In The Dog-house!

Carrera

Anyone else getting the silent treatment for not sending Valentines cards? The thing is I did do but I suspect I won't be believed. I sent virtual cards but there was a fault on the internet site (a Russian one) and so name of recipent and e-mail recipient were back to front - so the only way is to type the e-mail in the name input box instead.
I found out later on and resent the cards but now it's too late. I'm really in the shit!!
Why do women sulk so much I ask? My girlfriend in Spain was even worse. I once failed to open a door for her and walked in front ( as opposed to stepping back) and she didn't speak to me for a week or invite me for supper. No "amor" was on the agenda either till things had cooled down.

Chance3290

So, your choices are) A: Get flowers, chocolate, a real card, and act hang-dog in an attempt to rectify this situation. B: Learn to eat out of a bowl and to lick yourself.

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limerickman

Large amounts of humble pie - plenty of presents and a meal out ought to do the trick.

An expensive mistake.

But you'll remember the next year.

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets" - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

jhuskey

If he could lick himself he would need her! I don't think flowers are gonna do it.
It's a weekend away,jewelry, or a fabulous dinner at this point.
Preventative maintenance is always the most economical way to go...oh the ignorance of youth.

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Carrera

The thing is I'm blameless. I did remember and I did send that card. But who will believe my excuse?
This is one thing I learned about women. You have to make a lady feel she's the only one and never forget cards, birthdays or even so much as hint you sometimes admire other women too.
I prefer them to just yell at me, throw something and then make it up quick.

Carrera

I once had a girlfriend from Burgos who had figured it all out. Her plan was to transform me from my present self to a refined gentleman she could show off to her friends and live with happily ever after. That was her plan.
Meantime I had an Irish friend in Navarra who was in the same boat with regard to his "esposa" to use the correct word (and bear in mind esposas also mean handcuffs in Spanish )
We were both nagged. He was nagged to learn Spanish and I was nagged about not "dressing the part", wearing ties, suits and belts e.t.c. Often we would escape our other halves and drink ourselves dry in the tapas bars of Navarra.
Once I got in real deep trouble with my novia after she'd slaved to cook a pizza with red wine and shell-food appetisers. My mistake? I took a bit of the pizza before she had sat down to begin first and she flew into a temper. It was just little things like that where I put my foot in it.
At any rate we finally split up and so did the Irish guy with his other half so it was a case of romance not lasting to full bloom.

limerickman

They prefer slower methods of torture.

Throwing something isn't painful enough.

That's why eat humble pie now - off your own bat.

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets" - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

jhuskey

I can't believe you could get away with only a card. My wife must be spoiled.
I saw an interview about Valentines day and the question "do you send flowers and or candy"
One gentleman answered that he always did and the reporter remarked" you must be a romantic"? He replied no I just care! I think that say's it all.

Guy's, check out the thread I just posted. " How important are you"?
It's good for entertainment.

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Carrera

I understand women better now than when I was younger. I could tell you some stories about Spanish women, though. I mean, take the time I was a teacher and I had this student from Barcelona and somehow she started flirting in a class when we were on our own. I was teaching her items of clothes from Spanish to English following a course book and somehow she started asking me English equivalents of the more feminine items of clothing that come to mind, minifalda, tacones, sujetador e.t.c.
This lady had a very pale face like chalk and spoke very soft and didn't seem all that attractive at a glance.
At any rate, the next day she cooly walked into the class out of the pouring rain and closed the door - the secretary being outside at her desk. Next thing she whips off her long raincoat and has this really skimpy outfit on underneath. I mean, there was very little of it. MY eyes must have opened up like saucers.
Seeing as she had just finished teaching class herself at a Catholic school, I figured there was no way she could have been teaching dressed in such a manner. That meant she had changed in between times and the raincoat was a way of getting past the secretary. I'm not kidding she had an amazing figure and it was like a cat playing with a mouse (her being the feline of course). I was totally taken by surprise as that skirt was pretty much on the brief side.
And that's as much as I'm telling.

EoinC

I disagree, Lim. She'll keep using it for years to come (assuming there are some years to come):
Admit to nothing.
Tell her that Valentines Day is purely commercial, that it belittles true love and that you are a little shocked to learn that she is so shallow.
Use the funds that would otherwise be spent on buying cards, flowers, dinner etc to buy and stock a beer fridge.
Set up the beer fridge in the dog-house, invite a few mates around, and knock back the sherbets while she continues to sulk. This does require a decent sized dog-house, but it is good fun.

limerickman

You're a brave man - that's all I can say.

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets" - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

wheelist

I tried this. On the 13th I was asked: "Have you got me anything for Valentine's Day?"

"Nope" said I, "it's purely a commercial creation designed to get us all to part with our hard earned cash and I'm not buying into it. What about you?"

"No" she replied, continuing "I feel the same way. Do you promise that you haven't got me anything?"

"Absolutely" I said.

All well and good.

But the next day I get it in the neck:

"You really didn't get me anything did you?!?"

"Erm, you made me promise not to".

"I know, but you were supposed to lie".

Genius logic.

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jhuskey

EC: You love to see others in pain,don't you. Just advise him to march in and announce that will be some changes around here,more sex,less bitching,better food on the table and your momma is ugly.
That should straighten things out and then he can wake up.

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Chance3290

It made me think of what George Carlin once said: "If I could reach, I'd never leave the house."

While I did forget to mention dinner (a must), for Valentine's Day I think flowers and chocolate would do the trick. Now forgetting her birthday or anniversary, that's different. For that you go the Kobe route. Hock your bike and buy the biggest piece of jewelry available.

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