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soong
10-16-2002, 02:17 PM
But does anyone have anything planned for Sweetest day? I know its a made up stupid holiday...but for me... its an opportunity to start things off... so ideas?
creampuff
10-16-2002, 02:25 PM
um... what's sweetest day?
soong
10-16-2002, 02:29 PM
um...basically its a holiday that Hallmark made up to perk up the very slow sales of cards in the fall (think about it, no real holiday (card giving one at least) during this time of the year).... so basically it's an appreciation day of your significant other...
ufcrusher
10-16-2002, 02:37 PM
Sweetest day? I have never heard of that either? When is it and when did it start?
soong
10-16-2002, 02:42 PM
well they say it wasn't created by companies...but all the info I could find on it were only companies that sold stuff for it...
sweetest day (http://www.creativechocolates.com/sweetestday.html)
Oh and for this year its on the 19th of Oct (saturday)
nah, it wasn't created by companies. it was created by their marketing departments.
i'm actually glad we get to do everything twice. who would get tired of 2 valentine's days? you do everything twice as much, it's twice as special, right? :hmm:
seriously tho...i didn't follow your heartbreak thread a lot. are you starting off with a new honey? :naughty:
oblongmelon
10-16-2002, 02:54 PM
this "holiday" has jumped around like crazy..i can remember when it was on the 16th, then the 13th, then the 20th..which was great because it fell on my birthday that year..it was the 16th for the longest time..now it's the nineteenth..but I have a calender that says its the 17th..man, make up your mind.
soong
10-16-2002, 03:06 PM
Originally posted by mojo
nah, it wasn't created by companies. it was created by their marketing departments.
i'm actually glad we get to do everything twice. who would get tired of 2 valentine's days? you do everything twice as much, it's twice as special, right? :hmm:
seriously tho...i didn't follow your heartbreak thread a lot. are you starting off with a new honey? :naughty:
actually no... still with the same woman... still trying and plugging away... was her idea so... so far i got flowers and dinner, flower petals in a hot piping bath... anything else???
whitak24
10-16-2002, 03:16 PM
Originally posted by oblongmelon
this "holiday" has jumped around like crazy..i can remember when it was on the 16th, then the 13th, then the 20th..which was great because it fell on my birthday that year..it was the 16th for the longest time..now it's the nineteenth..but I have a calender that says its the 17th..man, make up your mind.
it is supposed to be the third Saturday of October....so i don't know if it could be earlier than the 15th or later than the 21st.
it's always had a special little spot in my heart, because it's the first holiday my GF and i celebrated together (we started dating in late september). of course, i have nothing planned for this year. i'm not even going to see her this weekend. so i suppose i should stick a card in the mail tomorrow so she'll get it this weekend :)
InfiniteNothing
10-16-2002, 03:26 PM
Am I the only one who has never heard of your "Sweetest day" This is a stupid ploy to get us to spend money on cards and such. I for one will not spend (WAISTE) a single dime on this stupid holliday. I think my significant other would be offended if I DID get her something (for waisting money). Haven't you heard that a penny saved is a penny earned. For the "sweetest day" I am going to earn my self a couple bucks that I'll spend on food or something of substance.
latingirl
10-16-2002, 03:31 PM
Originally posted by InfiniteNothing
Am I the only one who has never heard of your "Sweetest day" This is a stupid ploy to get us to spend money on cards and such. I for one will not spend (WAISTE) a single dime on this stupid holliday. I think my significant other would be offended if I DID get her something (for waisting money). Haven't you heard that a penny saved is a penny earned. For the "sweetest day" I am going to earn my self a couple bucks that I'll spend on food or something of substance.
Dang...just stomp ALL OVER the sweetest day. :P
Seriously though, I agree, I can't afford to waste my money another holiday...I'd rather buy some hardware or cd's or something. Or even take that money and put it away.
