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Valentine's Day ideas - Valentines day help

by Lars Hindsley on Tue 12 Feb 2008 11:25 AM EST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

From year to year I write a little something about Valentines Day. For some history on Valentine's Day, Read: The History of Saint Valentine's Day.

If you are going to celebrate Valentine's Day with a loved one, you first need to examine your heart. Are you in love? Are you dating? Are you married? Hopefully you are not having an affair.

How do you want to celebrate it? Perhaps you are limited on how you can celebrate it. And frankly, this is how you should approach it if you want to come at it with a deeper affection.

If you are going out to dinner, you needed to plan this day well in advance. Do NOT expect to get into a restaurant without a reservation on Valentine's Day. This is a man's duty, so please guys... don't let me down here.

As for you women... men deserve affection too. I wrote an article years ago about how to buy flowers for men. Ladies, you really need to read this article: Giving a man flowers? Here is your guide to giving a man flowers. I firmly believe that if you both really important to each other... a woman will give just as much thought to her man as he does to her. If this is true, ladies... you want to send you man flowers on Valentine's Day. If you are going to send him flowers... then read my article above for some great male perspective.

I've been checking my stats on the blog and my article Giving a man Flowers has been getting a strong amount of hits running up to Valentine's Day. It's good to know someone is searching this subject and it bears relevance to many.

Then there are movies... If you arrive back home to cuddle up to a movie... I have a few I'd like to offer up. I wrote two articles on this subject: Best Romantic Movies for Valentine's Day and The Best Romantic Movies ever made and not just for Valentine's Day.

For you women... here is some fun advice for Valentine's Day: Top 10 Mistakes Most Women Make with Men.

For you men, here is some help with table manners should you go to dinner with your lady: Men's Advice - Dining with women while Dating.

Now if your Valentine's doesn't go well, put it in perspective. For instance, years ago I posted this on Valentine's Day...

Today I got nothing for Valentines. Yet I still love my wife, I'm still in love with my wife and I still work hard every day to make her happy. Or should I say, help her be and feel happy. Superman has jack shit on me. To every man out there that tows the line. Superman has nothing on you. Being a man is twenty times harder than being a woman no matter what they try and have you believe. You need to do it all and still be at peace with yourself. Yes my wife birthed a child and I can never know that feeling but NO man would say they wouldn't do that for a child or love. As far as I'm concerned women are lucky that only they can give birth. We men would appreciate the experience all as much.

Today I got nothing for Valentines. I reflect on this as a fact. I note it as something that 'is'. But I would like to think that men deserve amazing efforts and acts in romance as an equal expectation. The idealist in me now steps back to reality. I need to go drop off my wife's roses at work.

Men or women... be careful not to have this one day bend your feelings into something worse. It is only one day of the year. Some people are not truly romantic, or they just fall into a relationship and that is good enough for them. If your husband, wife or boyfriend is coming home to you every night... you should take solace in that alone. Some people have no one.

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Re: Valentine's Day ideas - Valentines day help

by edilcer on Tue 12 Feb 2008 07:05 PM EST | Profile | Permanent Link

Hi! googled myself (researching my domain name status) and found you! even funnier, references to myself and an old pic of us :) inevitably life has happened to all of us, but you seem happy and healthy and i'm glad..keep it up-your heart always was in the right place, willing to bet that stayed the case through the last 20 (!) years. (not that you need my support or blessings, just a hug and a smile from an old friend who believes in you)

Re: Re: Valentine's Day ideas - Valentines day help

by Lars Hindsley on Wed 13 Feb 2008 01:32 AM EST | Profile | Permanent Link

Jesus God! Erica, Buddy!

I'll send you an e-mail and we can talk on the phone. I miss you old friend.

I have SO much to talk to you about. I hope you won't be as guarded as the last time we bumped into each other years ago. I think you had a rough go of it at the time. I was sured you'd bounce back.

I have run into some of your old friends too in the past. So much to talk about!

Can't wait to catch up with you. I'll always remember that beach trip when Noel and I laughed our asses of at you, Kieth and DeAnna went skinny dipping in the ocean and that man picked up your clothes! You guys had to chase him down, now that was funny!

I only remember the good times. I remember driving over the hills of Avondale in my sports car and motorcyle so many nights. We had some great times. The best innocent times. I'll always love you old friend. I mean that as a friend. We have to catch up. :)