny to see (except he did not think so)

shillelagh · 28-02-2023, 23:58

i remember my mum sending me a valentines card when i was a kid ... the first year i didnt get one was 1986 .. i didnt get one this year mind you i didnt send one either ... stupid sod i am forgot and when i remembered it was too late and wasnt allowed out to get one and post it .. thats my excuse and i sticking to it .. mind you i was late wi the christmas card .. he got it thursday between christmas and new year ..

taddy · 01-03-2023, 13:13

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

i remember my mum sending me a valentines card when i was a kid ... the first year i didnt get one was 1986 .. i didnt get one this year mind you i didnt send one either ... stupid sod i am forgot and when i remembered it was too late and wasnt allowed out to get one and post it .. thats my excuse and i sticking to it .. mind you i was late wi the christmas card .. he got it thursday between christmas and new year ..

Christmas Cards, Birthday Cards, Valentine Cards ! "Bah, Humbug".

shillelagh · 02-03-2023, 02:59

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Originally Posted by taddy

Christmas Cards, Birthday Cards, Valentine Cards ! "Bah, Humbug".

its nice to get a card ... someone is thinking of you and has gone to all the effort to make one or to buy one and write it and give it to or put it in the post .. its special ..

Margaret Pilkington · 02-03-2023, 09:02

Jen, you are right. Getting a card IS special for all the reasons you quoted….and at some point when they are no longer around you can look at what they wrote and it brings back memories.

dotti34 · 22-08-2023, 11:47

sorry folks, i didn't intend to post on this subject today, went on the wrong thread - my mistake, and don't know how to get it off.

odders · 21-05-2024, 12:45

I don't do cards of any kind, still aint even opened last years Xmas cards. It must be a generation thing, i belive that even a text or call should have the same sentiment...to do it shows you care. And anyone reading this should ýou send cards, blag Marg P because she does it for a good cause.