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I flipped the coin this year. I encouraged a strict 30 dollar or less limit, then got her diamond earrings. SEE HOW IT FEELS!

She loved them, btw

Now you're screwed. How are you going to top that next year boyo?

Maybe they were fake? Its easy to top fake ones next year

Frazzled wrote:Now you're screwed. How are you going to top that next year boyo?

He is going to steal them and then "Honey you know those earrings I gave you special last year? Well I felt so bad that YOU lost them that I bought you these...."

Johnny-Crass wrote:Single and getting drunk! Dunno if I love this day yet

Haha, that's the spirit. Never say you don't like something until you've tried it drunk Also, if the gamer boys (who are, on average, more content to spend time alone than the average human being) are feeling in need of love, imagine how all the single women/girls around you feel.

1. Buy a single rose, preferably red
2. You know that single girl with the great smile you may or may not know, ask her out on a simple date. No pressure. You're just looking for a way to spend today that doesn't involve a tub of ice cream
3. Have a good time
4. Don't turn into a slimeball towards the end

I guarantee you'll have at least made a friend over your mutual hatered of being reminded that you're single. Speaking from experiance.

powerclaw wrote:
Haha, that's the spirit. Never say you don't like something until you've tried it drunk Also, if the gamer boys (who are, on average, more content to spend time alone than the average human being) are feeling in need of love, imagine how all the single women/girls around you feel.

1. Buy a single rose, preferably red
2. You know that single girl with the great smile you may or may not know, ask her out on a simple date. No pressure. You're just looking for a way to spend today that doesn't involve a tub of ice cream
3. Have a good time
4. Don't turn into a slimeball towards the end

I guarantee you'll have at least made a friend over your mutual hatered of being reminded that you're single. Speaking from experiance.

This is...actually good advice (I'd skip the rose, though.). You don't even have to know the girl, unless she's a total bitch she'll appreciate the gesture, and probably be flattered. It even works when it isn't V-day.

On my end, I hate V-day because it cost me 300 USD to have flowers sent across the Atlantic.

powerclaw wrote:

Johnny-Crass wrote:Single and getting drunk! Dunno if I love this day yet

Haha, that's the spirit. Never say you don't like something until you've tried it drunk Also, if the gamer boys (who are, on average, more content to spend time alone than the average human being) are feeling in need of love, imagine how all the single women/girls around you feel.

1. Buy a single rose, preferably red
2. You know that single girl with the great smile you may or may not know, ask her out on a simple date. No pressure. You're just looking for a way to spend today that doesn't involve a tub of ice cream
3. Have a good time
4. Don't turn into a slimeball towards the end

I guarantee you'll have at least made a friend over your mutual hatered of being reminded that you're single. Speaking from experiance.

That's no good. You left the part out where you punch her in the face while screaming "it's over 9000".

Valentines day is the most worthless day ever and its celebrants can burn in khorne's holy fires.

timetowaste85 wrote:Valentines day is the most worthless day ever and its celebrants can burn in khorne's holy fires.

It had to be done, it was obligatory.

timetowaste85 wrote:Valentines day is the most worthless day ever and its celebrants can burn in khorne's holy fires.

I dunno, I think Thursdays are kindda worthless myself

timetowaste85 wrote:Valentines day is the most worthless day ever and its celebrants can burn in khorne's holy fires.

Yes brother, yes

Johnny-Crass wrote:

I like that

Johnny-Crass wrote:

TRUE story.

Don't judge me.

I like it...
I mean, there are people who claim it's companies just manipulating people and such (Fairly true) but it's still nice to do it...

KingCracker wrote:

timetowaste85 wrote:Valentines day is the most worthless day ever and its celebrants can burn in khorne's holy fires.

I dunno, I think Thursdays are kindda worthless myself

But thursdays are gaming night at my FLGS.

Coolyo294 wrote:

KingCracker wrote:

timetowaste85 wrote:Valentines day is the most worthless day ever and its celebrants can burn in khorne's holy fires.

