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It depends upon how long you have been dating and how serious the relationship.
People married for 15 years do something different than a couple who just met two weeks ago. If you've been seeing each other for 11 1/2 months and you are starting to think that this is the one, then you do something different than you do with a casual occasional FWB.
Costco has gorgeous flowers for about $12-$20. They also sell a good take and bake pizza for under $20. Or you can book a fancy restaurant and have delivery roses for $100. Either one would work, but I suggest that you do something and not ignore the holiday (unless you are that 15 year married couple and mutually agree to ignore)
End it by the end of November and you can get out of buying an Xmas present, too.
That means, according to the law of my relationship cycles, the next one would start in Jan/early Feb. The NO GO ZONE ! VD is so one-sided. At least with Christmas it is a mutual gift exchange.
Most recent ex (10.5 months, broke up in late Jan) told me, no exchange of Christmas gifts. I ordered a Bottle of Honey Rose liqueur air-shipped from the 2nd St Distillery in Wall Walla Washington, as in October we visited out there, biked up from Oregon, and she enjoyed the sample but they were out of stock. It was a gift we could share and enjoy together.
I thought it would please her that I remembered such a small detail, but I ended up drinking the whole bottle myself at her place over the course of a few weeks. Man, that was one weird relationship. Ran on fumes 3-4 months until it just ... expired, with a sigh of relief.
I refuse to be part of that money making day where flowers cost triple the usual price.
I have seen women get flowers, pralines and jewelry and they still complain about their men not doing/spending enough. Restaurants are packed, long lines and under-cooked food. Jewelry stores pressure men to buy something expensive they cannot afford because otherwise they don't love their women enough.
Ridiculous.
I rather have and give gifts on a random day throughout the year instead of having the media tell me on what day and overcharge me for it.
You know what's more important than a budget? The thought you put into whatever it is. Best Valentine's Day gift I ever bought my wife was a old book of poetry by e. e. cummings. Found it at an estate sale and tucked it away for several months. I think it cost me five bucks.
Probably not more than $20, because I wouldn't want her to feel obligated to spend more than that for my gift. But that's looking back to when I bothered with Valentine's Day.
I don't celebrate valentines day. I would rather have something nice when I don't expect it. And it doesn't have to be expensive either. I hateall this expectation with valentines day and even things like engagement rings where people want to show off how expensive things are. Like that proves how much the person loves you or something. And frankly the fact someone can buy someone else on valentines day means nothing about the relationship. They could still be miserable.
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