Six quid for a valentine card!!!

[driver_problems]

I am not much for cards for occasions as I think they are a complete rippoff. However, with the valentine thing round the corner I found myself effectively compelled to get one. They were all £5.99 in the shop I looked


....and yet the "but how much do you care for them?" lark will be wheeled into play if you say anything. I'm sick of it - it's xmas, then birthdays, then easter, then mothers day, fathers day, etc....it goes on and on. I think some party was trying to bring an "Uncle's day" in and I think there are some others being worked into the equation in association with Clinton cards and the like

[bopdude]

I get me danglies handed to me if I only spent £6 on a card, then the flowers, at least a pound a time for roses on the day....rip off delux

But she's worth it.

Originally Posted by bopdude

But she's worth it.

I suspect a lot of men would say that - possibly about more than one woman throughout their life. lol.

But the card/flowers/chocolates is really the minimum you can do. If she is really worth it, you need to do even better.

[kronas]

ive come to this conclusion:

women arent worth it because they love you when they need something from you, when they have it they dont bother being all love dovey do they?

maybe im just bitter about valentines day, the last time i decided to do something it ended with a muted response, i shall not be attempting anything ever again, hell maybe if I ever got something from someone it would make me happy ish, maybe i like the falseness of valentines day, yes its commercialism..

Originally Posted by kronas

maybe im just bitter about valentines day, the last time i decided to do something it ended with a muted response,

Then she was probably not 'worth it' - at least you found out for the price of a card...

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by kronas

ive come to this conclusion:

women arent worth it because they love you when they need something from you, when they have it they dont bother being all love dovey do they?

Just because you might have landed a gold-digger, don't assume all women are like that, it's an insult.

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Just because you might have landed a gold-digger, don't assume all women are like that, it's an insult.

not a gold digger, im certainly not affluent but i can pitch higher against the other regular trash around here....

i never even said anything to suggest ALL women are ungreatful

Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior

Then she was probably not 'worth it' - at least you found out for the price of a card...

heh, if only the card was the single thing i did for that person, theres much more to it but on the basis of this thread ill tell you, a heart shaped choclate box and a teddy bear too..

its not about price i was under the impression it was the thought.

i guess not!

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by kronas

not a gold digger, im certainly not affluent but i can pitch higher against the other regular trash around here....

i never even said anything to suggest ALL women are ungreatful

women arent worth it because they love you when they need something from you, when they have it they dont bother being all love dovey do they?

Of course you didn't.

[Hom3r]

Save money and make the card yourself.

It will be far more personnel, and you can right whatever you want.

[LSainsbury]

I only get cards for the one I love from Moonpig. OK - they are quite pricey - well actually they are not really - £3.00 for a personalised / your own text / printed and delivered to you or the recipient.

I'm not saying what one I have got this year, cus she has a habbit of lurking as a guest on CableForum these days and she's probably reading this....everyone say "Hello Theresa!"













...christ - she's gonna kill me!

[Paddy1]

Cards were originally to used to send a message when you couldn't be there to give it in person. Somehow, the card manufacturers have twisted thinking around so that you have to send a card for christmas, birthdays, births, valentines day and whatever spurious occasions they can invent. They are a total rip-off.

And don't get me started about the horrendous waste of paper that they are.

[ian@huth]

There are some shops that sell their cards far cheaper than others. We usually buy quite a selection in one go to cover upcoming birthdays etc. I have had some very good cards for 99p which have been far better than some of the five and six quid ones sold elsewhere. I usually get the ones with several pages of long verses and never pay more than £1.99 for them. Sod paying six quid for one that just says "Happy Birthday".

What gets me are the ones like "To Aunty on Mother's Day". Won't be too long before you have the "Happy Mother's Day to my next door neighbour's Uncle's friend's cleaner's Sister" if some of the card companies get their way.

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Of course you didn't.

did i say all women ? i dont think so, if you want to argue then by all means pm me, just because im basing my opinion on prior experiances with women does not mean i meant anything untowards for every single woman, so dont take things out of context.

back to the subject at hand i think i would do it all over again if i had to, its up to the individual, you could go down the classy route of flowers, cards, even poetry it all depends on what your own creative mind wants to do.

[Paulie]

Originally Posted by kronas

not a gold digger, im certainly not affluent but i can pitch higher against the other regular trash around here....

WTF is that implying?

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by bopdude

I get me danglies handed to me if I only spent £6 on a card

Whereas I would get them handed to me if I spent anything approaching that on a card!

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Originally Posted by Paulie

WTF is that implying?

It implies that he has a low opinion of many of the blokes in his area......