My husband +Dave Young proposed to me 13 years ago on Valentine's Day (we are coming up on 12 years of marriage). I'm sure we had no idea that fast forward to today, we'd be sitting at home wrestling with homework and getting the kids in bed just to get right back on our computers and working a solid 5 hours after dinner.
It might seem horrifically unromantic to some, but I'd rather have a life I am passionate about and a family I'm in love with every day of the year than flowers and candy just once a year.
So, no junky candy or half dead flowers for Valentine's Day here for us (well, we did get the kids a few things & roses for my mom). We will celebrate it every other day of the year! Simple. Boring. HAPPY.
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My sister lost her husband and the father of their child less than a month ago today. Today is an extra special day, I am just happy my husband and kids are here with me and happy. I don't need flowers or anything special at all.
Thank you for sharing this. This is how me and my girlfriend are "celebrating" Valentine's. This made my heart swell that there are others that understand that love is a 365-day-a-year thing, not just on any arbitrary day.
Yes, the most happiest thing that: some people who loved us are always by our side and show their love to us…
no flowers or candy here either. We did go out to dinner last night. ( he is working)
So does this make you two 'Forever Young?' note to self: Great reality television show idea ^_^
+Lynette Young – You, your husband, and your family seem to be in the heights of your ascension to happiness so I hope you continue to enjoy every aspect of it. After 50 years of happy marriage, I can relate that you will soon see your life change and see your descent into a new life… without children, without deadlines to meet, without daily chaos…. and you will begin to miss it terribly. You will enter into a whole new dimension of life that will have you yearning for the days you are experiencing right now. Steady as she goes and I hope that you and yours enjoy; love; live… for it passes so quickly.
no junky candy or half dead flowers
Nice.
+Lynette Young +Maria Stepanov Sommerfield Been loving my Donna for 47 years … could not have said it better. Thank you both …
+Lynette Young Same with my wife and I. Except the part about proposing on Valentine's Day. We celebrate each other and our relationship every day. Today is no more special then yesterday or tomorrow. We don't subscribe to Hallmark holidays…
i had to be longer in work yesterday…our friends were visiting our home..i could buy a flower..or back to home to help my wife in preprarations..its to cold to go to restaurant..and i would be bad idea- she dislike sophisticated meals..normal local and homemade meals are better..maybe we will go to eat some pizza in free time..but it will be our choosen day..not some marketing shopping day..i dont mind celebrating this kind of days..but we dont have time to to that..we will celebrate in our way…just living and being to each other when needed
However an individual decides to celebrate (or not celebrate) any holiday is up to them. Patting yourself on the back does what?????
Bonnie, this is my account, and I choose to communicate here thoughts and ideas that I wish. Being that the comments you have left on several of my posts are judgemental, I am curious what you think you are adding to the conversation? To make yourself feel better. You are more than welcome to un-circle me. It is clear to me you do not like my point of view. The Internet is full of others to troll.
My wife and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. We're not being negative or down abut the day. It's just that … why spend one day celebrating or doing something special for each other when there are 364 other days to do the same?
I completely agree, but Valentine's Day is built around those who don't tend to their relationships the other 364 days and the new couples. I read so many cards geared towards those who don't say I love you often enough, who have weathered storms together, and cards that read like the relationship was dead and being revived this one day.
I feel the same was about anniversaries too. Make it count each day of the year, not just one day.
Valentine's Day is my mother's birthday, so my family has never gotten into the Hallmark Holiday aspect of February 14. It's something I carried over into my marriage, much to my husband's relief! 😉