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Alright, so I need something really good to do with my gf for valentines day. I've thought of the usual, nice dinner at a nice restaurant, but I want something really special. Also, any ideas for gifts?
Since you live in Canada: One of the most romantic times I ever had in my life was wandering around the beautiful old city of Montreal with a high school sweetheart. Sometimes she took my arm. We had a picnic of bread and cheese on some beautiful grass somewhere, and I bought the first few things she happened to commment on as being interesting or beautiful in shop windows until my money ran out: a flower, a book she seemed exited to see, some postcards to remember the city by. I would have bought her the whole city for her own private playground if I could've. It's got to be one of the most European looking cities in the Americas: quaint cobblestone streets, vast old stone buildings with green copper roofs.rocketboy said:Alright, so I need something really good to do with my gf for valentines day. I've thought of the usual, nice dinner at a nice restaurant, but I want something really special. Also, any ideas for gifts?
It's women like her that keep women like me from getting Teddy Ruxpins for Valentines Day.zoobyshoe said:Since you live in Canada: One of the most romantic times I ever had in my life was wandering around the beautiful old city of Montreal with a high school sweetheart. Sometimes she took my arm. We had a picnic of bread and cheese on some beautiful grass somewhere, and I bought the first few things she happened to commment on as being interesting or beautiful in shop windows until my money ran out: a flower, a book she seemed exited to see, some postcards to remember the city by. I would have bought her the whole city for her own private playground if I could've. It's got to be one of the most European looking cities in the Americas: quaint cobblestone streets, vast old stone buildings with green copper roofs.
Shortly after we got back she dumped me with some vague claims that I had been trying to buy her affections, all this giving her stuff! I had to be up to something with that.
Years later I found out she was into women. I guess there was no way she could have realized what was eating at her at the time, why she balked at any real bonding. Anyway, though, she had pretty much killed my romantic side. I've never gotten over the fear any gesture like that is going to backfire.
Have a Happy Valentine's Day.
jimmy p said:What you should do is ditch her, wait until after Valentines Day and find a girl whose birthday is in January. Then you don't have to buy her anything until Christmas. And that's only if you last that long! BARGAIN!
Yup. And she's the reason I only have one shoe. But don't press me for the painful details.Evo said:It's women like her that keep women like me from getting Teddy Ruxpins for Valentines Day.
Has she ever told you your tongue is worth diamonds?darkar said:Did she give you any hints what she wants?
Math Is Hard said:hmmm... star gazing can be pretty romantic. Do you have a telescope and any place nearby that would be good to set it up? Of course, I guess the weather could spoil plans, so it's risky. I was just remembering that one of my favorite dates was going to a planetarium show and then looking through telescopes afterwards.
JasonRox said:If I were you, I'd cook diner. Get the table, and dining room decorated, and get some nice music. That should do it.
Her tounge was too busy to tell me anythingMK said:Has she ever told you your tongue is worth diamonds?
Keep it in mind for the future. It'll be a great time if you can be sure she's not an incipient lesbian.rocketboy said:zooby, that sounds like a great time...srry to hear the result. Montreal is an awesome city, if it was a weekend and her parents knew me better I would consider spending a day there with her, it's only a couple hour drive from Ottawa.
zoobyshoe said:Keep it in mind for the future. It'll be a great time if you can be sure she's not an incipient lesbian.
I didn't bother with parental permission. They didn't find out till we got back. I can still see this girl's mother snarling and growling like a bear as I crawled frantically away pulling my foot from my left shoe, which she had clenched between her teeth...I still have nightmares.rocketboy said:lol, and if I can be sure that her dad doesn't have spies following us...not sure he'd let me take his daughter to montreal...not yet.
Mk said:Has she ever told you your tongue is worth diamonds?
Moonbear said:Chocolates are always good, at least I think so. Just get good chocolates, not those horrid ones in heart-shaped boxes. Jewelry seems like too much after only a month. Flowers are good, but if you thought it was tough getting flowers on short notice for your first date, you'll quickly learn it's impossible to get them on short notice for Valentine's Day! How about a teddy bear? I think Evo would agree that's a sweet gift. Since you've only been going out a month, I would think even if you just spent the day together without any gifts, it would be okay, but I don't want to get you in trouble if she's the sort who will want to exchange gifts.
But now I know why I'm a good match for Zooby on that OKCupid test...he is afraid of being perceived as going over the top buying gifts, and I'm content with not receiving gifts.
Oh, "build a bear" is a great place to take a girl. That's too bad that they don't have one there.rocketboy said:NO! DAMNIT!
There is a "build a bear workshop" opening in ottawa but not until June!
I entered my ZIP code, and the closest one is in Oshawa...164 miles away! (That's what...260ish KM? Driving at 130 i could make the round trip in 4 hrs...if i skip school tomorrow and convince my dad to let me have the car for that purpose...)
www.buildabear.com
I have a history of dating the most unromantic men in the world. In all my life I never received candy or flowers or even a card from someone I was dating. Husbands don't count because they feel obligated and my ex didn't even care to remember the type of flowers I liked. He always sent red roses. For years I told him not to send me red roses, and he always sent them. It got to the point where I hated red roses because it was a reminder that they were a thoughtless gesture.Moonbear said:Chocolates are always good, at least I think so. Just get good chocolates, not those horrid ones in heart-shaped boxes. Jewelry seems like too much after only a month. Flowers are good, but if you thought it was tough getting flowers on short notice for your first date, you'll quickly learn it's impossible to get them on short notice for Valentine's Day! How about a teddy bear? I think Evo would agree that's a sweet gift. Since you've only been going out a month, I would think even if you just spent the day together without any gifts, it would be okay, but I don't want to get you in trouble if she's the sort who will want to exchange gifts.
But now I know why I'm a good match for Zooby on that OKCupid test...he is afraid of being perceived as going over the top buying gifts, and I'm content with not receiving gifts.
Those are always nice. Gosh, they're all over the place around here. They get expensive though, because first you buy the bear, then the things to put in the bear (you of course have to put the little red heart inside, even if nobody else would know it's there ), and then all the clothes to dress up the bear and make it unique. But they really are adorable, and since you get to stuff it yourself, you can make it as firm or squishy as you like. They even come with a birth certificate and a box that looks like a pet-carrier (complete with holes in the side so you don't suffocate your bear). All very cute.Evo said:Oh, "build a bear" is a great place to take a girl. That's too bad that they don't have one there.