With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, who’s already thinking about where they want to go and what they want to do?
I’ve written before about why I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day (hint: it’s a massive commercialised rip off). I also can’t help but think that if your partner only bothers to show you one day a year that they care, then maybe they’re not the one.
Having said that, if your partner does show you they care other days and you just use Valentine’s Day as an excuse to have a fun date night together, then why not right?
But do you ever get bored of the candlelit meal for two, especially in a restaurant where your £50 meal suddenly costs £125? If so, then here are some ideas for something a bit different:
Go Paintballing
Nothing says “I love you” quite like trying to beat each other (or for the slightly less competitive out there, you could always team up and take on other couples).
It’s fun, it gets you moving around and while not technically romantic in any way, it does mean you get to spend some time together.
Have a Treasure Hunt
Write little clues for each other that you hide around the house. Each clue leads you to the next one and so on. You can incorporate a bit of romance into this if you want to – think up clues that involve your memories, inside couple jokes etc. And for the prize, you don’t have to have a clichéd gift. Why not make something or give your partner a voucher for a massage off you for example.
Have An At Home Spa Day
Have an at home spa day where you take it in turns to pamper each other with facials, massages etc. You could even dedicate the full night to one partner and have another one for the other person and two great nights out of it.
Have a Craft Night
Assuming you both like something crafty, you could spend the night sharing your hobbies. You could do painting, sculpting, sewing, making models, literally anything. Maybe you could even use the time to make each other a gift and then swap gifts at the end of the night.
Do you like any of these ideas? Let me know in the comments 🙂
Personally, I’ll be scrolling through Facebook wincing at the £10 bunch of flowers that cost £35 and will be dead in two weeks. Cynical? Me? Nooo.
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Thank you for sharing!
Very nice.
I always say that Valentine’s Day was horrible for Fr.Valentine as it was the day he was executed in Roman times.
Our just stay at home and enjoy a quite evening!😂😂😂
I did the Treasure Hunt for a very dear friend. We lived in apartments next door to each other in the same building, so I left clues in her apartment, my apartment, where our mailboxes were, in our cellar, and in my car. Each clue was in the form of a rhyme, and each clue was accompanied by a present of varying sizes. Sometimes it was as small as a package of sunflower seeds (she was a sunflower nut), and other times something larger. The final present was a crystal dolphin.
The spa day idea reminds me of what I call a “Selfish Night.” It’s actually an all-day thing, where one partner does all the housework, cooking, etc., and that’s about all I’m going to relate here…
Oh, by the way, it is now perfectly legal to slap the hell out of anyone who says “Valentimes Day rather than “Valentine’s Day.”
That sounds like so much fun! Love the idea of rhyming clues. And I also love the idea of that being legal haha – if you can’t say it you shouldn’t be allowed to celebrate it lol
Great ideas. Its become so commercial these days – though our daughter really enjoys Love day as she calls it. So we always buy something for the kids too
Hubster would love to go paint balling! #AnythingGoes
Do it!
Oh I love this post! Definitely want/ need to go paintballing with my hubby now! #AnythingGoes
I’ll be lucky to get a cuppa tbh! Actually no, I may get a card. I hate it too Debbie. Why do we need a day to tell people we love them? Surely we should be doing that everyday? I used to hate it as a teenager too as it’s certainky no fun when your beautiful, blond friend gets 20 cards and I got none! Some fun ideas here though. #anythinggoes
I hate it too – they might as well call it Hallmark Day lol.
I love the idea that Valentines day can be anything you like – as long as we are sharing our love with someone special to us. I hope you have fun on yours xx
I’m not crazy about valentine’s day either, but we do enjoy the extra date night. (We have date night once a week, and he tells me every day that I’m beautiful and that he loves me 🙂 )
Some novel ideas here, like it! #anythinggoes
I love the paintball idea! What a great thing to do with other couples!!! #anythinggoes
Yes to this,I think it is nice to so something together. Me and hubby play card games (that are not frozen cards, haha) I think it is that important to have alone time X #anythinggoes
Haha now that sounds fun 😉
My advice would be not to fall for media and brand hype and to celebrate love your own individual way on this day as much as any other. I wonder if I could persuade the OH of a craft night – I could try! #AnythingGoes
It’s definitely worth a try 🙂
Oh I love the paint balling idea! I’m with you on this Debbie. It isn’t so much the commercialization that bothers me (Christmas and Halloween have become quite commercialized and I still love them) but the spontaneity is gone.I hate that! But I do love to have fun dates like Paint Ball! That sounds like so much fun! I’m doing something fun with my boys this year. They just opened up a new arcade up the road that also has a bowling alley and a restaurant/bar. The kids haven’t been to it yet but I know they will love the new arcade! #anythinggoes
That sounds like a really fun idea. Hope you all enjoy it 🙂
I’ll be on my couch, eating wings, watching basketball and drinking copious amounts of bourbon this year #anythinggoes
Haha sounds good to me!