#43

I refused to do valentines day stuff last year (our first one) and that was not what she wanted. Going to try again this year but think I’m going to have to trade it for a token of good will. Then again we do plenty (at least, I think plenty?) of nice stuff for eachother so why do this?

It just seems soulcrushingly basic to me, and obviosuly tiresome as fuck for anyone not in a relationship.

#44

We’re going for two weeks so it’ll be San Francisco for a few days, then a few days in Yosemite Valley, doing some hiking and maybe learning to ski if there’s still snow (late March), then looking at a few days in Marin County and a quick pop up to wine country for a night.

I can’t wait, I’ve got a Fitbit challenge up where you virtually walk around one of the trails in Yosemite and it all looks amazing

#45

we usually get one of those meal deal things from spennos and then bone

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#46

Amazing. We were talking last night about these amazing pancakes we had in San Fran here:


They were HUGE.

We went to a wedding on Mount Tam which was so cool and had such amazing views, you can drive up there pretty much and even the drive is cool. I would have liked to spend more time exploring there. I think we’ll go back and do Yosemite so I am very jealous! I do love a good hike.

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#47

Regular Tuesday then?

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#48

Years ago, I bought my partner a stupid Valentines Day mug from Sainsbury’s. It was white with loads of pink hearts on it. Stupid.

But over the years that became the mug we’d use when:

  1. One of us had had a hard day and needed a hot cup of cheer
  2. We’d had an argument and needed to open up the channels of reconciliation

But disastrously, she dropped the mug earlier this year. It felt symbolic.

So I’m looking forward to Valentines day. Hopefully there’ll be a replacement mug amidst the tat. I’m going to do the rounds.

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#49

you know me

#50

I need to wait to find out how much bonus I’m getting before I can decide what to do…

HOW ROMANTIC!

I know this post in conjunction with my posts in the shit together thread makes me look a bit… soulless

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#51

there are a few tales in here of people not having his/her shit together

#52

and funnily enough I’ve replied to meow when I meant to just reply to the whole thread

#53

An old boss (as in he no longer works here (we drove that one out too), he’s not aging) saw a poem inside a card, copied it and then wrote it in a blank card that he bought elsewhere. His partner loved it and that’s what Valentine’s day is all about.

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#55

That’s actually super sweet.
Sainsburys’ do have some very nice mugs at the moment.

#56

That’s March 14th.

#57

I saw! I think one of them has a cat on it. That might be the one.

#58

I’d LOVE to give a talk for the Fortean Society. How did your friend swing that? Are they already an established authority, or did they submit a proposal?

#60

I’m not exactly sure, but definitely something to do with ghosts.

Maybe I’d track the decline of “spookiness” in modern horror while simultaneously decrying the rise of the brutal and visceral.

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#62

Hallmark holiday innit.

Keep it simple, do acknowledge it, but do the same thing every year - Bowling and curry - because it’s what we did on valentine’s day before when we were just friends.

Her Birthday is 6 days later and our anniversary 16 days after that, so we do more for those things anyway.

Card in the OP is fine, prefer cynical to overly schmulzy fake bullshit. I normally get as offensive a card as possible then write something actually from the heart inside it.

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#63

“Witch Pride - Reclaiming The W Word For the 21st Century”

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#64

This is almost unbearably sweet.

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#65

I’m going to be up all night pumping!

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