Ask MetaFilter questions tagged with ValentinesDay

Valentines for a not-quite couple

oviedo — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:27:35 -0800

What do i do for a girl i'm not quite dating on valentines day? So to make a long story short, me and this girl are very interested in each other, but she's not quite ready to make it an "official" relationship. We spend a lot of time with each other, and she's slowly becoming more open about our relationship, letting me hold her hand, etc.

I'm completely satisfied with the way the relationship is going... but valentines day is coming up in a week, and i have no clue what i should do, if anything.

I was thinking perhaps getting her a single rose or something along those lines. Something that acknowledges that we aren't serious, but that we are still something. What does the hive think?

Valentine's Gift for Him

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:09:14 -0800

A Valentine's day question - mea culpa! I'd like to go for something handmade and creative for the dude, but I'm afraid school is sucking up my imagination. Ideas? So I realized just today that there were two weeks left till Valentine's day, and I'd like to get a head start on figuring out what to do. I've read through the old Valentine's Day posts on Metafilter - good ideas, but none of them quite as relevant as I need them to be. I'm a girl, he's a guy, we've been together a couple of years, I've been crazy busy for the past month (and will be for the next two weeks), and am on college student budget.

Things I've done in the past for various occasions: Mix CD with custom liner notes, Video game montage set to music, Origami stars, cartoon drawing of us, hand painted mug, mini scrapbook made from scratch (hand bound and everything)

He's pretty ambivalent on flowers - he'd like them 'cause it's me, but not much beyond that. I thought of doing origami flowers, or stealing the wire butterfly idea, or combining them, but there seems to be something missing. He's not a crossword puzzles kind of guy, though I wouldn't mind trying to set up a treasure hunt - but even then I'd still need ideas for how to set it up, as well as the finale. Also, caveat: I have a midterm on the 15th, and I'd only be free after 7 PM.

Other info: We're usually pretty low-key. His vices: video games, hardware, sound systems, 3D modelling, electric guitar/bass, Monty Python, local wildlife (chipmunks, squirrels and birds primarily) and chocolate/candy. He lives in residence. I have access to the local craftstore and lots of origami paper. Dinner and desert will be par for the course, I imagine. We do go out semi regularly (once every month ish). Hope me?

Actually. If anyone can recommend a low-key, not-toooo-sappy love poem intended for a guy that I could calligraph or something, I would love you forever. Something like When You Are Old by Yeats, but less ... feminine.

Anon 'cause I occasionally ask questions for him and he checks my profile.

What to buy my valentine while she's far away?

autojack — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:07:43 -0800

I need some long-distance-specific suggestions for a Valentine's day gift. I'm in San Francisco; she's in Australia. My Aussie girlfriend had to move back to Melbourne in December because her work visa in the US was up. We have to deal with the long distance while we work out a plan for ourselves. I was just there for a visit over New Year's, we talk on the phone more or less daily, and already have some other visits planned for the upcoming year, so it all feels manageable. That said, I do miss her like mad, and I'd like to do something nice for her on the 14th.

I'm open to all kinds of suggestions, but I'm trying to think of something more clever than jewelry (got her something as a going-away present), flowers (just sent her some because she was having a shitty week), or chocolate (cliche). If it was something San Francisco or Melbourne/Australia specific, that could be a plus.

The bottom line is that I'm crazy about this woman and I'm a hopeless (but apparently not very creative?) romantic. Even just a nudge in the right direction would be incredibly helpful!

Delivery in NYC for Valentines Day?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:32:36 -0800

I would like to have something fun delivered to my SO at their office on V-Day. What sort of fun things could I get delivered in NYC? I thought about flowers, but would love to do something non-conventional. To be clear, I'd prefer something that could be delivered vs. something that would be shipped.

romance ideas...go!

Kudos — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:04:01 -0800

Valentine Day date ideas in Bloomington, Indiana Just recently met her, and we've been on a few dates already, which mainly consisted of eating out, so i'd like to stray away from the idea of the meal being the main event for the night, though I think dinner is a given for the event.

Whats worked for you in the past? Any general ideas or rules of thumb would be great, too.

-under 21
-vegan
-and it is fairly cold, so unless its really awesome, skipping through the meadows is probably out.
-won't be able to go out till about 8-8:30 at night

Help me find a good L.A. restaurant for Valentine's Day

camworld — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:59:41 -0800

L.A.-Filter: Can you recommend a good restaurant (not too fancy) I can take my new bride to on Valentine's Day in the Los Angeles area? We'll be visiting (from NYC) for only 2 days (Feb 14-15). I'm more interested in fantastic food than I am froo-froo ambience, though something cozy and romantic would be great as long as it's not full of L.A. machismos and their dates. We definitely want to stay away from where everyone else will be and have no interest in celebrity-spotting. Given the last-minute nature of this trip, getting a reservation might be hard, but I know Ask MeFi wil come thorugh for us and sugggest someplace off the beaten path that will create memories of a lifetime.

