Valentine's Day. Without doubt the single most overrated holiday of the year.
Let's take a moment to think about what Valentine's Day truly means: Greeting card companies and florists making mass amounts of cash in the name of "love"and mass marketing, and hordes of men worried sick about what to get their sweethearts for that special day, because God knows, you don't want to screw this one up.
So, here's my contribution to the cause. Guys, if you really want to impress your sweetie, avoid the traditional gifts like flowers and chocolate. No matter how hard you try, that $50+ arrangement of flowers WILL DIE, and chocolate won't do anything for your girl but contribute to that 10 pound weight gain she's been trying to work off since Christmas.
Diamonds, perhaps?
Um, no. The next time you think about getting your girl a rock, think about the little kid in the middle of the Congo who probably got his arm hacked off for it.
Do yourselves a favor and go with something simple but heartfelt. Make her dinner, and then actually clean up your mess. You have no idea how many points you'll score just for doing the dishes.
Make a scrapbook. Repaint her bathroom. Get up with the kids so she can sleep in.
Clean out her car. Now there's a Valentine's Day present.
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LOVE the meal-and-clean-up-after idea, it would work at my house... So would cleaning (and waxing) my vehicle. Both great ideas, meaningful and heartfelt. Also means that it took EFFORT and not just dollars.
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