Valentine’s Day is a hard holiday to buy gifts for. There are often high expectations of giant teddy bears and promise rings. Girls are hard to shop for to begin with, so it’s pretty easy to mess up. If you are clueless about what to buy for Valentine’s Day, you are not alone. Your cheesy gift can’t possibly be as bad as some of the following horror stories.
Life is like a box of chocolates …
“I got a box of chocolates that was exclusively filled with truffles with nuts and I’m deathly allergic to nuts.”
“I got expired Russell Stover chocolates once, which my boyfriend then ate.”
“I wish I could relate but every Valentine’s Day the only gift I get is a box of Russell Stover chocolates from my dad because he feels bad for me.”
“My friend’s boyfriend of nine months got her a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card for $10.”
“One year my dad got me and my mom giant cupcakes but we’re both allergic to cupcakes.”
He loves me; he loves me not …
“My ex who I broke up with me the month before he sent me flowers …”
“I broke up with my high school boyfriend at the end of January and on Valentine’s Day I received a dozen red roses in the mail with a love letter from him. My mom made me call to thank him and when I did his response was, ‘Oh yeah I forgot to cancel those.’ Like no, you don’t just ‘forget’ to cancel a $120 delivery to an ex. That November – nearly 10 months post-break up – he gave me a flash drive with a photo album of us and a list of ‘100 reasons why I love Maria’ at a party.”
A labor of love …
“Um my ex mailed me this because he was away for work … I threw it out. On top of that he got me a book on labor economics.”
A rose by any other name …
“My ex that I had already been with for over 6 months got me a necklace with my initials engraved on it … Too bad he got the initials wrong. My initials are NLH and it said ‘NSH’. I still wore it though.”
It was the yeast she could do …
“I got those edible candy panties. Do not recommend: they give you yeast infections.”
That’s cold …
“Last Valentine’s Day we went skiing. I left my boyfriends luggage at my house so he had to go skiing with only a hoodie and sweats on when its was -30 degrees outside. He was mad.”
It’s the thought that counts …
“One year I got a gas station Beanie Baby and a 7-Eleven donut that he had taken a bite out of.”
“I got a stuffed giraffe his mom bought for his little sister.”
One-sided love …
“One year I got my boyfriend a gift and he got me nothing because ‘he got me a lot for Christmas.’ It was slightly awkward … also, for Christmas I got fuzzy socks and candy.”
“Last year my boyfriend got me a gift and I didn’t get him anything. So, I’m the a**hole.”
Hopefully, these stories make you feel better about your gift for your SO. Let us know if you fall victim to a Valentine’s Day fails this year.