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Re: Husband gives same Valentine’s Day card for 34 years!
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:24 am
by Lulu
Northern Lass wrote:As some of you know I don't send any!
I sent 2 last year and that was it
humbug!
Christmas cards, or Valentine's
Go on, tell us, who've you got a 'pash' on?
Re: Husband gives same Valentine’s Day card for 34 years!
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:51 pm
by Northern Lass
Rob wrote:2 !!! Who was the other one to then?
Hey where was my Valentine from you this year!
Did you get the one I sent you then?
From the heart of my bottom that were from to you
Re: Husband gives same Valentine’s Day card for 34 years!
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:31 pm
by gardener
About 15 years ago I realised I had forgotten to get a Valentine card for my husband
Luckily I had some tubes of coloured icing so I iced a message on a digestive biscuit, wrapped it in tissue and popped it in an envelope. Last year we were moving from one office space to another and in amongst the stuff was the biscuit wrapped in cling film! Not even mouldy.
This year my son got cupcakes decorated with space invader-shaped chocolates from his girlfriend. I don't think lack of money matters too much.
When I first moved here Icelanders didn't "do" Valentines so there were no cards and I often had to improvise. Now there is a bit of a fuss made about it but as it is follwed by the more traditional "woman's day" (on Sunday) most men still go for that - I often get flowers both days
Re: Husband gives same Valentine’s Day card for 34 years!
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:58 pm
by snoopysue
gardener wrote:About 15 years ago I realised I had forgotten to get a Valentine card for my husband
Luckily I had some tubes of coloured icing so I iced a message on a digestive biscuit, wrapped it in tissue and popped it in an envelope. Last year we were moving from one office space to another and in amongst the stuff was the biscuit wrapped in cling film! Not even mouldy.
This year my son got cupcakes decorated with space invader-shaped chocolates from his girlfriend. I don't think lack of money matters too much.
When I first moved here Icelanders didn't "do" Valentines so there were no cards and I often had to improvise. Now there is a bit of a fuss made about it but as it is follwed by the more traditional "woman's day" (on Sunday) most men still go for that - I often get flowers both days
When I moved to Denmark, they didn't really celebrate Valentine's day, but now everybody knows about it, and the youngsters don't realise that it's a new tradition.
Other traditions are also being adopted, such as halloween, thanksgiving and pancake day. I'm not a fan, as it's usually to make money that these traditions are introduced, and the reasons behind them aren't explained - no one knows that pancake day marks the beginning of lent, or that halloween is the day before all saints day! It's all about selling cards, turkeys and pancake pans!!
Re: Husband gives same Valentine’s Day card for 34 years!
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:22 pm
by Antie Em
I bought a new pancake pan this year - the other one was about 20 years old.
Re: Husband gives same Valentine’s Day card for 34 years!
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:34 pm
by snoopysue
Antie Em wrote:I bought a new pancake pan this year - the other one was about 20 years old.
My husbands a wiz with pancakes (first meal he ever made for me - had to introduce him to lemon and sugar though!), we have two ordinary frying pans cos it's quicker that way. He puts vanilla sugar and cardamom in them.
We do eat pancakes on pancake day, this year we have friends coming. My husband makes a huge stack in advance(and I mean huge!), then they get covered in foil put in the oven, with a meat thermometer - he knows exactly what temperature they should be at.
He's just found a recipe for chocolate pancakes that's got grand marnier in, so we've been having those a lot too.