valentine Cards

weinbeck · Post by **weinbeck** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:31 pm

Am I the only person who finds it almost impossible to buy a "normal" Valentine Card?

I have never failed to give my wife a Valentine since we met, but I am beginning to dispair at the problems faced trying to find something suitable, as every year it gets worse. Go into any card shop, and all you will find is smut, smut, smut. Virtually every card is steeped in sexual innuendoes. Is the age of courtship dead, or does one have to "score" by the third date or it's all over? It's even worse trying to find one for my daughter.

OK, so it's meant to be from a secret admirer, but after twenty-eight years and no cracks to be papered over, there are few secrets in this family! Twenty-eight years ago you had choice - now it's gone down hill so much, I'm seriously toying with the idea of printing my own cards on a semi-commercial basis. It's gotta be better than one card I saw. On the front cover it had the question: "Would you like to get your tongue round something round, smoothe and hairy?" Open up the card and what is it? A Polo mint, covered in carpet hairs. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:40 pm

Make her a card-yes, make her one! Find an appropriate love poem, or write one yourself. Then fix it all up, decorate it so lovely she will adore you even more.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:49 pm

I'm impressed you are still sending her valentine cards after 28 years of marriage, and I am taking notes as we speak for my own possible future betrothed whoever the hell that is going to be. So any more tips (non sexual please) on the little things you can do to keep the romance in your life??

weinbeck · Post by **weinbeck** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:18 pm

Galbally;540376 wrote: I'm impressed you are still sending her valentine cards after 28 years of marriage, and I am taking notes as we speak for my own possible future betrothed whoever the hell that is going to be. So any more tips (non sexual please) on the little things you can do to keep the romance in your life??

I have the odd flutter in the betting shop every now and then. If I do win - not very often! it might be £7 - £10. That could buy me a few pints of beer after work. Or I could buy my wife a box of chocolates, which she'd like. However, methinks if I bought a couple of mixed seasonal flowers that are just coming into bloom, not only would she be thrilled, it would be something that would brighten up our home for up to two weeks, and it would be something we would all benefit from.

Any blokes out there reading this - try complimenting your wife/girlfriend on the new dress/top she is wearing BEFORE she asks for your opinion on it! Don't worry about doing the washing-up - it miraculously does itself. At the end of the day, you're knocked out - so is she.

(Just a couple of reasons why I'm approaching my Pearl Wedding Anniversary.)

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:27 pm

Flowers, now that is something nice she will like.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:30 pm

I can understand your frustration, Weinbeck. I guess there are those who like the smutty cards but I'm not one of them either. I'm with Chonsi on this one. I would love a handmade Valentine with a special sentiment that came directly from my loved one. It doesn't have to be storebought to be special. Why not write your wife a love letter on heart-shaped paper? Remind her why you married her in the first place and tell her what all these years have meant to you; how wonderful she is and how she makes you feel. Accompany it with a flower. What woman could possibly resist that?

weinbeck · Post by **weinbeck** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:42 pm

RedGlitter;540395 wrote: I can understand your frustration, Weinbeck. I guess there are those who like the smutty cards but I'm not one of them either. I'm with Chonsi on this one. I would love a handmade Valentine with a special sentiment that came directly from my loved one. It doesn't have to be storebought to be special. Why not write your wife a love letter on heart-shaped paper? Remind her why you married her in the first place and tell her what all these years have meant to you; how wonderful she is and how she makes you feel. Accompany it with a flower. What woman could possibly resist that?

Awe - true romantics at heart - how thweet!:-4

I always have been an incurable romantic - my wife was the only girlfriend I ever had. Within two months I knew I didn't want a girlfriend - I wanted a wife.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:58 pm

weinbeck;540405 wrote: Awe - true romantics at heart - how thweet!:-4

I always have been an incurable romantic - my wife was the only girlfriend I ever had. Within two months I knew I didn't want a girlfriend - I wanted a wife.

Now *that* is better than any card you could buy, Weinbeck. That is wonderful. :-4