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February 10, 2009
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I bought in to the Build A Bear craze and thought it would be a great idea to get one for my girlfriend. I inserted a voice recording into it of me expressing my unfettered love for her.
Nothing says love like a stuffed dalmatian wearing a cheerleader uniform that sounds like me when you squeeze its hand.
Back when my wife and I were dating I got her the worst present ever. She used to collect pigs (stuffed ones, ceramic ones, etc.) So I went to KB Toys (that should have been my first clue I was an idiot) and got her a “dancing” pig. Long story short it’s this cheapo looking pig that kinda grunted and moved its head to the side. I’m a smarter man now.
When I was in college my then girlfriend actually dumped me early in the morning on Valentine’s Day, told me she had been lying to me about having feelings for me, using me, etc., and then she still wanted to exchange gifts and go out on our Valentine’s date ‘as friends!’ Her gift was a goofy looking vest that I could never bring myself to use because it was such a painful memory! I donated it to some Goodwill somewhere in Massachusetts!
Um, by the way, I told her no way to the going out on the date … she left the gift at my place so I would still get it.
A broken heart
There was one year my wife and I did not have a whole lot of money (who does though) around Valentines Day. She said that she did not need anything anyway. So I took at her word and did not get her a thing. Big mistake. I could have at least wrote her a note of something.
I think it was the card from my hubby that stated “I love you Sweat heart”.
Spelling was never his gift……
this was a case where it was the thought that counted
The worst Valentine’s gift I ever received was from my husband. On our first Valentine’s as a married couple, he gave me a Roadside Emergency Car Kit, complete with flares, flashlight and a nasa blanket. His justification was that it communicated his love for me in a practical way and he wanted to make sure I was safe.
I don’t know if this is the worst, but maybe the strangest gift I have ever received as a Valentine. I feel like I need to let you know I am a girl and I recieved this from a guy I was dating at the time. I was given a propane blow torch and a bright yellow vest (the kind the roadside clean up crews wear) with my name on the front and back in reflective tape. Blow torch…not sure what the reasoning was, but the vest was so that I could run at night “safely.”
When I was in high school, I had a hugh crush on this girl for the entire school year, but she was dating someone else. Well, they broke up and we got together the weekend before Valentines Day, Feb. 11 to be exact. So, when Valentines Day rolled around a few days later, I gave her a rose and told her that I was so happy we were finally together. All of this happened in the hallway at school, btw. What did she give me? Only the worst Valentines gift ever. She told me that she had a great weekend with me, and that she appreciated the rose, but she could not go out with me knowing she still “had true feelings” for that other guy. So, yeah, that’s gotta be the worst Valentines gift in history.
Back about 6 years ago I got my wife a chinchilla. It was cute looking and all, But all that thing did was bounce around, and poop every where. So needless to say we didn’t have that Valentines gift that long.
A boyfriend of mine at the time was out of town on a business trip on Feb. 14 and sent flowers – it was very unexpected. I called to thank him and was clearly very excited and grateful, sharing that it was the first time anyone had ever sent me flowers (and I get excited and giddy about a good cup of coffee, so imagine the enthusiasm expressed here). In a frustrated tone, he responded immediately and only with the following: “I had to, it’s Valentine’s. Do we have to talk, or can I go because I’m tired,” as if it were a required homework assignment that he never really wanted to do in the first place and that the phone call was annoying.
A boyfriend of mine in high school bought me a work-out video and sweatpants for Valentine’s Day. I took the hint, and dumped him!
One day back in college I was enjoying being single and decided not to go to class and enjoy the beautiful sunny day with friends….Not such a swell idea since the only gift I got on that Valentines Day was a Bee Sting on my butt! Guess there is a lesson to be learned……
My wife loves to cook. She is the kind that will cook all kinds of goodies even though not a soul is coming over; leaving me to eat it all!
So, our oven went out 2 years ago and to put a piece of bubblegum in the crackling dam, I bought her a portable (12 by 12) toaster oven for Valentine’s Day. Yes, I am the one that they talk about in the commercials. However, I have learned since then and have much better plans this year!
My wife really likes to bake. A couple of years ago the blender that she used for baking broke down. About a week before Valentines day she was trying to make a cookie to take to work and in her frustration stated how she really wished she had a blender. So I ran out and bought her a really nice blender thinking this would make her joy of baking even more enjoyable. I was shocked when I represented it to her and got this reply, “Oh a blender, how nice. thank you.” (said with a monotone, joyless voice). Looking back maybe some flowers and a card explaining my reasoning behind the gift would have helped or may I should have skipped the whole blender idea all together.
When my husband I were in high school we had a lot of “breaks”. You know, like those childish games when you get mad over anything. So during one of those “breaks”, it just so happened to be valentine’s day. Well, he showed up at my school with a little cup filled with candy, which I LOVE, and a bear stuck right on top of it. So my first thought was that this “break” was soon going to be over. As soon as I got home, he called me and told me he had a girlfriend. WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT!!! True story by the way. But it didn’t matter because we ended up married two years later.
When I was a junior in highschool I took my girlfriend out to dinner for Valentine’s Day. Me being very romantic took her to a mexican restaurant in the next town over. Dinner went well but then on the way home when we stopped at a redlight my car died. The lady in the car behind me gave me a jump and it started so we left and got about two more miles down the road and it died again. This time no one around and it wouldn’t have mattered anyway because it was my alternator. We had to call our parents and mine said they would come pick us up. The only problem was they were out too since it was Valentine’s and all. So we had to sit on the side of the street for two hours waiting on my parents to get there. Then they took her home and i rode home with them. It was probably the most embarassing Valentine’s for me ever. She must not have minded too much though because we still dated for about a year after that.
The worst gift would be to receive nothing at all, a close runner up might be a scale. Cool question with some great comments / stories!