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How are you going to celebrate Valentine Day with your loved one during this cash-strapped season?
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Question 6: How are you going to celebrate Valentine Day with your loved one during this cash-strapped season?
Valentine’s Day is the most exciting and romantic day of the year for most couples. Every one of us tries to make this day memorable by offering our love to our beloved through gifts. According to a survey by CNNMoney, an average American spends $120 on Valentine’s Day. But during this cash-strapped time can’t we become innovative and balance all the aspects? Share your wisdom with us on the ways you’re going to take during this Valentine’s Day to shower your Love and Affection on your The Loved One.
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Answer 1: I really believe it is simple. The best way to spend V Day without the worry of money involved is to take the evening and commit it only to each other. When you want to show your true love for each other, Money should never be a factor. It is the heart. Leave the problems behind and focus on your love instead of the problems knocking on your door. Cuddle up on the couch or lay in bed with only you and your loved one talking of your love for each, passions, and hobbies. Leave all issues behind for the evening. Focus on your love and make sure that the other one feels that no matter what may lie outside your door, you have always got the most important thing that money can not buy. Each others love. Each others heart. Youre in it completely together. When I was diagnosed with a disease that prevents me from doing a lots of things, you realize that the most important thing is the love you have. Not what you can buy. With sharing your love, you can accomplish anything. Show that love. It means more then the gifts and things that may just end up stressing you out in the end. Hold them, remind them each day (not only special occasions) what it means to have them in your life. This Valentines Day, leave everything aside for a while and build on that love.
I know all of this is not exactly what you have asked. But the gift of love is the most priceless thing that you could ever give or receive. Everyone wants to do something really special with their loved ones or be able to buy them something unforgettable. But in these hard times stop and think of the last time you gave 100% attention only to the love you share. Several years after you will still remember how it felt. Money? What does it all mean and what do you really have if you do not feel and give your love. Be it with your kids, parents, husbands and wives, or even someone in need of a helping hand. Let them know you care. Money cant buy that. But you sure can give it. The most expensive gift of all. LOVE
Answer Posted by |Allie
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Answer 2: Valentines Day 2009 will be low key and wonderful at the same time. Love is truely free and there is no need to buy presents to represent that. Far more important than spending money is spending time and giving full attention. It is a pretty scary world right now and that sometimes takes away from whats most important in this world and that is love.
This year make sure the people you love know how much they mean to you and give them all the time and attention that you can. If you would like to buy something, put more effort into something that has meaning.
Answer Posted by |bea2ls
Answer 3: Valentines Day is a day you should spending with your loved ones. It doesnt necessarily mean you have to spend money. My son is MY WORLD!….I dont have to spend money everytime a special day comes up. Your loved ones want your TIME ( thats how it should be), not just the money you spend on them.
Answer Posted by |sdchargers_63
Answer 4: What money cant buy- attention, a soft touch, a high degree of communication mostly listening you asking a simple thing like would you like can I get you a cup of coffee. Maybe we should make ever day Valentine ‘s Day .simple consideration, listening and a soft touch goes a long way. Flowers fade and candy goes stale but a relationship built on consideration and communication will make love last forever.
Answer Posted by |MIKE1234412905
Answer 5: First, I plan on making cards 
I will make one for my husband of just over 13 years and also for my boys. Cards are so expensive to buy and i can also write my true feelings.
Also I plan on staying in and making a nice home cooked meal, that we rarely get to enjoy as a family. I plan on going all out and buying nice steaks, YUMMY and way cheaper than going a restaurant. I plan on having an awesome dessert to finish it off.
Most couples spend the day or evening together without their kids, but myself Our kids are part of Valentines Day and we should celebrate together, and with it being on a Saturday, even though we have basketball and indoor soccor that day, we will spend the evening as a family with a nice dinner/dessert and a good family movie that we can enjoy together~as a Family
Happy Valentines Day to ALL!!!
Answer Posted by |wendylynn93
Answer 6: My Husband I have celebrated 26 Valentines Days together. Some of these have been quite extravagent while we were dating and included roses being delivered to my work, a gourmet dinner out and a room at a 4 star resort complete with breakfast in bed. The amount of money we spent is more than what we currently spend on our monthly groceries for our family of 4.
This year we will do our “holiday” breakfast of eggs benedict with our children. We are going to take them ice skating, only $5 each and then take them to Grandmas for a sleep over. My Husband and I are going to return home, make a steak dinner together, drink too much wine and enjoy each others company without the children. We agree that this low budget celebration and inclusion of the children is the conservative way to go this year.
Answer Posted by |Michelle1235403967
Answer 7: We have already decided to stay in and forego the gifts and flowers etc. – no sense in spending a ton of money we shouldnt be spending. Instead, we will be making some recipes we havent tried before from the new cookbook we got for Christmas (its always fun cooking together!) and watching some movies on DVD weve been wanting to see. Since we rarely get to spend time together because of work schedules, thats whats most important anyway.
Answer Posted by |SusieQ
Answer 8: Well if your lucky to have a loved one, then I say everyday should be Valentines day. You should have to wait for one day a year to show your loved that you care. You should do that everyday. With kindness, helpfulness and thoughtfulnes all the time. I will spend no money on this day. I beleive that this day is over commericalized.
Answer Posted by |mariewoodson1354
Answer 9: We are going to go to our cabin and have a nice dinner there. I have already picked up a tenderloin when the store had them really cheap and put it in the freezer. Better than paying $22 for 1 16oz steak dinner. I got a whole 4lb tenderloin for $13. The rest of the dinner will cost a few dollars. Then we are going to curl up by the fire and watch some movies. The video store has a special going on 3 movies for 5 days for $5. So our whole V-day will cost us about $40 that includes dinner,movies and gas to get to the cabin. We dont do presents or cards on V-day because #1 the cards usually get thrown away so that would be like throwing $4 in the trash #2 being able to have the cabin is a gift in itself these days #3 flowers die, true love doesnt.
Answer Posted by |puddlejmpr
Answer 10: This Valentines Day I am going to “Act in Love”. I will do special things for my loved ones. I will make each one a handmade card. Inside will be a special message for them expressing how much they mean to me and what I love about them. Also inside will be what their special “Act of Love” from me will be. For my husband, I will give him that back massage hes always been begging for. For my teenage son, I will cook his favorite dinner, Spaghetti. For my 6 year old daughter, I will paint her finger and toe nails with any of my nail polishes she chooses. And for my 4 year old son, I will take him to our local playground and play WITH him. He loves going down the slide together. I am going to just to show them how much I love them. No gift can really express love…only YOU can express how much you love someone. Make sure you always tell your loved ones that you love them, no one is promised tomorrow.
Answer Posted by |mamamerel
