# Valentine's recommendation for a fledgling relationship?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-recommendation-for-a-fledgling-relationship/570945>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 10, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-recommendation-for-a-fledgling-relationship/570945 "2011-02-10T20:48:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-recommendation-for-a-fledgling-relationship/570945/41 "2011-02-15T09:14:27Z")

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I thought I’d look through some cards to see if I could find a good one, and if not I’d make something up as suggested. I hate shopping for cards, because 99% of them are either completely lame or way too sappy, so I always wind up pawing through them for half an hour or more looking for something decent.

Not so this time! As soon as I walked up a card caught my eye. The picture on the front was of a little boy and a little girl, each sitting on a bicycle, leaning over the handlebars kissing. Inside it simply said “So glad we ran into each other. Happy Valentine’s Day.” I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect card, considering our past relationship and then happening to hook back up 20 years later.

Of course, I wrote some stuff of my own. I also bought her a gargantuan single rose. I didn’t embarrass her outside her class, though; she wouldn’t have been happy about that. So I had the stuff waiting in my car. All in all, it was a resounding success.

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-recommendation-for-a-fledgling-relationship/570945/42 "2011-02-15T12:28:29Z")

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Yeah, but texting your response from bed, post coitus? Not cool. 😛

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**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-recommendation-for-a-fledgling-relationship/570945/43 "2011-02-15T13:59:58Z")

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:: happy dance for **GESancMan** ::

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-recommendation-for-a-fledgling-relationship/570945/44 "2011-02-15T14:03:12Z")

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Yay!

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-recommendation-for-a-fledgling-relationship/570945/45 "2011-02-15T17:28:38Z")

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> [@GESancMan](#):
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> I hate shopping for cards, because 99% of them are either completely lame or way too sappy

My solution to this is to just get completely inappropriate cards for the occasion and then edit them. For example, I got my dad a Disney Princess birthday card where the lucky girl was supposed to help whichever character it was set up for her party (with stickers), and drew in a hooker and booze.

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