Valentine's Day Scam
When does "no" really mean "yes"? Apparently, when it comes to Valentine's Day, "no" always means "yes". Allow me to explain...
Ever since my fiance and I got engaged, we made a pact to avoid buying each other anything on holidays until after the wedding. What I didn't know when I got engaged is that from that day until the big day, any and every bit of spare cash you acquire must go into this new thing called the "Wedding Fund". I didn't realize this venture was going to require an entire fund. But that's another story.
Anyway, I was under the assumption that Valentine's Day was included in this whole "non-gift buying" deal my woman and I made with each other. Good thing I don't usually rely on my assumptions.
After careful deliberation, I decided to be the nice guy anyway, and send her some roses at work. I placed the order on ftdflowers.com yesterday. I ordered a wonderful arrangement of roses and some other kind of red flower, along with some scented candles. Women dig that sort of stuff.
I was pretty damn proud of myself. I thought to myself, "Wow, I really went above and beyond. I really did something that I wasn't expected to do."
WRONG!!
I talked to Aimee as she was on her way home from work. She thanked me for the flowers, but proceeded to say, "Good thing you got them for me. You would've been in trouble!"
I thought to myself, "Wait a sec. This is something I should be rewarded for, not something that, if wasn't done, I would've been in trouble for!" I was confused. So I asked her about it.
She explained to me that no matter what, flowers are the bare minimum on Valentine's Day. She said that no matter how poor we might be, I should always give her roses on Valentine's Day.
So today, I learned what I think is a valuable lesson. Valentine's Day = Flowers.
But the moral of the story is this. Why in the hell do the women have a day like today, yet we don't? Why don't us guys have a similar type of day where we're the ones being spoiled?
It's probably a question I'll be asking myself for the rest of my life. At least we still have Super Bowl Sunday. Only 355 days to go!
posted by T.J. Cutini @ 6:52 PM
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3 Comments:
Always remember that there are 4 HUGE holidays that you can never miss or treat lightly. Her birthday, your anniversary, Christmas, and Valentine's Day! I made the almost fatal error of just giving a card for a birthday. We to had the agreement not to exchange gifts on holidays. I learned my lesson! Congratulations on discovering the secret of a successful relationship early!
Sorry man just got married last june and I am 28 as well. Paige is right. Just suck it up bud because it dont get better. I love my wife, but to maintain a sain house hold you have to do all kinds things you dont want to do. just find a happy medium and dont get hit by to many bears cans falling on your head.lol I am talking about the beer comercial with the guy and his wife has the same shirt on and a beer can gets dropped on the guys head. lol
Thanks for the advice, folks. I'm learning. I'm getting there, guys. I think Aimee was pretty happy with her Valentine's Day this year, and I would never think about NOT doing something for her in a normal year. It's just that this year, we said we weren't going to do anything, yet she still expected something.
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