Valentine's Day is an odd holiday: for some people, it's super important, but for others, it's not especially significant. If you've been dating for 2 months, it's possible you both misunderstood each other's expectations for the day. It's totally valid to care about Valentine's Day and to be hurt that he didn't get you anything. I told my boyfriend to plan something for valentines day No you didn't. You said "You do something nice and romantic on valentines dayI just want some romantic time with you" Nothing about planning something special. I had to check the ages. You're acting like 17 not 27. Grow up. Use words more effectively. He's not a mind-reader. It’s best to give this guy a nice breakup as a Valentine’s Day gift. My Husband Didn’t Get Me Anything For Valentine’s Day. We are not talking about some random boyfriend here; we are talking about your husband here. You expected a nice Valentine’s Day gift from him but didn’t get it. Maybe this is the reason: 1. I was always triggered around Valentine’s Day when they didn’t plan or get me anything. I realize it’s a dumb holiday but when they made zero effort the other 364 days, you hope that maybe on Valentine’s Day, when there are boxes of chocolate or bouquets of flowers front and center at every grocery store, they’ll do SOMETHING. So that’s why for Valentine’s Day this year, I told him weeks in advance that I really wanted him to do something special and plan it because I wanted to feel thought of, and that I was sad he didn’t plan anything for my birthday. I was hoping that would at least have him know that it mattered to me and I wanted to feel special this day. Communicate the significance of Valentine’s Day for you and that you were hoping it would be a special occasion for you as a couple. In the future, take initiative and come up with plans. Valentine’s day – the day where crushes are revealed, love is celebrated, and grocery stores make millions of dollars selling cheap paper cards and tasteless sugar cookies to children. Love it or hate it, the weekend before February 14th is one filled with chocolates, roses, and the color pink. Valentine’s Day disappointment. Millions of people on Valentine’s Day, just like my client, cannot wait until the next day, when all of the hooplas around love and jewelry and chocolate and flowers finally comes to an end At least for another 364 days. Their unhappiness could be just a sign that they’re unhappy with themselves. Valentine's Day: He feels coerced. She feels neglected. Can they reach a resolution? DEAR NATALIE: I was really disappointed by this year’s Valentine’s Day gift from my husband. You know what he got me? Nothing. He got me nothing. Yes, we’ve been married for more than 20 years, but why should that matter? He said we “don’t need to celebrate these things at this point.” My boyfriend whom I been with almost 2 years told me to pay for dinner at Valentine’s Day. Yesterday I gave him his gift, and he had not got me anything since he gave something on the day he asked me to be his valentine. We had plans to make dinner at home, since he got us a reservation for brunch over the weekend. In the week leading up to Valentine's Day, he kept talking about how he would take me out or buy me flowers, etc. I told him he didn't have to take me out. When he kept asking what I wanted to Valentine's Day, I told him I didn't want anything so he could surprise me. Finally, when Valentine's Day came, he didn't do anything! I was completely Yeah, seriously the man was cheating and he waited valentine's day to break it off. He should have told OP the second he saw the watch. Like seriously, he waited for valentine's day, let OP pay for a restaurant, took the expensive gift, and only after that broke it off (and even then he didn't even do it in person). It's okay to feel disappointed if you aren't intimate, and it's also okay not to want sex on Valentine's Day. Pressure to be intimate can dampen libido and make you less inclined to have sex. But mostly I'm disappointed I didn't get any flowers, I've hinted and also just straight up told him that I wanted flowers for Valentine's day, not even roses because I think they're too expensive, but any bouquet, my favorite store flower is baby's breathe and he knows that and I really thought he was going to get me a bouquet because we For many of us, Valentine’s Day carries a lot of emotional weight. We’ve been hurt in the past, disappointed, let down. Hello, your girl got dumped on Valentine’s Day in 9th grade. I’m still not over it Just kidding. But truly, if Valentine’s Day feels like a lot of pressure to you, you’re not alone. We discussed and agreed that we will celebrate valentines day and agreed we’ll have a video call dinner date the day after valentines due to our busy schedules. I told him I would love to receive flowers on v-day. We even talked about what kind of flowers I like. I sent him my work address. Yesterday he told me he hasn’t arranged any flowers. I’m 19F, we’ll call my boyfriend “Henry” and he’s 21M. Henry and I have been dating for a little over a year now. To be precise, by Valentine’s Day, we’ll have been dating for 1 year, 3 months and 28 days. I know this because it’s part of his gift If romance on Valentine’s Day is a part of how our partner experiences love, it is important to acknowledge his or her feelings, even if we are not ourselves enamored with this holiday. At the end of the day, Valentine’s Day in particular, what matters most is the way your partner treats you and how you treat them the other 364 days of the If he's cancelling on you once he's found out it's Valentine's Day, he doesn't sound like much of a stand up guy. This is exactly what I don't get. I'm a guy that doesn't really "do" Valentine's Day, either, but I sure as hell wouldn't let it stop me from going out on a date that I already arranged.
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