Originally posted by soong
actually no... still with the same woman... still trying and plugging away... was her idea so... so far i got flowers and dinner, flower petals in a hot piping bath... anything else??? from what i recall, you kinda got raked. from my standpoint, i'd let her kiss up to me a bit just to "even things out" a bit (if there is such a thing). you seem to have already extended yourself quite a bit here.
if you gotta be a sucker, i guess there are the small things during the dinner and bath and stuff. holding the doors open, ordering extras even if they don't get consumed just as a token or for her convenience, etc, etc. some stuff comes natural for me, so i wouldn't wanna say too much because what comes natural is best...as you don't have to go and memorize stuff. not to mention that i treat each person differently...so it's not forced or just a "method" or whatever.
as you're talking about the same person that you've been with for a while, perhaps some of the stuff that you've done that she's appreciated would be good if they were taken a step further? like if you held doors open before, you could hold open the car door and help her in a bit? of course, in this day and age you don't want to treat her as diminutive, so i wouldnt do anything that would imply that you think she needs your help doing stuff so much as just stuff that's obviously just a sweet gesture.
remember, too, that you're trying to do a "do-over" here. what you do now will set expectations for what is to come. if you can keep it up, then you're golden. if you're just gonna do a facade or something that will fade in time as you get tired of doing it, then of course you're setting up the outcome in the beginning.
welp, i guess i'm rambling now. i'll just say the dinner, flowers, and bath are good. if you totally wanna kiss up to her, there's always music to plan for, rose petals on the bed, backrubs, footrubs, her favorite movie, etc. i won't tell you what to do, but i'd just be mindful of the path you're headed down if i were you.
good luck :)
kimchicowboy
10-16-2002, 04:49 PM
well, if sweetest day is this saturday, i'm spending it cleaning my apartment. i'm showing some mad love to my lovely home.
As others have said: I've never heard of this obvious commerical ploy "Sweetest day" and won't be bothering putting $ into company's pocket. :pfft:
Sir_Froggy
10-16-2002, 10:46 PM
Originally posted by InfiniteNothing
(WAISTE) *snip*
typos suck
or is that how some people spell "waste"?
anyway, what a strange name for a holiday, they could at least have come up with a good name...
[Corporate guy from Simpsons] So Love Day good with you guys?[/Corporate guy from Simpsons]
[Other guys] Ya, ya ya [/Other Guys]
InfiniteNothing
10-16-2002, 11:02 PM
Typo? It was obviously a pun. Waist as in the part above your hips... you know, synonymous with "to endure" I waisted that expense. But it was also waste as in "waste of time" Duh:shrug:
Ladogaboy
10-17-2002, 02:10 AM
This is one day that I will be celebrating, but I could care less about some sweetness day... :2far:
Anyway, it's my GF's birthday, so you can be darn sure I'm celebrating. :hihi:
Originally posted by soong
actually no... still with the same woman... still trying and plugging away... was her idea so... so far i got flowers and dinner, flower petals in a hot piping bath... anything else??? '
hot piping bath? are you gonna be laying down the pipe?
blueindian
10-17-2002, 05:37 AM
I for one will not spend (WAISTE) a single dime on this stupid holliday
As others have said: I've never heard of this obvious commerical ploy "Sweetest day" and won't be bothering putting $ into company's pocket.
made up holidays are lame. however, that's just because they're made up by some corporate weenie. i don't get all the bitching about wasting money though. i don't really think that it's a waste of money to buy someone you love a card when it's not a holiday. this morning, i put a card and an african violet in my girl's car so she would find it when she left for work. no holiday, no birthday, no nothing. she already called and she loved it.
nickel
10-17-2002, 06:22 AM
Originally posted by blueindian
made up holidays are lame. however, that's just because they're made up by some corporate weenie. i don't get all the bitching about wasting money though. i don't really think that it's a waste of money to buy someone you love a card when it's not a holiday. this morning, i put a card and an african violet in my girl's car so she would find it when she left for work. no holiday, no birthday, no nothing. she already called and she loved it.
totally agree
sweetness day, bosses day, secretaries day, etc., is all a bunch of crapola
Hmm, Since Saturday is also my sweetest's birthday, I guess we'll be celebrating. He already got his present though, so it's just going to have to be homemade Thai food (wish me luck!) for dinner and then birthday cake.
Edit: Soong, I forgot to add, your wife should be VERY happy you are giving her another chance. I think that in itself is gift enough. Good luck to you!
