worst place to work on V Day nsfw

[Eric the Grey]

Going to dinner would make more sense. I know I'd be happy with a card & a night out. Getting weird stuff like you described would make me question somebody's motives.
The only person that has business at all buying lingerie for a woman is the lady herself. You'll never catch me having some sad sack buying me panties & bras & then thinking they're Mr. Wonderfull.
You wanna impress me? Take me out for a steak dinner.

The last time I had a reason to buy a lady something for national singles awareness day, SHE suggested Victoria's Secret. Luckily, not only was there one close, but one of the women I worked with also worked there and was able to tell me what size to get.

That and some of her favorite scent in body wash (which surprised her) made the night.

That was way too many years ago... Perhaps next year. [Edit] This year, I'm making her (and her roomate) dinner, and I think a single pink carnation. It's still fairly new and I'm not completely certain it's not too soon....


Eric the Grey

[SportinGoods]

For valentines this year my fiance got me a shirt that reads "Rock her with the shocker" with a screenprint of the familiar hand gesture. I know now that I picked the right man.

Comment on working in an adult store during v-day, I worked on hourly as well as commission and no lie v-day week I made 1200 in commission alone.

[GingerBiscuit]

I stayed up till Jos got home last night (he was at a game) so that as it was past midnight we could exchange gifts.
I got him a ton of chocolate, and he got me this la senza bra I'd been drooling over.

I is happy.

Tonight we're having take-out (curry) and tomorrow I have a day off and we'll have lunch and stuff.

[auntiem]

For valentines this year my fiance got me a shirt that reads "Rock her with the shocker" with a screenprint of the familiar hand gesture. I know now that I picked the right man.

Comment on working in an adult store during v-day, I worked on hourly as well as commission and no lie v-day week I made 1200 in commission alone.

Commission would have rocked! I was always upselling people.

As for my V Day - I don't "allow" my SO to celebrate it which drives him crazy so this year we settled on - he will pick up a heart shaped pizza on the way home.

[Igorina]

Re: Entomologically Themed Valentines

I am intrigued. That sounds painfully awesome!

1) On some friends' whiteboard:

Happy Valentine's Day
(dinner plate-sized drawing of a human pubic louse)
From the Original Love Bug

2) As a card

Outside: A preying mantis holding a heart in it's forelimbs
Inside: Same preying mantis, but the heart now has bites out of it
"Valentine, you're so sweet, I could eat you up"

3) As a card

Outside: Drawing of an insect at rest
Inside: Extreme close up of insect's eyes
"Valentine, I only have eyes for you"

4) As a card

Outside: A moth being chased unsucessfully by a net
Inside: Moth resting on top of a kill jar
'Valentine, for some reason I keep missing you'

[auntiem]

Those are excellent! If you sold those on etsy I would actually buy my first Vday card ever.

[xcaptainhowdyx]

actually I get my fiance lingerie through out the year. Then again we discuss and peruse purchases throughout the year. I did leave the toy shopping up to her, although I tried to help albeit with direction.

[texasbelle5]

I think most men in a relationship are hoping to at least get laid on Valentine's Day. The smart ones have figured out how to make that happen. The stupid ones keep buying trashy garish underthings and or sex toys. Then they wonder why their only action that night is Rosie Palmer and her 5 sisters.

[Shards]

I think most men in a relationship are hoping to at least get laid on Valentine's Day. The smart ones have figured out how to make that happen. The stupid ones keep buying trashy garish underthings and or sex toys. Then they wonder why their only action that night is Rosie Palmer and her 5 sisters.

Actually, tonight was the first time in a long time that my fiance came over and I didn't even try to get her in bed. Maybe I'm weird, but to me, there are two days of the year that are all about her, and the rest are only 95% about her. Those two days are Vday and her birthday (Conveniently located only seven days apart.). So on those days, I'm not pushing anything. If she wants to try something, then I'm not complaining, but I won't make the push.

