Get her an experience. A concert, play, spa day, outdoors activity. Flowers die, candy gets eaten, and most gifts for meaningless holidays get forgotten and thrown away or donated. The memories from an experience last forever. I am a 25-year-old woman and I love men and I love Valentine’s Day. Here is my advice for you. Get 1 thing that is a traditional romantic gift, and get 1 thing that says something about your girlfriend’s personality. Or, even better, combine the two. For example, if she loves whales, you could get her candy that’s shaped like whales. After that, cook her dinner. Make it a good meal, with a main entree and side, and pick a wine to pair with it. You can chat about the activity you just did earlier over dinner. After that, settle in and get to cuddlin’ while watching a movie. Hope you two have a nice Valentine’s Day! For mine and my SO's anniversary (which is only a week and a half off from Valentine's Day), I did a 365 note jar. The idea is that the person gets to open up one note every day for the next year with a message of some sort from you, usually things like your favorite memories with them, reasons you love/appreciate them. Honestly, if I were her, I'd just want to see you on Valentine's day. I wouldn't care about gifts. An hour isn't too far, so maybe surprise her with a single rose that evening. My SO is leaving the country for 5 months on Valentine's day and I would want nothing more than to be able to spend the entire day with him but can't. If you're going to go out to dinner - MAKE THE RESERVATION NOW. Better yet, make her dinner at home and go out on another night. Service will be better, prices will be cheaper and you won't get stuck with a stupid "Valentine's Day Menu" designed to maximize profits while zooming you through dinner so they can turn the table. For Valentine’s day this year, I ordered one of those art pieces from Etsy that will take maps of locations you pick, cut the images into cute shapes, and make a picture (like a mountain range) out of them, so he can see all our memories arranged nicely. Way way way to early for you to ask her to be your girlfriend. Wait at least three months. Don’t get a gift. You’ve seen her twice. Plan a fun, multi activity date that will be fun. Don’t ask her if she’s free, plan a date with specific times and places and ask her to join you. Be chill and not such in a hurry. 45M subscribers in the AskReddit community. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions. Give your girlfriend a collector's edition of her favorite romance novel, like this beautifully crafted edition of Pride and Prejudice from Puffin in Bloom, for a thoughtful and meaningful Valentine's Day gift that shows you truly understand and appreciate her passions. After all, the book isn't just for re-reading—it's a statement piece for If your girlfriend wants you to ask her, she's going to be severely disappointed if you don't. Also I've seen a lot of tik toks of women hinting that they want to be asked by their boyfriends before Valentines day. Valentines day is to celebrate love (though I personally thing its commercialized and pointless) So it needs to be more meaningful than just a wrapped gift. It doesn't have to be on that day either, it can be a "this is what we have planned on this day" type deal. Also make sure your partner feels the same way as you do on valentines day. My husband always gave gifts to his mom and sisters growing up. Now that we have a daughter he has continued the tradition with her. My family never did this, I thought it was super weird bordering on creepy but I learned that people just view Valentine's day differently. For me it's a romantic partner holiday. For my husband it's an any love Hey Valentine's Day is my birthday too! It's awesome when you're with someone cause all the pressure is on her but when you're single Valentine's Day can be doubly lonely. Pro-tip: If you try and take a nice sweet girl out for dinner on Valentine's day and the restaurant is all booked up. The best thing you can do is honestly tell him how you feel and that Valentine’s Day is important to you because your relationship with him is so important to you. Something I have learned about men in relationships is that they want to make you happy and do everything right but sometimes they need a little guidance. Ask your girlfriend to have a Valentine's date on the friday afterwards (15th) saying it'll give you both more time for the date and having fun afterwards (no school on Saturdays) so you actually get a better and longer date while your girlfriend still gets to be a good friend to her friends. You are just trying to communicate how you feel and to get her to understand your expectations for valentines day, as well as other special days (like anniversaries). The best way is to just talk with her. Tell her you did not feel appreciated by the fact that she didn't reciprocate/show any effort on Valentines day. I might make heart shaped pancakes, put them in their Valentine’s Day outfits that I bought because they are adorable, and have them FaceTime a few family members to wish them a happy Valentine’s Day. Maybe candy. No gifts. My mom always gave me a gift for every non major holiday and it was always useless crap In 4th grade, we had a Valentine's day "mail box design" competition. (I made a cardboard house with a hole in the top for a mailbox. Some other kids actually decorated mail boxes, but whatever.) We then went around the classroom and put in those generic valentine's day cards you can get at the Wal-mart. A couple of mine were returned.
Articles and news, personal stories, interviews with experts.
Photos from events, contest for the best costume, videos from master classes.
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() |