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Valentine’s Day has evolved into a day when couples everywhere exchange tokens of affection and cutesy ditties written in Hallmark cards. There are a few tried and true gifts to give for Valentine’s Day such as homemade cards and gifts, flowers and chocolates. There is also a long list of gifts that are tacky, taboo and thoughtless. Stick with heartfelt gifts and your sweetheart will surely be pleased. Avoid these common Valentine’s Day gift mistakes:
What not to get your partner on Valentines day
Kitchen gadgets and appliances. There are a million other ways to say I love you than to hand your sweetheart a blender with a pink bow slapped on top of it. Kitchen gadgets say, “I love it when you bake me cookies”, as opposed to “I love you and want to celebrate our love”.
Elaborately framed picture of you. There’s nothing more disappointing or off-putting than a gift that has “I love myself” written all over it. Now, if you wanted to buy or make a cute little frame and insert a picture of your honey and you, that’s perfectly acceptable.
Lingerie. Admit it. The lacy negligee isn’t really for her, is it? Give her something that will make her feel more like a princess, and less like an object.
Gym membership or gift certificate for an aerobics class. Making your love feel bad about herself is never in good taste, particularly on a special day.
Joke gifts. Please don’t even think about giving your sweetheart a whoopee cushion or a fake pile of dog poop, even if your love is a well-known prankster.
Anything from a gas station. If you were too busy and forgot to take time out of your busy schedule to get something, don’t rush to the nearest convenience store on your way home and buy a bouquet of wilted flowers or a cheap Russell Stover gift box filled with candy everyone secretly hates. If you forget, just be honest, or take her out to a fancy dinner and pretend as if that was your plan all along.
Facebook flowers or other such Facebook gifts. It’s cute when you’re dating to send each other Facebook flowers and hearts and smiles and cakes and birthday balloons, but it is definitely not cute for more serious relationships, or for anyone over the age of 14, for that matter. Just don’t do it.
No gift at all. That is the absolute worst. If you can’t afford it, if you don’t buy into the commercialization of St. Valentine’s Day, or whatever your reason may be, then at least make something for your Valentine. A sweet, handwritten note, a homemade dinner, a carefully arranged bouquet of wildflowers picked from your yard or a batch of heart-shaped cookies will do. Just don’t forget. She may never forgive you.
