Originally Posted by
WhereRWe?
My wife and I are with you Bruce on these thoughts . . . it's not that I'm not romantic . . . in fact I occasionally buy my wife a small gift, a romantic card or flowers during the year for no particular reason and The Great Wooing of Heidi Ellen was quite the romantic feat from start to finish (I don't need a one-day-a-year contrived holiday for consumerism . . . besides we already have Christmas and a host of other holidays for that!)
And it's not a long-term relationship thing . . . it's just that for some folks like my wife and myself we don't need a single day to remind us of our love for each other . . . that happens each and every day . . . of course it helps that both of us feel the same way about VD . . . in fact we also cut way back on Christmas gifts for each other as well this year and found out that it was rather nice to focus on spending time with each other instead of dealing with the whole hassle of holiday shopping.
Now for those hopeless romantics -- yeah Steph I'm thinking of you -- my wife and I still do take time out to spend quality time with each other. In fact, we have a Thursday night ritual of "date night" where we usually get some sort of take-out and watch Survivor . . . and we often dine out together . . . and as mentioned I do occasionally buy her a card, gift, flowers, etc. . . . not necessarily on Valentine's Day.
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