little_tippler

I think you have the right idea there, not all girls want an expensive gift. I personally prefer something thoughtful, and doing something, I agree, says a lot more than just buying something off a shelf. I also think the collage idea is nice. I know I've done some corny things myself. Like spell out 'I love you' in candles in the living room for him to find. Or making a jar with 365 hearts (one for each day of the year) saying all sorts of nice things to him. It didn't involve spending huge amounts of money. Ok now I'm embarrassed! But it's good to share. Needless to say, the harder you try, the less appreciated it seems to be (that's my experience). Sucks.

I agree Valentine's day is a commercial event these days, but that doesn't mean you can't make it an excuse to celebrate loving each other. Of course, it can be done on any day of the year, but since everyone is being lovey dovey on that date, then why not be inspired by the atmosphere and use it to your advantage?

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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

Fernando Pessoa, 1918