Originally posted by blueindian
made up holidays are lame. however, that's just because they're made up by some corporate weenie. i don't get all the bitching about wasting money though. i don't really think that it's a waste of money to buy someone you love a card when it's not a holiday. this morning, i put a card and an african violet in my girl's car so she would find it when she left for work. no holiday, no birthday, no nothing. she already called and she loved it. the point that it's wasting money isn't that you're getting someone something "just because" so much as you're getting someone something because someone said you have to. they think they'll say "oh, this is a holiday, too," and we'll all just fall in like sheep. i'm sure most people here would agree that you can get someone something "just because" and that it's a nice gesture and not even a waste of money. you're far from alone on that one.
Originally posted by blueindian
made up holidays are lame. however, that's just because they're made up by some corporate weenie. i don't get all the bitching about wasting money though. i don't really think that it's a waste of money to buy someone you love a card when it's not a holiday. this morning, i put a card and an african violet in my girl's car so she would find it when she left for work. no holiday, no birthday, no nothing. she already called and she loved it. People are not bitching about spending money on a loved one-that can be done any day of the year. People are bitching because some corporation came up with this day, all to get more money. Its bad enough there are enough of these "wallet extracting" days, now here comes yet another one. No thanks. And you know they are those who will fall for this {where are my chocolates btw?}. Furthermore, you don't have to spend money to show someone you care-that's something some have forgotten. Some of the best things in life don't cost money.
JustAPotato
10-17-2002, 02:17 PM
uhm... does that mean YOU'RE all not buying me anything for Sweetest Day?? But hey, I can admit I haven't been all that sweet this year -- century~** Oh wellz... I'll just stay home and eat all those "bonbons" myself~~* :hmm:
Originally posted by JustAPotato
uhm... does that mean YOU'RE all not buying me anything for Sweetest Day?? But hey, I can admit I haven't been all that sweet this year -- century~** Oh wellz... I'll just stay home and eat all those "bonbons" myself~~* :hmm: Well its rather short notice {goes into GA kitchen where lower ranks are peeling potatoes}
http://home.earthlink.net/~sbp777/pics/potato7.gif
Surprise! Lovely ain't it? :D
Cantacuzene
10-17-2002, 02:41 PM
Someone should take a pound or two of sugar and pour it out inside of a Hallmark store. When they ask you why you did it, say you were spreading holiday cheer.
DankNstickY
10-17-2002, 02:42 PM
Originally posted by Cantacuzene
Someone should take a pound or two of sugar and pour it out inside of a Hallmark store. When they ask you why you did it, say you were spreading holiday cheer.
:heh:
good idea.
Sir_Froggy
10-17-2002, 05:48 PM
Originally posted by nickelback
secretaries day
hey remember that one Just Shoot Me where finch gets stuck in the gorrilla pen?
ribitch
10-17-2002, 05:53 PM
Originally posted by soong
um...basically its a holiday that Hallmark made up to perk up the very slow sales of cards in the fall (think about it, no real holiday (card giving one at least) during this time of the year).... so basically it's an appreciation day of your significant other...
actually it was started by saunders, a candy maker in michigan. It was a way to sell more candy. It originally only exsisted in MI, but has since spread to a few different states.
thats another sueless fact that i know
welfareloser
10-17-2002, 06:57 PM
i will celebrate sweetest day.
i plan to postpone the actual celebration until the next weekend, tho, during which time we will pimp a certain three-year-old in his buzz lightyear pajamas.
the celebration will consist of putting his skinny butt to bed and eating his candy. sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.
soong
10-17-2002, 10:04 PM
well it looks like i'm not going to be doing anything anyway. Our team project screwed the pooch on an analysis paper, and will have to re do it. Looks like the only day we can meet is going to be sunday (which is the only day we could have done anything). Also... the reason i started this thread wasn't because hey look its a holiday that a company made, just that it allows me to celebrate something. I mean i'm the kind of guy who pencils in 2 weeks in advance * be spontaneous*, and add must come up with idea at least 2 days!!! Its hard for me to ....just get/do something for her....different culture I don't know... But it makes it easier when its structured...
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