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Originally Posted by maleficent
Slow down there, big fella, not all of us are... some of us think it's a silly holiday and real love and affection should expressed every day... not just the day that hallmark tells us to  |
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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Don't question the guy... question the woman who expects it.
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Agreed. It is a silly holiday, and I don't think it is so much the woman who expects to be presented with gifts, it is the pressure inflicted upon us by society. I hate it when I go back to work after my birthday/christmas/valentine and the first question I get asked is usually 'Sooo, what did your boyfriend give you?'
First of all, does that matter? Second of all, are we supposed to brag if it's an overtly nice gift, and what are we supposed to say if we didn't get a gift? There could be millions of reasons, but excuse me, I don't have the time to explain our situation. However, if the woman in question 'knew' she's gonna be asked silly, materialistic questions like this, she probably feels the pressure to 'expect' a gift, and quite possibly emanating such pressure onto the given special days within their relationship.