how many of you think it’s a very nice thing to express your feelings to a special person on 14 February with the help of a few red roses, a heart shaped baloon, chocolates, a teddy bear and card etc.
I was having this discusson with friends and a cousin who’s engaged (and in love) about expressing love or hinting people on Valentine’s day and most people said they actually think it’s kind of shallow and cheap.
If you actually love someone, do you need a particular date to make you show it, to express it and in that particular loud and red manner with those done to death gadgets like red baloons etc.?
it’s nice to celebrate the spirit of love and have ‘love in the air’ while all the birds mate but still…on the ground level what are your views on the issue on a personal level, what would you guys actually do…?
think of valentines day as a reminder to express love just in case you dont everyday... just in case yoru too busy at work or school or home..
sigh Im calling Salman now.
In my opinion, Valentine's day does nothing but cheapen the feelings between two people. It seems so fake and forced. Love isn't about balloons, flowers, or teddy bears, unless of course you're an immature teenager type person and you 'think' you're in love.
Real love doesn't require gifts, it doesn't require a special day to remind people that they're in love. Real love isn't that shallow and insecure. When you really love someone, you show it with your every day actions.
Real love is when you make your house sparkly clean because you had the day off but your spouse, lover, significant other had to work. Real love is when you decide to go eat crappy hospital food just so that you can have dinner with your wife who is on call all night and so that she doesn't have to eat alone. Real love is when you wake up at 4:00 AM and de-ice your wife's car so she can go to work and so that she doesn't have to stand in the cold, even though you don't really have to wake up until 8:00 AM. Real love is when you see or hear something when you're not with your spouse but make a mental note to tell him/her because you know they'll find it amusing.
Blah, I'm done being gay now.
Awwwww 
You really think thats gay?
Somebodys alone one V-day AAhmed.
But seriously giving gifts to each other doesnt cheapen anything.
Even Islam is Pro gift giving.. pyar bartha hai
BTW why wake up 4 am? If she goes to work at 8 do what Salman does wake up 7:50..:p
we prefer to spoil one another on birthdays, and anniversary, cuz those dates are important and personal to us. How we celebrate them would vary year to year, ranging from a nice picnic to a cruise.
well i m doing somethin for the first time..its not worth spending any $ on girlfriends..but biwi to biwi hain na :D
I'm not against gift giving, I just don't think there needs to be a special designated day for gift giving. I think little gifts here and there are great and very appreciated. It makes you realize that your spouse thinks about your every day, not just on valentine's day.
Oh and the 4 AM question, the answer is, she HAS to go to work at around 4 AM, I have to go around 8 AM, so I have been known to wake up ass early to clear the ice so that she can go to work at 4 AM.
As far as spending money on the wife, I don't mind doing it at all, I'm not a big gift giver, but once or twice a year I surprise her with something HUGE. Last year I planned a trip to Europe around the 2 weeks that she was going to have off, she was very happy. The year before that, I got her SCUBA classes and equipment which she had been wanting for years because I've been diving for about a decade and she wanted to experience it with me.
And no, I don't think it's gay, I think talking about it is gay, which is why I'm going to end it here again.
I think of it this way…
Valentine’s Day is just one more day to express your love to that special someone. The difference is, this particular day is meant almost forcibly as expressing love. If you’re in meetings tied up all day, take a breather and call your Mr. or Ms. Special where as normally you would wait until later. That’s all.
Although Valentine’s Day has become over-commercialized these days, the original meaning of it isn’t lost…red roses, chocolate hearts/candy, teddy bears, and baloons aside.
all these mother’s day, father’s day, valentine’s day, anniversaries, birthdays etc etc seem sooooo cheesy, unnatural, fake and non-spontaneous to me!!!
btw, i cant believe how big valentine’s day has become in pak. all the pvt channels reported abt it in their headline news AND it was even the discussion topic on Aalim Online 
someone, plz tell me i am having a nightmare!!!
Irem, wake up. You are having a nightmare.
irum, yes it has become a big event in Pakistan and people celebrate this day as if its some kinda religious event. This day should be renamed as a "Flirt Day" rather than Valentine's day. Or it could be Flirt day for illegal couples and Valentine's Day for legal couples. Well whatever, I dont like this day at all, its so fake and dumb and totally waste of time and money. Not to mention brains too!
Feb 14th i get sick of the colour Red, 'candyboxes' teddy bears (plz someone gimme a break)
I dont see anything wrong with the day itself. Its just that its commercialised a lot and made a big deal for nothing.
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Feb 14th i get sick of the colour Red, 'candyboxes' teddy bears (plz someone gimme a break)
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