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Non-cheesy VDay ideas for hubby....
DH and I have been married for almost 2 years and are expecting our first baby in July...
He is not at all a romantic but I still want to make him feel appreciated this year since planning for baby has pretty much taken our full attention lately.
I would like to do something romantic without it being overly cheeseball but I am drawing a blank.
HELP?
Re: Non-cheesy VDay ideas for hubby....
Last year was our first Valentine's Day as a married couple and we recreated our first Valentine's Day together, which was getting take out from Applebees and watching a movie. Another year we got a hotel room just for the night. We were both busy with school and work so it was nice to just get away, even if it was just an hour away. Maybe you could go that route?
Don't be afraid to be a cheeseball. Some of our greatest memories are the cheesier ones.
Congrats on the little one
The V-day that I was pregnant we kept it pretty low-key. H had to work and brought home dinner for us. While he was gone, I made chocolate covered strawberries. I set up a bunch of pillows and blankets on the living room floor next to the record player. When he got home we just relaxed, ate and listened to music. We may have watched a movie after but I don't remember.
I'm gonna have to 2nd this
Maybe some chocolate covered strawberries and a movie!
Great idea!!!
we had about a year that we were engaged and living at our own parents' houses while we finished school (thankfully only about 15 minutes from each other!). I gave him a jar of 'reasons why i loved him', which were little notes of why he's special, or what i remember from when i first met him, cute things that i appreciate he did for me, etc. he liked reading those before going to bed because it helped him not feel separated from me.
cheesy? yup.
typically, our 'tradition' is going out to see our college a-capella group sing (they have a concert every year around V-day), and then we do a nice dinner....its usually not ON V-day, so on the 14th, we do something small at home. i've gone the strawberry and movie route, and that's been a big hit. hubby loves tortellini too, so i made that once for him as well.
other suggestions:
night in front of the tv.... video game night.... bathtime.... music/dancing at home....special dessert or dinner item.....board games or computer games, or some activity to do together..... glass of wine and just sit and reminisce.....hotel night away from home....sit and plan a vacation or daytrip....swap massages.....
all sorts of things to do!
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Haha. Hysterical!!! This is what my DH would want.
Alright, I don't know about non-cheesy (and we are already 6 days in) but this year, (our first married V-day) I made him a Valentine's Day Advent Calendar. I strung up a little decorated baggie for each day and every day he gets a card and a tiny present. My husband is easily pleased with small, silly gifts. And even though he says he isn't really into being showered with little notes and stuff, he totally is. He has saved all my notes and stuff since we got together. Anyway, Day One had a little card that I made that had a drawing of an owl on the front and it said "Owl be yours if you'll be mine!" and ten Hershey's carmel kisses (our last name is Diez which means ten in spanish so its his favorite number). Day Two was a little knock, knock joke and silly putty. Day Three was a little travel game that I got the dollar store with another note. Day Four was a toothbrush and a card about a sparkling smile. And so on and so forth. Day 14 is our date. I have two $20 bills wrapped up and placed in the baggie with a note that will explain that we go to the mall, we each get one of the $20s and we have 45 minutes to find the most creative gift without going over the $20 and then we meet at Chipotle, our favorite restaurant, for dinner.
So idk about not cheesy but my "non-cheesy" hubby secretly loves it. haha. Maybe just do the week before V-day he gets a cute, silly gift each day... a back rub one night, something he might want but doesn't want to splurge on another... I honestly believe its the tiny things that keep life fun and make my hubby feel appreciated.
I totally love this!
TTC since June 2012
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