Valentine's Day is an odd holiday: for some people, it's super important, but for others, it's not especially significant. If you've been dating for 2 months, it's possible you both misunderstood each other's expectations for the day. It's totally valid to care about Valentine's Day and to be hurt that he didn't get you anything. I express myself all the time with my feelings. Gifts should be given as an expression of affection, not out of expectation. I'm currently seeing 2 women. I didn't spend Valentine's with either of them. This is something we talked about on date 1. My late wife and I didn't "celebrate" Valentine's either. I've been with my now fiance for 4 years. In our opinion valentines day has become so corrupted that it's basically its a fake holiday. It's taught guys they only need to be bare minimum decent partners on this one day. I don't need to get my SO flower today because I got her flower this weekend, and every two weeks or so before that. It doesn’t take a genius to know that a sweet gesture for Valentine’s Day, birthday, Mother’s/Father’s Day, Christmas, Anniversary goes a long way with a partner. 5 events in a year with The dinner and the fun night out was my way of showing you that I care about you on Valentine’s Day. That’s why I didn’t get you flowers. I felt sad when you got upset about me not getting you flowers because it made me feel like the things I do for you aren’t enough, although I put a lot of effort into making you happy.” There is nothing wrong with you. You certainly deserve gifts. Your boyfriend’s failure to get you cards and flowers is probably all about his own relationship with his emotions; it has very little if anything to do with how he feels about you. The male mind is a funny thing. Men are born with all the tender and vulnerable emotions that women What I didn't know—and what no one warned me about—was that Valentine's Day isn't all that to a lot of people. And it was even less to my husband, who had no idea it was Valentine's Day at all . Lacey Muszynski is a staff writer at Cheapism covering food, travel, and more. She has over 15 years of writing and editing experience, and her restaurant reviews and recipes have previously appeared in Serious Eats, Thrillist, and countless publications in her home state of Wisconsin. Valentine’s These 15 Valentine's Day plants make wonderful, vibrant, long-lasting gifts for your loved ones. Unlike flowers, these fresh greens won't wilt in a week! Flowers and chocolates on Valentine's Day are fine — but sometimes you want to go bigger. Bigger, however, is not always better. And NPR wants to hear about a Valentine's Day grand gesture, gift This is the second year in a row my fiancé didn’t get me anything for Valentine’s Day and I’m also hurt. Last year I brushed it off he’s not that great at gift giving it’s always been a pitiful bouquet of flowers or something. But the fact that he didn’t do anything is like a punch in the gut. The best Valentine's Day flower delivery services for your loved one, tested and reviewed I ordered bouquets from the biggest names — 1-800-Flowers, The Bouqs Co. and more — to see which one's I’m wondering the same thing. My wife got flowers, chocolate, food. What did I get? House is dirty, no dinner (had to go to fast food), no sex, nothing. Meanwhile I make 250k, she doesn’t work, and I can’t get something on Valentine’s Day? Like I should get a fucking steak and blow job. What the fuck happened? It’s best to give this guy a nice breakup as a Valentine’s Day gift. My Husband Didn’t Get Me Anything For Valentine’s Day. We are not talking about some random boyfriend here; we are talking about your husband here. You expected a nice Valentine’s Day gift from him but didn’t get it. Maybe this is the reason: 1. I would even get him flowers but he wouldn't appreciate it (to be fair, I barely like getting flowers myself so I get it). She shouldn't feel like she has to get you a gift, but she should understand that your relationship shouldn't be one sided and you deserve to be treated well too. Ummm I didn't, but both of us made it clear that we're not buying each other anything until we actually meet. Anyway, I don't expect him to give me anything for valentine's day even that I did make and give him a digital valentine's day card in which he didn't say much for that either 😝 I never understood valentines day. Its literally a commercial holiday 🤷♂️ Birthdays are special, anniversaries are specifical*, your chosen religious holidays are special. Valentines day is literally just a day where shops etc can massively jack up their prices. Posted by u/Legitimate_Dog_2904 - 2 votes and 25 comments I don't usually like Valentine's Day because I'm part of the "every day should be Valentine's Day" club, but when that's not true, it woud be nice to get that special affection one day out of the year :/ So I feel your pain on this one! Hope things look up soon, I'm sending you a belated Valentine's hug and flowers :) I was going to pick up a half dozen carnations for each of my kids from a local florist last year. I eventually pared it down to a single carnation, their cheapest vase and I would pick it up. I was in there two weeks ahead of the valentines holiday. I finally decided that $30 for two flowers and vases was absurd and didn’t do anything for them.
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