What are you guys planning on doing on Valentine's Day?

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[quote author="caycifish" date=1234596712][quote author="BlackVault CM" date=1234595273][quote author="caycifish" date=1234594505][quote author="BlackVault CM" date=1234588702]Sex.</blockquote>


If that's a <em>special</em> activity...I feel for you, man.</blockquote>


Hmm...fine. She's never been to Italy or Europe. Shocking since her family originates from there. So I'm flying her out tonight as a suprise. Nothing special, just dinner, gandola ride, and some lovin back at the hotel.



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A special bottle of wine that was just asking for an occasion and dinner at home, followed by dancing. My only request was that I have a reason to get dressed up. Outfits for all...um...activities have been chosen.</blockquote>


Right on. Perhaps I should incorporate dancing in as well. I like dressing up too, it makes me feel beautiful. No alcohol though for me. Sparkling grape juice instead.
 
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I like dressing up too, it makes me feel beautiful.</blockquote>


That's the spirit BV!

Do whatever it takes to compensate for your sub-par looks.

The shirt and tie combo package you bought off the clearance rack at JC Penny should really help spice things up.
 
Got a date with a girl I've started seeing recently. We are heading to Mortons for dinner then hit up the Improv and then back to my place for some wine and other fun activities. ;)
 
A friend and her daughter are coming over to my new townhouse. I'm going to try out some new recipes on them, and we're going to watch "Mama Mia" on my 50" plasma. This has got to be my all-time favorite "cheer you up when you're sad" movie. I just LOVE this movie! Without fail it has me up and dancing, singing, grinning from ear to ear. What else could you ask for from a few hours of entertainment?



If anyone else is dateless on Valentine's Day and wants to join in the fun, please PM me. The more people jumping around my house belting out ABBA songs, the happier I am.
 
[quote author="irvinesinglemom" date=1234612486]A friend and her daughter are coming over to my new townhouse. I'm going to try out some new recipes on them, and we're going to watch "Mama Mia" on my 50" plasma. This has got to be my all-time favorite "cheer you up when you're sad" movie. I just LOVE this movie! Without fail it has me up and dancing, singing, grinning from ear to ear. What else could you ask for from a few hours of entertainment?



If anyone else is dateless on Valentine's Day and wants to join in the fun, please PM me. The more people jumping around my house belting out ABBA songs, the happier I am.</blockquote>
Oh no, the girl that I'm seeing loves Mama Mia...mentioned that she wants to see the show when we go out to Vegas. I can just see the both of you guys going off to those songs....singing and dancing around. I know that if I tell her about your offer, she'll want to skip the Improv and proceed directly to your place...hell she might even want to skip Mortons depending on what you are making. haha



I've never seen the movie, is it that uplifting and positive? I get the same kind of feeling whenever I watch Top Gun, except the dancing part.
 
Funny! You guys are certainly welcome to join us! Actually, I have been contemplating holding a Mama Mia party for several months now and so maybe I'll do it again on a day more convenient for most coupled people.



I saw the show in Vegas and loved it. Since I saw it alone, I wasn't exactly feeling uninhibited enough to dance in the aisles, but I certainly wanted to.



The thing about the movie is, first of all you don't necessarily need to love ABBA music, you just need to not find it nauseating. And I know that plenty of people exist who would rather listen to jackhammers than ABBA tunes. (Poor, poor lost souls!). Secondly, you just need to get past the corny factor from the start, because it is a very corny movie. Once you're ready to embrace the cornyness, be prepared to take some time to first get into the movie the first time you watch it. It took me 30 minutes of "you have GOT to be kidding" before I found myself completely enjoying it. From that point on, make sure you have invited your neighbors over so that when you crank up the volume they are with you rather than getting pissed off at you. Oh and, I don't know anything about cinematography, but the entire movie is just magical to look at. The colors are beyond vibrant. And that island! Oy!



And for the guys (and Trooper :) ), well, yeah it is kinda a mega-duty chick flick, but the girl who plays Sophie is drop-dead gorgeous in a very innocent way and even though I'm straight, I really like to look at her.



EDIT: okay, I can't stand it. Just popped the DVD in and am kicking back with my Premium Costco Pinot Noir, waiting for the all-time hunky Pierce Brosnan to sing that he's "not too old for sex."
 
That was a great review, ISM. Thanks for the run-down. It sounds great. Now I must go rent it. You guys could also watch "Grease". That's always fun.
 
My husband holds his own special strikes on these days and calls them "Hallmark Holidays". This made me sad one year but I had to get over myself. Anyway, I'm thankful that the in-laws have decided to mark the occasion and give it some special attention, that's about the only way it would happen. Actually, I really don't care, but a night without the kids is a rare thing, I'll just enjoy it.
 
a) Musicals involve people breaking out into song. They are often inherently corny.

b) Mamma Mia was the first of the "juke box" musicals to really make it to Broadway. When I first heard about it I was extremely skeptical. Forcing a plot into a bunch of existing material isn't going to lessen the corny factor. Many juke box musicals have failed partially for that reason.

c) It is usually considered rude to sing along with the songs in musicals when you are experiencing live theater. I apparently didn't get the memo that it's okay if you are seeing Mamma Mia. It took me the entire show to stop being annoyed at all the ladies singing along to the ABBA tunes around me. In fact, I didn't get it until the cast came out for curtain call and had different costumes on and started in on several of the more popular songs as if we were at an ABBA concert. They encouraged the audience to sing along...I let it go and sang along myself.

d) I like ABBA.

e) I avoid movie versions of musicals as they rarely translate well to film. How does this one do?
 
