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Valentine's Day

Posted by Stacy on Monday, November 24, 2008 11:22 AM

Valentine's Day is something that I love and hate. As a girl, I love the pink and red and white colors and little heart decorations every year. But also as a girl it can be stressful if you do have a boyfriend or someone special to spend that day with and it can also be stressful if you don't.

If you don't have someone to spend it with, people think you are pathetic and for some reason apologize and feel bad for you. If you do have someone special to spend it with you stress over a whole different category of things like what kind of Valentine's day gifts to get him or even what he is going to get you.

I feel like sometimes guys want hints on what to get girls for Valentine's Day and other times they don't. It is just hard to tell, especially if you just started dating right before the big day and you don't know what to expect. Also, you never know if you should get the guy something or not. Some guys think it is dumb to get them presents and others expect something back. And then it's not as easy to find a gift for Valentine's Day for a guy as it is for a girl. I feel like the go to Valentine's Day gifts for her are the traditional flowers and chocolates and if you're lucky maybe jewelry. But for guys it is a whole different thing. What guy wants flowers?

I guess I can see getting a guy candy for Valentine's Day, but is that enough? It is so hard to find a present for a guy no matter what holiday it is, but especially for a tricky one like this one when it is hard to read what they are thinking about it.

I think there should just be a rule, like no gifts at all. I like getting gifts as much as the next person, but the stress of liking it (or not liking it and pretending to) and what to get him or if you guys are even celebrating at all is so much stress. I think people should just plan something fun together with the people they love. No matter if they are your significant other or not, you should spend Valentine's Day with the person or people that you love doing the things that you all love to do together.