I understand I'm weird, but I can't be the only guy who thinks this way...

[Bagga]

GingerBiscuit said:


Tonight we're having take-out (curry) and tomorrow I have a day off and we'll have lunch and stuff.

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Considering that one of the UK slang meanings of the verb "to stuff" equates to "to have sexual intercourse (with)", it sounds like the perfect Valentine's Day to me!

Well done, GingerBiscuit, keep it up. (sorry....)

[TryNotToBeThatOne]

After long experience, my SO & I go out to supper for Valentine's about a week later. The day of, we surprise each other with thoughtful little gifts. This year I found Season 1 of Veronica Mars & he got me a book on drawing horror & gothic manga. Ahhh, he knows me well.

Underwear or toys? Much better to shop for those together. As a last ditch 'ohmigod, I forgot roses/card/whatever' idea, um, unless you know her (or his) tastes realllll well, just don't go there. Scented lotions are nice, unless there are allergies involved.

My favorite comic/game shop has a St Valentine's Day Massacre Sale. Although, since the owner got stead girlfriend, then married, it's no longer on Valentine's or the immediate weekend after. His girlfriend, then wife, didn't mind him having the sale but he was going to spend the actual holiday with her. Of course, this is the couple that got married in jeans at the local JoP. And the only people invited were the witnesses.

And Igorina, if you have those on etsy, I have a couple people that I'd buy Vcards for.

[GingerBiscuit]

GingerBiscuit said:


Tonight we're having take-out (curry) and tomorrow I have a day off and we'll have lunch and stuff.

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Considering that one of the UK slang meanings of the verb "to stuff" equates to "to have sexual intercourse (with)", it sounds like the perfect Valentine's Day to me!

Well done, GingerBiscuit, keep it up. (sorry....)

heheheheh.
Wasn't how I was meaning it, but it was still, using those standards, a bloody good couple of days.

[Broomjockey]

I understand I'm weird, but I can't be the only guy who thinks this way...

Well, theoretically, if I ever GET a chance, I'll be similar to you. Though a monestary on a mountain top sounds better every year.

[friendofjimmyk]

Not to mention that nine times out of ten, lingerie isn’t really a present for her now is it? This is the one day a year that we sold the most tacky items when we did have some very lovely little silk nighties that I think would have been appreciated by the recipient more than the hot pink uncomfortable monstrosities that got sold that day.
I worked the evening shift so we would get the guys heading home for work. I spent most of the afternoon doing relationship “damage control”. Most of my conversations were similar if not verbatim to this:
“How long have you been dating?“
“Have you discussed <this toy> with your girlfriend?“
“Do you really think that she will react well if you spring <this toy> on her instead of say - massage oil - since you’ve only been dating 4 weeks?“
To this day I will never figure out how getting a toy instead of a card or flowers is “more romantic” this includes the guy who would pick out the same expensive toy each year for his wife as well as his mistress.
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Right on! I have been in my fair share of relationships and I can't tell you how many times I received the tackiest stuff as gifts. Also, I've been unfortunate as to have not one, not two, but THREE of my boyfriends buy me the same thing - a one piece, full lenghth, fishnet, crotchless "cat suit".

To my guy friends who were smart enough to ask for a woman's opinion....I always told them that when she is NOT there shopping with you...go for the soft, demere (sp?), silky, simple stuff. DO NOT purchase the pleather, chains, crotchless, edible, spiked, etc, etc, if she is not there with you. Why? You just never know. Same goes for toys...in my opinion, unless you really know your mate, i.e. been with them for quite some time...it could backfire on you big time if you show up with the harness, strap-on, cuffs, etc etc...

The time it was creepy was when this guy I'd been seeing maybe six weeks bought me some god awful pvc underwear that was combination to big and too small (way too big across the bag, too small in the cup) and told me his ex had left it round his house.

Cinema guy - that is because the Rabbit is the Cadillac of toys.

OHHH YEAH!!!