I dunno, I think Thursdays are kindda worthless myself

But thursdays are gaming night at my FLGS.

Well Im not the President of the Universe Coolyo You can continue to enjoy your Thursdays, they are just very bland and dull for ol KC. No bills, so no reasons to hate it, no paychecks, or groceries, so no reason to love it. You know...just a day

We don't really do Valentine's day. We used to get each other a card but stopped bothering because of the cost of these cards. When studying I used to be paid quarterly, and middle of February was not a time to be spending £5-10 on a couple of cards. So we stopped doing it and just concentrated on having something nice to eat at home.

This year the wife found an event at the Huntarian Museum in the Royal College of Surgeons. There were couples there, but there seems to be singles and some people who were just groups of friends. There were a few talks and we each got to make a cuddly toy of a microbe. Picture enclosed below. Mine is the green one.



Then we got to walk around the museum which is full of grotesque things in pickle jars. Various organs and tumours and inflamed tissues pickled and stored for perpetuity. The collection of foetuses was particularly grim. They also had the skeleton of a chap called Charles Byrne who was 7' 7". All in all a more interesting Valentines than most I imagine!

Howard A Treesong wrote:We don't really do Valentine's day. We used to get each other a card but stopped bothering because of the cost of these cards. When studying I used to be paid quarterly, and middle of February was not a time to be spending £5-10 on a couple of cards. So we stopped doing it and just concentrated on having something nice to eat at home.

This year the wife found an event at the Huntarian Museum in the Royal College of Surgeons. There were couples there, but there seems to be singles and some people who were just groups of friends. There were a few talks and we each got to make a cuddly toy of a microbe. Picture enclosed below. Mine is the green one.

Spoiler:

Then we got to walk around the museum which is full of grotesque things in pickle jars. Various organs and tumours and inflamed tissues pickled and stored for perpetuity. The collection of foetuses was particularly grim. They also had the skeleton of a chap called Charles Byrne who was 7' 7". All in all a more interesting Valentines than most I imagine!

Whoa, Dem microbes are amazing

dogma wrote:

timetowaste85 wrote:Valentines day is the most worthless day ever and its celebrants can burn in khorne's holy fires.

It had to be done, it was obligatory.

Transgression against physics if it wasn't.

Why would we celebrate the day when someone got executed for marrying multiple women? Don't Believe me look up ST. Valentine and you will see. Lets wait a second....

OMG really?
Ya. Really. He was executed on February 14, 269. How does that make people feel if they found out why people celebrated it?

I hate valentine's day because every year I have to listen to people bitching about valentine's day. Build a bridge and get over it!

dralith wrote:I hate valentine's day because every year I have to listen to people bitching about valentine's day. Build a bridge and get over it!

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Or they could, you know jump over it.

It's like "Christmas Spirit", ya know the ONLY part of the year for people to be considerate.

"But it's Christmas! Be nice!"

So the rest of the year that gak goes out the window? People... I fething swear.

DickBandit wrote:It's like "Christmas Spirit", ya know the ONLY part of the year for people to be considerate.

"But it's Christmas! Be nice!"

So the rest of the year that gak goes out the window? People... I fething swear.

Asherian approves Why is that the most truest statement I've seen on this thread?

Asherian Command wrote:Why would we celebrate the day when someone got executed for marrying multiple women? Don't Believe me look up ST. Valentine and you will see. Lets wait a second....

OMG really?
Ya. Really. He was executed on February 14, 269. How does that make people feel if they found out why people celebrated it?

There were several Saints named Valentine.

The romantic bit comes from Chaucer, though.

dogma wrote:

Basically. Let's see who I've been spending the day with:

Oh dear this thread is going to die faster than expected XD

Next year we're going with a "toy" theme. We'll probably get a machine we otherwise couldn't justify. There's not just one scale, it's also possible to move laterally.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Next year we're going with a "toy" theme.

Kinky.