# SDMB Valentines Exchange '08\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743 "2008-01-24T00:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/21 "2008-01-25T19:48:35Z")
Goodness, is it that time again? Email sent ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/22 "2008-01-25T19:54:54Z")
What the heck - I’ll play. I’m thinking I’ll buy a pack of index cards and some **red-red-red** lipstick. One smooch per person. 😃 Or not… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/23 "2008-01-25T20:08:04Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] [QUOTE=sunrazor] Let me get this straight – everybody who participates actually sends everybody else real valentines? As in, postage and all that stuff? (Jeez, I hate being the new guy!) [/QUOTE] Yep. It’s really cool. Some people make their own. Some include surprises. Some mail kiddie cards. Doesn’t really matter as long as you mail something. It’s a bright spot in mid-winter for those of us experiencing short gray days. Feel free to post more questions if you have any. [/QUOTE] …AND… Some years there’s a St Pat’s Exchange in March, as well! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/24 "2008-01-25T20:38:19Z")
I’m in. I forgot to mention in my e-mail that I need to keep it all US-based. MAYBE one or two foreign. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/25 "2008-01-25T20:50:41Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I’m in. I forgot to mention in my e-mail that I need to keep it all US-based. MAYBE one or two foreign. [/QUOTE] oooh! me, too please. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/26 "2008-01-26T00:20:25Z")
I have received info from and responded to: **BrattiAtti** **TroubleAgain** **Most Creative User Name Ever** **Hockey Monkey** **freckafree** **tarragon918** **Always Brings Pie** **ScareyFaerie** **twickster** **dogbutler** **Avarie537** **Pandora** **BrknButterfly** **gardentraveler** (Yes, I talk to myself a lot!) **Noone Special** **FairyChatMom** **tdn** **anyrose** I think that’s everyone so far- let me know if I missed you or if you didn’t receive my e-mail (I just sent the last one a few minutes ago). Anyone else? GT ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/27 "2008-01-26T03:32:33Z")
Oh, good! My nomination worked… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/28 "2008-01-26T03:41:31Z")
Count me in!!! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/29 "2008-01-26T07:36:11Z")
[QUOTE=Always Brings Pie] Oh, good! My nomination worked… 🙂 [/QUOTE] phbbt 😛 🙂 ETA: Just to make it official, that means I’ve been dragged in 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/30 "2008-01-26T20:29:50Z")
I’ve added you to the list, **Pixilated**. **Question on behalf of one of our participants:** Would anyone mind if I pass along e-mail addresses to one of our Valentine exchange participants? (I imagine most of you have them set to be viewable to members, but wanted to make sure.) The participant in question would like to send an e-mail greeting in addition to the paper ones. Please PM or e-mail me if you don’t want to post here… Anyone else want to join the fun? GT ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/31 "2008-01-26T20:38:51Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] **Question on behalf of one of our participants:** Would anyone mind if I pass along e-mail addresses to one of our Valentine exchange participants? (I imagine most of you have them set to be viewable to members, but wanted to make sure.) The participant in question would like to send an e-mail greeting in addition to the paper ones. [/QUOTE] No problem, and in fact no problem if you give out my “real” e-mail address (which I check more often than the spam-trap which is in my profile – although I do check that one periodically as well.) Actually, it’s a nice idea in general 🙂 Why not make it a matter of policy that the mailing addresses we get will all be accompanied by matching e-mails (unless the recipient has asked for the email not to be given out)? What say the others? Yay, Nay? \*\*GT \*\*-- would it make more work for you to do this? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/32 "2008-01-26T20:44:31Z")
My email is available in my profile, so share as you like. If I get more spam than usual, I shall hunt you down and give you such a pinch!!! 😛 I trust my list will be full of mumpers at least?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/33 "2008-01-26T21:36:04Z")
Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/34 "2008-01-27T03:40:41Z")
OK with me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/35 "2008-01-27T04:28:41Z")
I don’t get it\*. Why not just have a thread where we post VD messages 😛 to other members? Why the subtrufuge\*? (I spelled that phonetically\*) Me? I wanna send one to **Alice the Goon**. I got the sweets for her. - I drink. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/36 "2008-01-27T12:05:24Z")
It’s okay to give out my email addy too. And yes, there do appear to be plenty of MUMPERS on the list … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Most\_Creative\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Most\_Creative\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Most_Creative_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/37 "2008-01-27T22:30:45Z")
It’s fine to give out my email addy as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/38 "2008-01-28T00:57:25Z")
Email’s fine! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/39 "2008-01-28T01:04:46Z")
my e-dress is no secret and I changed my mind about domestic only. I guess I’ll have to go to the USPS’s website to find out about international rates. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743/40 "2008-01-28T11:53:15Z")
I’ve acknowledged all the e-mails I’ve received, including a couple from people who haven’t posted in the thread. I think there are still a couple of people who have participated other years who haven’t been heard from, so I’m bumping this in case they haven’t seen the thread… GT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-exchange-08/434743.md?page=3)