[quote author="tmare" date=1234623421]My husband holds his own special strikes on these days and calls them "Hallmark Holidays". This made me sad one year but I had to get over myself. Anyway, I'm thankful that the in-laws have decided to mark the occasion and give it some special attention, that's about the only way it would happen. Actually, I really don't care, but a night without the kids is a rare thing, I'll just enjoy it.</blockquote>


Not exactly. We went bowling for Valentine Day. We had dinner, bowled for an hour, had appitizers and cocktails after, and then went home.



There is nothing wrong with the holiday that the CROWDS don't wreck. I don't like crowds or lines.
 
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e) I avoid movie versions of musicals as they rarely translate well to film. How does this one do?</blockquote>


Let's put it this way: I am not a fan of Meryl Streep, but I love this movie. So I think they did a great job.
 
Late to the party, here is something I wanted to share. Too long for IHB standards, but I don't want to edit:-)







It?s been more than a week that I saw my dear husband. Our career choices have made an unwanted rift between us that seems to be growing with each passing day not because we are out of love, but we are out of ideas to show that we love when we are not together. Our emails these days are strictly business signed off as each other?s lovers. We don?t call each other much when one of us is having a hard day at work because it just causes a distraction, and all you want to do is come home running at that very moment. When we are home, the kids need attention because they had been missing the busy parent all day. With so much going on in our lives, I didn?t even know what we were doing for Valentine?s Day other than buying cards and cupcakes for the other third graders.



Life has become too casual these days. We go out too often to go to celebrate anything special. We take vacations when not everyone and their aunt has a long weekend so that we can avoid crowded freeways and hotels. We open a bottle of champagne when we feel like, not because there is an occasion to celebrate. We buy gifts for each other when we have time to go out shopping together, not when it is special occasion and wonder what is it that the other person needs and doesn?t have yet when the special occasion comes.



I am not a die-hard romantic like the Disney Princess brigade that waits endlessly for the Prince charming to come and take them to the far-far away land to live happily ever after and probably lives happily ever after because I didn?t hear anything from them about being bored or unhappy in their marriages. Instead of this itouch, itune, ipod stuff, Apple should come with a tool called iLove so that all of ?busy now, been there, done that when we had time and now we are roommates? kind of gadget freak couples can renew and rejuvenate our love to each other. Since Steve is on leave and I don?t see anything like that being possible at Apple without him, I take it up to myself to spare fifteen minutes today to do something special for my dear husband to show that I love him. He will probably think that I watched some teenage romantic movie and got inspired if I made a heart shaped pancake or got a fake tattoo that says ?I love you?. Or worse, he will sleep through breakfast and tell me to wake him up around lunch time, and ask me thousand questions on where I got my tattoo from because all tattoo shops in Pasadena look shady.



Safe bet is to participate in the contest ?Who is your hottest hunk, and why?, and write about Me Amor. I will renew my love for him, look at him with rose tinted eyes again, and fall in love. He was no less than Brad Pitt for me. He is Republican (although he voted for Barack because he hated Sarah Palin) he is a dad, he is handsome and he is successful. Agreed that his six pack is hidden somewhere deep down beneath those six packs he had for the thousands of valid reasons, but what is one tiny flaw? But what makes him hot? To me, the smile, the fake indifference when we fight, his love for me.. that makes him irrestible.



Away from the freaky gadgets and even freakier toys, and equipped by Royal blue ink and Taj Mahal imprinted stationary, I look in my personal box for inspiration. Along with my stationary, were around seventy of the love letters that we wrote to each other ten years ago when we decided to marry. Love letters. A simple handwritten ?I love you? is a treasure. While the ?I love you?s he whispered on the phone don?t exactly remind me of that every time I hold the phone, reading a letter he wrote ten years ago immediately transforms me to a magical land. A land of romance where there is no one but me and him. No email can ever bring that enchanting feeling back.



Old letters filled with emotions that have changed over time, old letters smelling of love which has grown hundred folds, and old letters that want to be old because something new came by. I don?t know why I refer to them as ?old letters? since I don?t have anything new to call them old. For me, they are not old. They are timeless. They are dated forever. I try to touch the fading alphabets softly just enough to feel them, but not to disturb them. I unfold the creases just enough to read what is hidden inside, being careful not to tear them off where they were folded. They have aged with travel. Ten years. Nine houses. Two continents. I didn?t write a single word on paper, but I didn?t fidget thinking of what to write either.



This Valentine?s day, I resolve to write a few words from the bottom of my heart to my special someone, and to write a note on all the cards to the special people in my life. In return, I would love a musical box as a gift, but the person who knows the volume of letters I have collected hasn?t thought of getting one custom made for me. No, I won?t put it on my Amazon wish list. I will wait for the moment when he thinks of what I would love to have, and actually makes efforts to know what it would be. I am tired of getting everything easily. I miss the charm of looking for a perfect gift, or the feeling of happiness when someone gives you something that your heart actually desired.. this Valentine?s day, I will make an effort to know what his heart desires, and watch for that genuine appreciation in his eyes.
 
I need a tissue...
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I actually could see myself and my dear husband in much of that. I think I need to go back and read through some love letters now.....................
 
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