Get Any Good Valentines Presents?

Well, what did you get?

I am single, so this being one of the best 4 days to be single, bought myself a nice item. Still waiting on it to ship, this dude is a slacker as far as shipping times, but he told me that when I ordered.

My toy on order: https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=456&idcategory=2

8mm Mauser. Sometimes, I am just too good to myself.

 

Ivan is jealous.

*didn't you name the last one "Ivan?"

 

Yes, Ivan is the 7.62x54R one


I will have to see this one in person to name it. :-D

 

Last year, The Guy took me out for dinner to the restaurant where he took us for our first date after I moved to the US, and then he spent dinner telling me all the reasons he loves me. :cloud9

This year, it was my turn to take him to dinner. We went to his favorite sports bar, had wings and drinks for appetizers, watched lots of basketball on lots of HDTVs in the bar, enjoyed a very delicious main course and a dessert, and did unspeakable things to each other once we were back home.

I'm happily married. You asked.

 

Woots! :-D Rock on.

:major

 

I got invited over for dinner, too, (Indian grub, ymmm!:yum). Between work and hospital appointments, I forgot all about what special day it was supposed to be. She finally told me the next day - Ack!...I felt like such a schmuck! http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/Zobor/angrywife-1.gif:-o
~ The other 'presents', I'm not talking about... roflmao.
Oh yeah, I bought her a new kettle which she badly needed and she thought it was a very thoughtful V-Day present. Except it was more of just a coincidence, as I forgot about everything.
Today, I decided to put my chili plants up in hanging baskets today and one fell down and king-hit me on the head - aahhh!...sore head! . Guess I didn't do a very good job on that one.rolleyes

Bahaha!...I'm getting too old for this shiz.http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/Zobor/orange_grump.gif


@ Fred:- You can always call your new rifle, 'Tito'. LOL

 

Let's see, I got a hug and a kiss, which was what I gave her as well Oh and tulips, but those weren't for Hallmark day

 

Not a dag on thing.

Not that I'm upset, considering this is how I really feel about v-day. :-D

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgdnqm4E8y1qd85sbo1_500.png










(and no, it's not because I'm single)

 

But, I get a Mauser... :-D

 

Gotta admit I agree with your assessment of the holiday

However, having said that, I had a dozen roses sent to my wife at her work, and I made her a card (she likes those better then commercial ones). She got me a huge chocolate bar, and a knock off of those "miracle ear" amplification devices . . . I think she might be trying to tell me I should listen more . . . :-D

Oh, and we did unspeakable things to each other :drool:***:innocent

 

Heh. I kind of agree. I refer to it as the "if you don't give me a diamond you don't love me"-day after all the the commercials that hint broadly that men who don't spend a fortune on small but very sparkling jewelry are cheapskates who are not fully committed to their wives. :-D

The implied assumption in those commercials that a wife offered a tiny sparkling rock in white gold will immediately reward the giver with enthusiastic sex, is pretty insulting, by the way.

All that aside, there is something to be said for taking a day to step back, look closer at the relationship you're in, and focus on what it is that makes it special and worth all the negative things that are inevitable when you live as close to a person most couples do. So my main reason for despising the commercial circus is that Hallmark and the discount mall jewelers are taking over a day that was supposed to be about me and him and why we love each other, and they're turning it into a tacky glitz and schmaltz fest of tasteless necklaces and pink cards with lace on the front.

uke

 

The over-commercialization of any special event is always B.S. - we all know that, whether it be Valentine's Day, Easter, Birthdays, 4th of July or that mother of all commercial events - Christmas.
But all that is beside the point, really. Call me an old fashioned so-and-so if you will, but to me, it's another excuse to make someone who is the most 'significant other' in our lives feel a bit special. Nothing wrong with that. So forget the diamonds and fifty dollar boxes of chocolates, expensive trips and crap like that and go on a romantic picnic or restaurant evening by the river or some such. Everyone, (male or female) deserves to be made to feel special at least once or twice a year, i.m.o.
Many of you will think that you don't need a 'special event' to spoil someone - and you don't, but in my rule book - any excuse will do, including the 'no special reason' excuse . Something which I do on a regular basis. One reason why I forgot about V.Day at the time, because she gets spoiled rotten on any random day, anyway. (Okay, so I am a nut, but at least I am a pleasant nut roflmao). 'Prolly why forgetting bothered me more than her, as she knows she's always getting more than a little pampered.
I got referred to as an "anachronistic antique" the last time I said something like this. Bah! - when did love become obsolete, anyway.rolleyes

 

Absolutely. It's far too one-sided here in the US though, with Valentine's Day focusing as much on her as the wedding day does (the groom is an accessory, not an active participant). Which is why I flat out told him a couple of weeks ago that I didn't want him to do anything for me on February 14th, because I was taking him out for dinner and spoiling him for the whole evening. These things need to be equal.

 

I just love myself. The cost of the rifle is no big deal. Makes me smile.:-D

 

I have actually found surprising her with a complete house cleaning and a foot rub gets me far better results than any brightly colored bauble

 

I ordered a gun, and got some chocolate candy as a gift. Good day for me. :-D

 

So, let me get this straight:

In the Family Guy commercial where the girl gets the diamond, and it says she'll pretty much have to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ur2er-STls

That's not for real???

You mean, for all these years I've been giving away diamond rings, and I ain't gonna get nothing in return?!?!?

Geez!!!

 

Ha! You got that right, Lady Laura - Happy (belated) Valentine's Day! :wave

 

My husband's favorite Family Guy joke. :-D

Mine too, actually.

 

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/Zobor/2011_New/2012_New/that-one-day-valentines-poem-unknown-author-demotivational-posters-1329190583.jpg .LOL

 

Damn Phantom, that is just funny! :-D:-D