Best and Worst Valentine's Day???
Posted on: 6 February 2008 - 1:06pm
Best and Worst Valentine's Day???
Come on, everybody’s got one… tell us about your best Valentine’s date, or your worst horror story…
We want to hear all the ugly details!
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once i took my ladyfriend to the horses at central park, but she said she already did it and it was stupid and that was that.
i started telling this at the meeting, and i forgot one part which was just as bad as the rest of the story..so here it goes again.. i was dating this kid (it was very new), and he didn’t call me all day on valentines day, so i rounded up some of my girlfriends and went out to the bar..he arrived a little while later, and while i was talking to one of my neighbors, who was an extremely good friend, he decided to punch him in the face, as this chaos was going, one of my girlfriends at that time, was sneaking out of the bar with one of my ex-boyfriends while i wasn’t paying attention. happy valentines day to me. hopefully this year will be much better. hahaha
Kristen I think you win!
Kristen, I’m absolutely speechless. That is terrible. I hope you dumped the kid right away.
Last year we had that huge snow storm on Valentine’s Day when the Thruway was closed. My boyfriend was planning on driving up from Syracuse to take me out to dinner. I was so excited because it is always good to see him. When I found out that he was not coming I flew off the handle and told him I would break up with him if he didn’t come. I know it sounds like a horrible thing for me to do, but I was having a rough week and I didn’t know how to respond. Needless to say, he didn’t come up for the night, but I didn’t end up breaking up with him. I apologized for my actions and he ended up coming up the following night when the Thruway was back open. I was happy to hear that one of my friends threatened to break up with her boyfriend when he couldn’t see her on Valentine’s Day last year either. I wasn’t the only one who overreacted!!
He is so convinced that Valentines day is pointless that he refused (past tense, because his mom told him to) to get me flowers, so I have never, in the 3 1/2 years we’ve been dating, gotten flowers.
Everyone should tell him to get me flowers!
Guys, Women love flowers,and you should buy them for us. It makes us feel like you truly appreciate us. My man buys me a flower when he knows I’m mad at him. He picks me flowers sometimes in the summer. He’s never got me roses tho,and we’ve been together 2 1/2 years. I’m pretty lucky.
Eh, flower’s die…now cold hard cash, THAT’s a good gift!
I don’t think I’ve had any “bad” Valentine’s Day expereinces, but two years ago a boy who I was kind of talking to showed up to my room at midnight on V Day with a single red rose. Mind you, it was an adorable gesture, but I wasn’t expecting company so I had just washed my face and put lotion on it…the whole works. Apparently, I hadn’t rubbed in all the lotion and I also didn’t have my contacts in (leaving me virtually blind), so basically I was a hot mess. I think he was more surprised by my appearance, than I was by his random visit. The first thing he said to me was, “Umm…yeah you have something on your face….riiiight there” (and then proceeds to point to my face). Real freaking romantic, let me tell you. I think I managed to muster out a “thank you” before grabbing the rose and dashing back into my room, clearly embaressed. Ahhhh Valentine’s Day.
Side Note: Amanda’s boyfriend NEEDS to buy her a damn flower, or give her a crisp $50
Just showing some love to my Loop peoples. I hope everyone has a great Valentine’s week, and everyone gets lots of candy and FLOWERS. For those whose dislike Valentine’s Day-Have a great week anyways : )
I’m really just counting down to Friday when i can hit Wegmans and get a cartload of candy for 75% off…. hahaha
i hope my b.f. or my aunts get me some hershey kisses for valentine’s day.
my best valentines day was when my boyfriend that brought me candy/roses and nirvana “nevermind” on cassette. this was back in the 90’s when the album 1st came out. so awesome. i think we were 14 years old. what a sweetheart.
When I was in elementary school we made mailboxes out of construction paper for Valentine’s Day. Kids in my class made a Valentine for each person and they would go around and drop it in the other kid’s “box.” My favorite part of the whole ordeal were people who attached candy to their valentine. This showed that the kid’s mom really wanted to make a good impression with the class and the teacher. You could always tell which kid’s mom or dad wrote out the valentine. The valentines were always Scooby Doo or the Flintstones or some other cartoon character from when we were little. That was one of my fondest memories of Valentine’s Day when I was in elementary school!!!
When I was in elementary school we made mailboxes out of construction paper for Valentine’s Day. Kids in my class made a Valentine for each person and they would go around and drop it in the other kid’s “box.” My favorite part of the whole ordeal were people who attached candy to their valentine. This showed that the kid’s mom really wanted to make a good impression with the class and the teacher. You could always tell which kid’s mom or dad wrote out the valentine. The valentines were always Scooby Doo or the Flintstones or some other cartoon character from when we were little. That was one of my fondest memories of Valentine’s Day when I was in elementary school!!!
