What Are the Best Valentine's Day Stunts? 470
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from the romance-is-not-using-high-grade-chloroform dept.
from the romance-is-not-using-high-grade-chloroform dept.
With the oh-so-dreaded Hallmark holiday on the horizon we are flooded with tips and tricks (mostly designed to sell us things our mates cannot live without) of how to please/capture/sedate the ones we care for. One writer even suggests ways to capture the interest of a geeky girl. That said, what are some of the crazier romantically inspired, geeky V-day stunts or activities that you or someone you know has executed to terrible success or failure?
Re:Stunts? (Score:4, Informative)
Try telling that to my wife who would get exactly 0 days involving romance without V day. As much as I hate V day, it does force me to do something completely out of character to make my wife happy.
Re:None whatsoever (Score:3, Informative)
I personally don't care for flowers or chocolate for Valentine's day. While I love chocolate, the stuff stores stock for Valentine's day tends to be of low quality, and in tacky, heart-shaped boxes.
I agree, Valentine's day chocolate is generally awful. If you want to do it right, go to a real chocolatier and get a box of their specialty. It will cost you a lot more than the crap at Walmart but it will actually be worth eating and show that you put some thought into it. For flowers, at least make sure she isn't allergic or sensitive to scents first. A migraine would be the worst Valentine's day gift ever.
Re:None whatsoever (Score:3, Informative)
I disagree. Life is what you make of it, and if you appreciate romantic comedies than there is no reason you can't try to make one of your own.
If you haven't been able to approach a girl because of awkward shyness (which as I understand is quite common in geeks and nerds) - than what better day than Valentines day to make -some- form of contact? On the odd chance you know where she lives, (say she is an old friend) than you can write a personalized letter and leave it in the mailbox. Girls love getting mail that isn't bills or coupons.
Say you know her name but you don't really know her, you can place a Valentine's card in her hand and say something small or you can leave it somewhere you know she'll find it. Even if it doesn't take off, it lets her know that you think of her.
Or if it is some random stranger you see on the bus everyday, you won't ever find a better day to hand out a card.
Re:Easy (Score:1, Informative)
Girls don't like poor guys.
Re:Easy (Score:1, Informative)
Girls don't like poor guys.
You must know different girls - I've run across more than one who were dating an ugly, short, poor, *unfaithful* DRUMMER who only needed the "musician" part, nevermind the "talented".
Re:Find a Nook or Die (Score:1, Informative)
Nook's just went back into stock for the first time since xmas.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp?cds2Pid=30195
Re:Keep it simple (Score:4, Informative)
They don't have to be dead flowers. A small potted plant (a shrubbery, perhaps?) can go over quite well.
Chronically lonely readers may be (Score:2, Informative)
Ovid's Advice (Score:5, Informative)
From the second book, there are 2 days a year you avoid like the plague (unless you're rich and can afford not to): Cupid's Day (later renamed by the Catholic Church as St. Valentine's Day) and her birthday. On both days you'll be expected to give gifts. So, if you can't afford that, Ovid's advice was to break up with her before the day arrives and get back together again with her afterwards.
So I guess you could say, given the fact that there are guys who think that way, simply not breaking up with your girlfriend/wife, despite the 2000 years of expectations she's layering on top of your relationship, is pretty romantic in itself. But don't try to convince her of that. She'll probably want to be pampered in some way anyway.
Knowing this DOES give you a conversational edge, however, on the cynical morons who think that Valentines Day was invented by Hallmark. And ladies, if you you're reading this and are pissed that this advice was EVER given, you might take comfort in having this retort handy: A while later, Augustus Caesar exiled Ovid from Rome for the rest of his life. In Ovid's own words, the reason was carmen et error. The carmen is widely believed to be these 3 books, which ticked off the aristocracy no end.
Ovid [wikipedia.org]
Re:are you trying to troll me? (Score:3, Informative)
You said:
Okay, let's see... someone says their birthday is in December. Subtract 3 months. So they were conceived in September? Uh... that would mean they were either in the womb for 3 months of 15.
So to answer your question, yes, you're really that stupid.