re: Outside the box ideas for Valentine's Day

Don't go outside the box on V-Day. Just don't.

Stick to the standards. Flowers, candy, dinner.

Women say they like grand romantic gestures. They don't. It's all an act.

If you didn't do the above "traditional, safe," V-day requirements, and you said, "Hey, babe... I love you, and I don't want to do all the Valentine's day stuff, this year. Here's a song I wrote for you," and you got your guitar out and sang it to her, she would fricking hate it. Maybe 5% of all women have the maturity to appreciate something like that.

Take it from a veteran. Play it safe on V-Day, anniversaries, birthdays, Mother's Day, and Christmas. Five days to never take a chance on, year after year. It sucks. It's boring. I understand wanting to try something different. DON'T.