That’s my motto for Valentine’s Day!! Don’t get me wrong, if I had a girlfriend, I would absolutely spoil her with a wonderful day. However, when I did that last year for my ex-girlfriend, it definitely came back to bite me in the…umm…rear end. I spent quite a lot of money - which I didn’t have much of to begin with - on all sorts of things (flowers, candy, a dinner show, etc.). But aparently that wasn’t good enough for her because we ended up getting into a fight about God knows what, and never ended up going to the show that cost $60 per ticket. So this is why I have adopted this new “jingling pockets” theory. Tomorrow, I plan to spend my day with plenty of schoolwork. Luckily I know my mom will probably send me some candy in the mail and a corny card to make me feel special!
my day will be spent on school work, and the smooshed candy from my mom, that the naz mailroom workers will most likely trash
last year was the first time i ever had a guy on valentine’s day. i was so excited to see what i would get: ended up with a potted rose bush (a small little thing) which ended up coming in a broken pot and 3/4 of the petals had fallen off. i called the company to have it replaced and they told me they were out of that but they could give me something of equal value - i finally got those flowers a month later and they were nearly dead too… ironic that the relationship died a few months later too. this year i’ll just enjoy the cards from the family and the package my mom has sent!
Last week for Valentine’s Day this guy that I am seeing and myself went to this upscale restaurant in Pittsford called the Crystal Barn. It was quite possibly the slowest service I’ve ever had in my life. Our reservations were at 7:30 and we walked in at 7:29. The hostess told us that we were “early” and that she would call us when our table was ready. How early could we be when it was only one minute before our reservation time? We then proceeded to get a drink at the bar. After 25 minutes of waiting, our table was finally ready. We followed the hostess up the stairs and she carried my cosmopolitan on our silver tray. I was impressed. I thought that a restaurant that I worked at back home was the only restaurant that did that. Mike and I sat at a table where people were so close to us that we could here their private conversation. Mike ordered a drink when we sat down and it took 20 minutes to come out. We ordered calamari as an appetizer and ordered our dinners at the same time. We got the appetizer 20 minutes later and the food came about 45 minutes after the appetizer. I was restless. I wanted to go home and sleep because I was so drained. When my steak came out it looked as if it had been “walking.” It was cooked so rare that I thought I was going to be sick after the first bite. Needless to say, I only had three bites before pushing the steak to the side of the plate. My lobster tail was cold. The drawn butter was probably warmer than my lobster tail, which is pretty pathetic. The waiter came over after I piled all my plates on top of one another and asked if I wanted a box. I rudely said, “no” as I pushed the plates toward him. I asked him if we could have the check as quickly as possible. About five minutes passed and he brought over the check. I purposely didn’t make eye contact with the server because I was so mad. I heard him say “for what it’s worth I took one of the drinks off of the bill.” Meanwhile, he didn’t even take the 9.00 cosmopolitan off of the bill. He wound up taking the 4.00 Absolute and tonic off instead. I was appaulled. I never had such poor service in my whole life. The person that did her job the best was the coat girl who probably made more money than any server did that whole entire night. 10:00pm approaches. The end. Goodbye. I will never go back there again.
Last week for Valentine’s Day this guy that I am seeing and myself went to this upscale restaurant in Pittsford called the Crystal Barn. It was quite possibly the slowest service I’ve ever had in my life. Our reservations were at 7:30 and we walked in at 7:29. The hostess told us that we were “early” and that she would call us when our table was ready. How early could we be when it was only one minute before our reservation time? We then proceeded to get a drink at the bar. After 25 minutes of waiting, our table was finally ready. We followed the hostess up the stairs and she carried my cosmopolitan on our silver tray. I was impressed. I thought that a restaurant that I worked at back home was the only restaurant that did that. Mike and I sat at a table where people were so close to us that we could here their private conversation. Mike ordered a drink when we sat down and it took 20 minutes to come out. We ordered calamari as an appetizer and ordered our dinners at the same time. We got the appetizer 20 minutes later and the food came about 45 minutes after the appetizer. I was restless. I wanted to go home and sleep because I was so drained. When my steak came out it looked as if it had been “walking.” It was cooked so rare that I thought I was going to be sick after the first bite. Needless to say, I only had three bites before pushing the steak to the side of the plate. My lobster tail was cold. The drawn butter was probably warmer than my lobster tail, which is pretty pathetic. The waiter came over after I piled all my plates on top of one another and asked if I wanted a box. I rudely said, “no” as I pushed the plates toward him. I asked him if we could have the check as quickly as possible. About five minutes passed and he brought over the check. I purposely didn’t make eye contact with the server because I was so mad. I heard him say “for what it’s worth I took one of the drinks off of the bill.” Meanwhile, he didn’t even take the 9.00 cosmopolitan off of the bill. He wound up taking the 4.00 Absolute and tonic off instead. I was appalled. I never had such poor service in my whole life. The person that did her job the best was the coat girl who probably made more money than any server did that whole entire night. 10:00pm approaches. The end. Goodbye. I will never go back there again.
