If you want flowers on Feb 14 plant them now

With the Valentine's day just about a month away, I would rather start planting some floral plants in my garden and when the plant grows in a months time I would get some fresh flowers blooming which I will pluck and give to my beloved as I think flowers are most lovable gift for anyone. You do not need to spend a lot of money though if you select simple kind of flowers. Just depends upon what you can afford. Three roses can be just as beautiful. It is not about what to Spend, it is about the thought.

You can get flowers at the corner florist for even few bucks, they do not have to be arises. If I had to pick between flowers and something else like artificial flowers. I’d probably go with the something else. Fresh flowers are beautiful, but they die. I’d prefer something that I can see every day to remember that special day.

Honestly, including dinner and any activities you have planned, I think about 100–200 max. It really just depends on what you’re trying to buy for your significant other and where you’re taking them. As for how much is appropriate then I guess that depends on how much cash flow you have and how much you want to spend. You should never spend more than you have and you should never get yourself into debt over something like this. Never spend more than you would be happy to give away. Gift giving isn’t always about the money. It is about the thought and about the meaning of the gift. A book can say so much for example. It can also be a very personal gift.

Behind the over-commercialism of Valentine’s Day, there is still a true meaning of Valentine’s Day which is to share your love with those closest to you, especially your partners. Therefore even if the over commercialism does not make me feel lonely, the true meaning does. I don’t have a partner to share my love with, and that hurts.” I’ve never been in a relationship on Valentine’s Day so never had the opportunity to share and enjoy the day with someone - this might have the potential to change my mind on it. However, last year I did start a relationship on the evening of 14/02 but this has no relevance. Being single on the day isn’t fun as I stated and I dislike how jealous it makes me feel.

It could be argued that Valentine's day is gynocentric as often men are expected to shower the female in gifts and love, but not vice versa. This goes against feminism/equality which I detest. If it wasn’t gynocentric and men and women had equal expectations of them on this day I would prefer it. But you don't have to celebrate it if you don't want to. But that doesn't mean you have to tell everyone else who wants to celebrate it that they're doing something wrong. Or imply that celebrating valentine's day means you aren't showing your love and affection year round. T

hat's not what it means. I remember where that started as well, it was from a love quote when a woman asked her husband why he always forgot valentine's day, and he told her it was because he didn't need a special day to be reminded how much he loved her. It was cute. Until people took it out of context. Because that is the day of buying and giving gifts to your love ones. It doesn't mean you were alone and no gifts you don't want to celebrate during valentine's day.

I've almost always been single on Valentine's day. When I haven't, one time I was dating a guy who disliked the day, and one time I was dating a guy who liked it. So I observed or didn't observe accordingly. Valentine's day holds no special significance to me but I'm also not going to turn down a reason to do something nice if someone I like feels inclined to do something nice with me. It really depends on who I'm sharing it with.

Usually it's with myself, so most of the time I don't even notice it was Valentine's Day at least until the 15th of February. When you’re in love every day is Valentine’s Day. That being said, we’re all about capitalizing on anything and everything and since we haven’t protested against Santa, why would we against Cupid? Personally, we “celebrate” after the official day by buying discounted candy and using our discount coupons at restaurants that don’t accept them on the 14th. There is so much love in the air even after Valentine's Day right? Cheers!