Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day! I bet most of you are have a day or weekend full of activities with your spouse so they can spoil you with all of the heart-shaped items from the back aisles of Target you casually requested weeks ago.
Or perhaps you’re single and are trying to not roll your eyes at the receptionist in your office as she delivers the third bouquet of flowers to your basic co-worker who will be Instagramming the perfect “#Myhusbandisbetterthanyourhusband” caption.
Regardless, I will be doing neither and that, in large part, is because whether I was single or married like I am now, I’ve always been a little weird about celebrating Valentine’s Day.
However, no matter how much I spout off about how it’s stupid that only one day a year is tailored to “date night” my husband walks a fine line not knowing how to tread the waters of this candy heart day.
Because let’s face it, some part of me still wants to be acknowledged in some form.
(God help him.)
“Flowers” – To Buy Or Not To Buy?
I always have an internal debate if I would like flowers. When I worked in a physical office, I was unsure if I wanted to feel as basic and annoying as my fellow coworker parading around and rambling on about her “wonderful” husband.
However, if I didn’t get flowers sent to me, we all know that some passive-aggressive comment will come out about how all the other girls got flowers that day.
Luckily for Marc, I work from home now. However, not so lucky for Marc, we both know my cats will eat the flowers. (Thanks, Zeek!)
So, what does he tend do? He buys me a video game.
I’ll keep him.
What about Chocolates?
Just like every Monday, I’m on a diet, or at least I try to be on a diet. Which means no candy, chocolate-covered strawberries, or a heart box of chocolates.
Seriously, Marc, don’t buy any candy.
Except on the day after Valentine’s Day at Walgreens, of course.
That’s when all of the good stuff is on sale. So, if I really have a hankering sweet tooth, we will scour the bins at our local convenience store.
(No, we didn’t do that on Halloween….)
Date Night Shouldn’t Be Reserved To One Day A Year
At least this is how we feel at our house. Every week we make an effort to go out to dinner a few times, a movie, wine bar, enjoy live music, etc. Because of this effort, I rarely feel the need to spend way more than we should on a day like any other.
Restaurants will have their Valentine’s Day menus and specials, but honestly, I would rather save the money to go do something else on a day that isn’t surcharged.
(That’s my rational thinking, right?)
Well, every year I tend to say this, and somehow my inner “Anti-Valentine’s Day” monologue appears, and I decide we should get a group of friends together to go to brunch or to the bars to show that we just don’t care about the holiday.
Somehow, we end up spending more than we would have on a nice meal.
Whoops?
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So, what will be doing this year? I’m sure everything from the list above. You see, the good thing about being together with someone for almost 7 years and approaching our 4th year of marriage, is that we’ve both become predictable.
(Except if you’re reading this, Marc, I do like surprises, you know what I showed you in the Target aisle, and I probably want flowers.)