I’m not sure if this is something that only I picked up on, but is there an unusual amount of couples breaking up recently? I know like 4 or 5 couples at my school that threw in the towel within 2 days of Valentine’s Day. I guess maybe now that all that lovey dovey Valentine crap is over, they felt there was no need to hold on to the whole relationship thing anymore. Sucks for the ones that dropped all that cash on those expensive restaurants and overpriced chocolates. Good thing I stuck to my my faithful “If you stay single, your pockets will jingle” strategy.
Okay so I bought my very close friend and I a pair of sabres tickets for her vday/bday present. My situation is that I want to get her to the parking lot in Buffalo without her actually knowing where we’re going. I’ve already told her that we’re “going out to dinner” that night, so don’t make plans. I’ve talked to my mom a bit about this, but I want someone else’s opinion on what I should tell her when we’re in my car on our 45 minute drive to Buffalo. She’s going to know somethings up because we’re driving that long for “dinner.”
The other interesting part of my plan is somehow stealing her sabres jersey the day before so she can wear it to the game. I’ve talked to one of her sorority sisters and she said that she would get it for me, but what if she notices its missing and freaks out?! Someone please help.
One year I brought my girlfriend of nearly 2 years some roses and a ring that I thought she had pointed out while we were window shopping a month or more before that. Pretty nice gesture right? Wrong… apparently I didn’t get the right ring… there wasn’t much of a difference, honestly, and don’t give me that “you’re a guy, how do you know?” response, I was given quite the course in rings by her before this. It was an honest mistake, and the ring was still beautiful, brought out her eyes and everything… but, since it wasn’t the one that she really had her eyes on, she told me to take it back. Actually made me leave… right then… and take it back to get the other one… yeah, there’s a reason she’s my ex.
Oh, and no thank you for the flowers either. Oddly enough, that was my last V-day in a relationship.
hey peter, here’s my advice.
chloroform and a towel.
can’t go wrong friend =]
They say diamonds are a girls best friend. I personally would love to get a nice ring. The only reason you don’t get a girl a ring is if you have only been in a relationship for a few months and you wanna drop the “L” bomb. That is when you definitely should stay far away from getting her a ring. You should only buy a girl a ring if you both feel the same for one another. If she loves you she won’t make you return it if she claims to not like it.
Sorry for the delayed response, but we weren’t looking at diamonds, especially considering that we were still in high school, and my budget was somewhat limited. We were past the “L” word, everything seemed to be going well, dating for 2+ years, and I thought some jewelry, especially something she could wear and say “my b/f gave me this” would be nice (and yeah, I realize that may sound like I wasn’t confident that people knew she was taken, but it was more of a showing off thing, really, not me trying to “own” her or anything like that). Regardless, it was still pretty upsetting that something that I picked out that I thought she would like (and she did), she rejected because it wasn’t “good enough”. Again… glad that we’re no longer together.
I’ve been seeing a lot of people’s Facebook profiles that I went to middle schoola nd high school with and I’ve noticed that a lot of these people are either engaged or pregnant. Well, I know of only one girl that’s pregnant, but a lot of people are engaged. One of my good friends from home is actually getting married next summer. It’s crazy to think that people are thinking about marriage already and I’m thinking about where my college education is going to take me!
I second that, Christina. Honestly it’s craaaaaazy. It’s like once we get to this age, we split off into two different worlds. Half of my girlfriends are planning weddings, and the other half are applying to grad schools. There’s a happy medium, I’m sure. But I still can’t believe my best friend got married at the ripe ol’ age of 20.
Yeah marriage that young seems kind of dull. I doubt everyone that’s getting married at 20 is with their soul mate. One of my good friends went and looked at engagement rings the other day. I’m worried for him because it’s his first serious girlfriend ever. How do these people know they’re ready at 20 or 21 years old?! Live a little!
if you love someone there is no rush to get married. i think you need to have a past to share w/the person that you want to spend the rest of your life with. you also need to be an adult. i don’t consider a 20 year old mature enough for marriage.
I feel that a lot of the people that are getting married nowadays end up divorced! The divorce rates are higher than ever and maybe it is because people aren’t finding their soul mate when they get married so young. My mom put a lot into perspective this weekend when she told me that “people change over the years.” I believe that people do change, but if they do change then they should change for the better, not for the worse. When you get married you should have no doubts about the person that will be by your side for the rest of your life. When I get married I want to do it right. I don’t want to end up being a statistic. (A marriage ending in a drawn out divorce)