This year I decided to throw a party on Vday, since going out that day with my partner always ends up being an expensive letdown. I thought most of my friends wouldnt show up figuring they would want to do something romantic with their SOs... I was wrong. Everyone agreed traditional Vday plans suck, so all of the couples I invited showed up and we had a full house. We had fun snacks that people baked, we played some fun games, and mostly we just had a good time. I might turn it into an annual tradition!

The first time my wife and I celebrated valentines was 2015. We had been married 14 years, and only celebrated it at my mother's urging.

We decided to drive to a semi resort town for different restaurant options. Everything was horrible, the food, the service, even trying to pay the bill. Over the next 10 years we did at least a little something for the day. This year she asked if we were doing anything and I said, "please, no." She laughed and said she was relieved. Yesterday I did go to the grocery store in town to get cheap markdown candy for her, but the only thing they had were those pepto dismal hearts.

How to avoid this:

Communicate at all with your wife. Explain, before the day, that you will have to work in the morning. Ask if she'd like to wake up super early with you or if it would be preferable to celebrate with eachother once you get home from work.