Valentine's Day, or affirmation of your love day

[Catch1lion]

Survey evidence bears this out. Data from LendingTree show that Valentine’s Day spending is highest where relationship uncertainty is greatest. Couples together for less than two years report planned spending of roughly $369, compared with about $207 among those together for two to five years, $187 among those together five to 10 years, and just $118 among couples together more than a decade. As relationships accumulate history—shared routines, mutual investments, reputational collateral—the need for dramatic, deadline-driven proof declines. Valentine’s Day doesn’t disappear, but its function changes. What begins as verification becomes ceremony.
My disclosure- 33 years married, and two nice bottles of wine gifted. How long have you been married or in a relationship and what did you gift ?
Trying to post a gifted link to the article, and I hope you can open it. But you get the gist.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/on-valentines-day-i-want-to-hold-your-invisible-hand-6c1ba459?st=r6Qu7g&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Since moms retired I can no longer go to my easy peezy piece of jewelry route, she has tons she no longer wears. So this morning my boy Nils and I went to breakfast at the brandywine diner, brought home a carrot cake for her, BAMM, happy V day baby. $11 dollars
stats: met senior year at State, married 100 years

 

[step.eng69]

Good morning, Kar, Happy Valentine's Day.
Good morning, Tom, you also have a Happy Valentine's Day.

Kar & me at Gettysburg—Early 70s’

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[laKavosiey-st lion]

Step I love that pic so much

 

[Catch1lion]

100 years

Sounds like a life sentence . /s

 

[step.eng69]

Step I love that pic so much

If your breast size isn't too large, laKav, I could also hold you close to my heart.
I have short arm's length.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

wut? Lol

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Sounds like a lifetime sentence . /s

It’s so funny that the promise of grand babies fires up the old marriage (and walking the earth together of course)

 

[step.eng69]

wut? Lol

I said.....If your breast size isn't too large, laKav, I could also hold you close to my heart.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Still wut bro, I can read it but can’t understand it

 

[Zenophile]

Still wut bro, I can read it but can’t understand it

Step is admiring your rack, G$.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Why didn’t he just say that?

 

[Zenophile]

Why didn’t he just say that?

Dunno. But I’ve got your back.

 

[LionJim]

Why didn’t he just say that?

More fun this way.

 

[LionJim]

Dunno. But I’ve got your back.
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Dang.

 

[Pa$ky859]

One year when we were young and struggling starting our own business, my wife said, “if you love me, don’t buy me anything. Just write something nice on a posted note”.

My first two thoughts:
1. Is this a trick?
2. Why a posted note?

 

[LionJim]

I got lucky.

 

[PSU Mike]

@BobPSU92, who gives the nicer cards, lefty or righty?

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

One year when we were young and struggling starting our own business, my wife said, “if you love me, don’t buy me anything. Just write something nice on a posted note”.

My first two thoughts:
1. Is this a trick?
2. Why a posted note?

I love this as much as steps pic.hopefullyyou were wildly sussessful

 

[razpsu]

This thread scares me a little. I saw a yellow rain slicker and heard about a carrot cake and breasts. Did I miss anything?

 

[step.eng69]

This thread scares me a little. I saw a yellow rain slicker and heard about a carrot cake and breasts. Did I miss anything?

Good day at the restaurant today, raz

 

[razpsu]

Good day at the restaurant today, raz

Yea finally. Presidents’ Day weekend. Winter has been cold and slow!!

 

[Nittering Nabob]

My disclosure- 33 years married, and two nice bottles of wine gifted.

Congrats on your long marriage. Other than wife #5, none of my previous ones lasted more than four years.

Did you give two bottles of wine as gifts, did you receive them, or did you mutually exchange bottles of wine?

 

[Nittering Nabob]

Good morning, Kar, Happy Valentine's Day.
Good morning, Tom, you also have a Happy Valentine's Day.

Kar & me at Gettysburg—Early 70s’
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Do you and Karen always look thrilled to get your photo taken?

 

[Catch1lion]

Congrats on your long marriage. Other than wife #5, none of my previous ones lasted more than four years.

Did you give two bottles of wine as gifts, did you receive them, or did you mutually exchange bottles of wine?

Gave two and got four different pints of ice cream . That worked .

 

[Nitt1300]

She bought me dinner- it's my birthday

 

[LionJim]

She bought me dinner- it's my birthday

Many happy returns.

 

[psuro]

She bought me dinner- it's my birthday

Lucky you.

All i got offered was a pink taco and it wasn't even take out. We had to have it at home and I had to do a bunch of chores first.

I mean....c'mon!

 

[Catch1lion]

Congrats on your long marriage. Other than wife #5, none of my previous ones lasted more than four years.

Did you give two bottles of wine as gifts, did you receive them, or did you mutually exchange bottles of wine?

That's a lot of divided by two money. Ouch.

 

[BobPSU92]

 

[razpsu]

Congrats on your long marriage. Other than wife #5, none of my previous ones lasted more than four years.

Did you give two bottles of wine as gifts, did you receive them, or did you mutually exchange bottles of wine?

Did you say 5? Omg.

 

[step.eng69]

Do you and Karen always look thrilled to get your photo taken?

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