Experience with girichoko?

greasepig — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:26:21 -0800

Does anyone have experience or knowledge of the Japanese tradition called girichoko? It comes from the Japanese "giri" meaning duty or obligation, and "choko", a shortened from of "chokoleeto" or chocolate, and it refers to candies that women give to men who are not their spouses or significant others on Valentine's Day. I need to find out more about this tradition, though - are there any other days that women give girichoko? It seems that men do not give girichoko on White Day, just to their girlfriends, or do they and it's called something else? Is it still pretty popular or is it dying out? Any info at all would be appreciated (日本語でどうぞ)

Most preposterously imaginative romantic gestures ever?

skylar — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:02:15 -0800

With next month's Valentine's Day looming, what are the most preposterously imaginative romantic gestures you have ever given / received / heard of? I've combed the AskMeFi archives and though I can see questions about romantic ways to propose marriage (and even my own Valentine's Day question from last year), I can't see anything about romantic gestures in general.

No limits to this question other than that it must be possible for the (reasonably comfortably-off) average citizen to achieve. So no etching sweet nothings on the moon using space lasers, please.

Here are some that come to mind for me:

- The couple who had a wedding ring made of bone generated from their own cells

- The farmer who wrote "I love you" in cow dung and then flew his wife up in a plane to view it

Interesting / quirky suggestions for Valentine's Day?

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:51:49 -0800

Interesting / quirky suggestions for Valentine's Day? I'm based in London but it doesn't have to be UK-specific - I would be happy to hear your more general anecdotes of memorable romantic or eccentric activities. NB: She doesn't like expensive meals and is afraid of heights. (Posted anonymously so the lady in question doesn't figure that I've turned to AskMeFi for inspiration!)

Why do so many people pronounce Valentine's Day as ValenTIMES Day?

camfys — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 02:37:37 -0800

Please help me understand why so many people pronounce Valentine's Day as ValenTIMES Day? I'm noticing this more and more and it's driving me crazy. Are these the same people who say 'libary' and 'supposibly', because those two I can almost tolerate, but Valentines Day with an M?!?! Please explain! Thanks and I hope I haven't offended anyone with my first post on here. :)

DIY Valentine's Day hints

fletchmuy — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:48:45 -0800

Other than the "Choo Choo Choose You" card, what are some cool things to make for my wife this Valentine's Day?

Anti-Valentine's Day

grrarrgh00 — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:17:06 -0800

Soliciting ideas for an Anti-Valentine's Day Party. You know, something to make us singles happy on the Worst Holiday Ever. Good movies? Food selections (I'm thinking Rocky Road ice cream)? Drinking games?

roses before valentine's day?

kyle — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:18:07 -0800

How long before Valentine's Day can I buy roses and hope for them to still be decent? Are all the flower vendors hip to this tactic?

My spouse got flowers from someone else on Valentine's Day.

skylar — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 04:33:22 -0800

Let's suppose it's Valentine's Day, and your partner - to whom you are married and with whom you live - receives a beautiful big bunch of flowers.... from someone else. Do you care? Would it cause difficulties with your partner or might you even be flattered that other people are attracted to them? Would you wonder who it's from? If you suspected who it was from, how might you react towards them?

Mars and Venus

onlyconnect — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 23:59:41 -0800

With Valentine's Day approaching . . . do men and women want and/or need the same things from a relationship? What do men really want? What do women really want? Do we define love the same way?

Is there a good, distinctive, and affordable online lingerie store?

gottabefunky — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:20:59 -0800

WIth Valentine's Day rapidly approaching, I have a question to help spread the love: anyone have any recommendations for an online lingere store that's not as ubiquitous as Victoria's Secret and more distinctive than Frederick's of Hollywood? Kind of like this, but priced for mere humans.

Valentine's Day Mix

emptybowl — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 07:46:28 -0800

I'm working on a Valentine's Day mix CD for that special someone, and was hoping some of you MeFites might have some suggestions. [More Inside] I'm trying to compile the most depressing or inappropriate collection of love or anti-love songs I can find. I haven't looked through my entire collection yet, but here's some songs I'm thinking of off the top of my head:

Billy Bragg - Everybody Loves You Babe
Beck - Lost Cause
Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped
Morrissey - You're the One for Me, Fatty
Juliana Hatfield - Ugly or Everybody Loves Me But You (Haven't decided which yet)
Matthew Sweet - Someone to Pull the Trigger

My friend recommended Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart by Johnny Cash. Any more suggestions?