Anti - Valentine's Day

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This is the post where I go all Loco about Valentine's Day. It's a nice holiday and all, but its not for me. It's mostly commercial, and as my dear husband has pointed out before, "Every day is like Valentine's Day when you live with him." That used to bug the crap out of me, but you know I totally get it. If we can't be nice and do kind things for each other 364 days out of the year, then that one day, Valentine's Day, isn't really going to make any difference even if Hallmark tells us to... I'm not completely anti, I do buy my kids a treat and a card.

Once upon a time, I was fairly romantic. Yes, it's true. Crazy, right? I used to be creative about dates, and would write love notes and poems. After I got married, I wanted to carry on the same type of creative romantic traditions. After we were married a month, I cooked a romantic candlelit dinner. You know to celebrate one month. I was excited, this was special. But my dear husband didn't get it...He said, "Are you going to do this EVERY month we are married?" He was young (23) and immature, but it was then that I realized he didn't really care about all the extra fluff. All that effort I went through was not appreciated in the way I had hoped. After getting over the hurt, I realized it was not his love language, and over the years, it is no longer my love language either.

KT asked me the other day what I wanted for Valentine's Day, I guess he is trying to go all romantic on me after all these years, but I told him, if you have to ask, then don't bother. My love languages, are service, time and touch. I think he has a lot more work cut out for him than buying me a simple gift...

And if you want to read a Valentine's Facebook exchange between KT and I last year, you can read it here...Because what spells romance more than Facebook?

 

Ah, the romance!

Every once in a while I get the rare opportunity to be home alone. It's not that no one trusts me to be home alone, I mean, I am 40, it's just that my house is always full of people. But, on a rare occasion, I am alone. When I am alone, I curl up on the couch and watch romantic movies. The ones that make the men in my life yawn and complain like the world is ending. Now, KT is pretty tolerant when it comes to movies, but I can only torture the man so much. Here is a list of romantic movies that I love and can watch again and again.  **This list is always growing and most recently includes Leap Year & Letters to Juliet...

1. Peggy Sue Got Married

2. Made of Honor

3. Hope Floats

4. While You Were Sleeping

5. Pride and Prejudice
6. Twilight

7. Sweet Home Alabama

8. 13 Going on 30

9. The Lake House

10. A Portrait of Jenny (an old black and white)

What are your faves?

Valentine's According to KT...

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When I married KT, he made it no secret that he hates Valentines Day. He says that people shouldn't need a commercial holiday to tell them when to celebrate their love. He made it VERY clear that we would not be celebrating THAT holiday as a matter of principle. Besides, he said and reminds me yearly, "Everyday is like Valentine's Day when you are married to me..." 

Oh REALLY?

On a side note, he has gone back on his No Valentine Commitment.  Last year he bought me tickets to the Rascal Flatt's concert and sometimes he gets me a chick flick and chocolate.  I'm now the one that says "Hey baby, I didn't get you anything because every day is like Valentine's Day when you live with me..."