Will Your Valentine’s Day be Special?

She wanted to go out, but she wanted to take the boy with us. So we ended up going into Vancouver. We rode the SkyTrain, saw Science World, rode the elevator up the Harbor Centre observation deck, took photos, came home and I gave her a massage. We were both worn out, so we just went to sleep after that.

Romantic? Definitely not. But she really enjoyed it, and isn't that more important?

@Steven Fisher: Put the dinner on the china instead of paper plates and she'll notice. Will she have to do the dishes afterward? If not, she'll notice that too!

We aren't going out. We are going to grill instead. I'd much rather enjoy the time alone together than spend it with a ton of people in a crowded restaurant.

Making out while watching Star Trek? OMG. NERD.

It's okay, I'm one too. :)

I'm a little worried about this weekend, actually. I never know what to do on Valentine's day. The traditional "go out somewhere nice, eat" thing doesn't work for me. As a thinking person, the idea of going out on the busiest day of the year just doesn't appeal. Restaurants have enough trouble on regular days, why would I go on their biggest day? Likewise, picking through the skeletal remains of the flower display doesn't interest me much.

So instead, I plan on cooking her something and unplugging all the distractions in the house. If the weather's nice -- and hey, it's February, so it won't be -- maybe we'll go on a picnic.

But I don't know that she'll realize I'm trying. That's what the restaurant trip and the flowers are really all about.

Steven Fishers last blog post..NERD

Quite honestly, my husband and I have never been big Valentine's Day celebrators. And we even met on Valentine's Day! It just feels so commercialized, and anywhere you go is packed with people. I would never DREAM of going out to dinner on Valentine's day. Waiting for a table for 2 or 3 hours in a crowded stuffy foyer does not say 'romance' to me. I tell Mike what I would like beforehand (and no, that does not diminish the value of the gift, ladies). Usually some form of the traditional chocolate and flowers. But we don't go anywhere and it's pretty much a normal day. Maybe we'll watch a movie at home or something. And I'm ok with that. Now, if one's wife is not ok with that, than certainly plans should be made. But in our case, when we think of Valentine's day, we both just give a "Meh" and let it go by. We have romance enough the rest of the year. Plus, with a kid, I can't forsee a way we'd ever be able to get a babysitter on that day anyway.