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Valentines Day

oh you guys all suck eggs. :p sour sour sour. where's the fun in any of the things you just said. yes yes commercialism, yes yes, real reason for the season. don't any of you get a small thrill watching charlie brown christmas, when linus gives his soliliquay(sp?)my god my spelling) i love hearing the first carols in church, i love seeing ridiculous commercials about valentines, i love, love seeing those kids coming with their 3 sizes to big spider man suits, trying to breathe through those impossibly small holes, easter baskets with new skip ropes, turkey ham gravy stuffing. carols cards friends mistletoe, eggs the easter bunny. it is those little markers of childhood that are precious. each culture has them. my girlfriend michiyo looks forward to golden week and cherry blossom festival each year. do you know what cherry blossom festival is, lets get drunk in the park and watch the petals fall. but it's FUN!!!!!!! families together, laughing, eating, having fun, sharing.
i think we lack magic in our society, and it may seem a bit schmaltzy, but i feel magic at certain times of the year. i look forward and embrace those times. i also don't shop at walmart...... :rolleyes:
 
Jbug said:
I got a Dyson for Christmas and have become a vacuuming freak; it's the greatest thing (this from a girl who didn't even own a vacuum cleaner until then) :rolleyes:
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:D It must have been the year for receiving Dyson's - we got one too :cool:
 
Well we usually go away for a short break at Valentines every year, but I just realised my passport expired last month :rolleyes: So I spent all day getting it renewed - so if we can find a late deal on the internet hopefully we'll be off somewhere tomorrow :)
 
Motokid said:
I have also been trying to end Christmas as we know it in my family.
Think about it. Thanksgiving Part 2. Doesn’t that sound nice? It’s not a Bah-humbug thing. It’s about getting back to the original reason most holidays are important. Spending quality time with your family. Can’t you do that without hundreds of dollars of gifts????
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Yep, with you on that, although I'm not a huge Thanksgiving person. My plan for Thanksgiving is to go on vacation since we already have 2 days off so we only use 3 vacation days. This year we went on our honeymoon and had Thanksgiving dinner in Hawaii. Next year I'm hoping for Scotland.
My parents are both remarried so since we do the house-hopping bit at Christmas I like to have Thanksgiving just for my hub & me.

As for Christmas, I know exactly what you mean from the religion to the materialism. It's my favorite holiday because I love giving gifts, but we've altered it a bit. Instead of gift bonanza every year, we agree to only spend $50 per person in the immediate family and then have family days throughout the year- each person plans their outing. My husband and I only fill our stockings and have a pre-set $ limit. Yet with all that it still feels out of control.
 
Here's my attempt to make up for all the gloomy gus's posts.

My hubby and I both have birthdays in close proximity to V Day, so we go out to a fancy, romantic dinner to celebrate all three. He will probably get me some roses, too, two pink to symbolize our beautiful daughters and two yellow or white to symbolize our handsome sons. We have been married eleven years.



novella-- my husband ate your candy, and half of mine, too. ;)
 
I like holidays in general, but not this one. It's pretty worthless. If you love some one, don't wait for hallmark to tell them for you.
 
I agree. I hate Valentine's Day, and all other worthless holidays (St. Patrick's Day comes readily to mind) I mean, come on! Who really needs Valentime's Day?
 
I just got a valentines e-card from my crush...so...I don't know what to make of that... Some words on the e-card sounds like he loves me and in his personal message that he sent with the card its just basically saying I'm beautiful and sexy. He put From instead of Love or Love from... I get the feeling he may have sent it out of friendship not love.

Well...this has got me depressed and I cried :eek: :(
 
Hi, Rainbow, he remembered you and thought about you, which was nice.

If there is no love anymore, then muster up your courage and get over it. you might miss the one who is outthere for you as you've been dwelling too much on this.----------though my opinion might not be wanted.

Take good care of yourself:)

edited to add: a poet once said something like "I would be blessed/ fortunate if I could have her love; if not, it is my fate/destiny".
 
watercrystal said:
Hi, Rainbow, he remembered you and thought about you, which was nice.

If there is no love anymore, then muster up your courage and get over it. you might miss the one who is outthere for you as you've been dwelling too much on this.----------though my opinion might not be wanted.

Take good care of yourself:)

edited to add: a poet once said something like "I would be blessed/ fortunate if I could have her love; if not, it is my fate/destiny".
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I'm trying to be happy, not going to move on to another guy though. (Only SillyWabbit) ;)

My crush does say he loves me and wants a future with me, but I fear that his leading me on for the sake of needing a sholder to cry on when things in his life becomes bad.

I'm not going to give him an e-card, see if he mentions it and gets upset or something :p
 
RainbowGurl said:
I'm trying to be happy, not going to move on to another guy though. (Only SillyWabbit) ;)
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You have such good taste in men ;) :D lol

My crush does say he loves me and wants a future with me, but I fear that his leading me on for the sake of needing a sholder to cry on when things in his life becomes bad.

I'm not going to give him an e-card, see if he mentions it and gets upset or something :p
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Well, seriously, I think you need to REALLY decide what you want to do. You gotta either break up with him totally ( and I think it's for the better if you decide to do that, then you don't talk to him any longer ) or you decide you want to be with him and trust in him. You gotta make a choice :) I know it's really hard but you have got to. This existing in limbo will only tear you apart and make you sad. You need a resolution. You need to move on. If you break with him ( brings resolution ) and you can move on with your life. If you decide to be with you ( brings resolution ) and you can work toward that goal. You gotta decide on one or the other :)

Good luck!
 
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