Sunday Stealing: Valentine's Day

 

Hi! I'm your host Bev 2 Sykes of the blog "Funny the World". . Welcome to Sunday Stealing. This 3 feature originated and published on WTIT: The Blog. Here we will steal 4 all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise 5 to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and 6 intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

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 And Away we GO!

 1. What is the meaning of Valentine’s Day in your country/area? What happens on this day?  It's a day to celebrate Love.

2. Is Valentine’s Day more for men or women? Explain your answer.
It's a day to tell someone you love that they are special to you.

3. Do you have any special plans for Valentine’s Day? What will you do?  In a normal year, we would probably go out to eat.  On this day, we are going to just make a dinner and maybe a mug cake... A lot depends on the food supplies we already have.

4. Which traditional gift would you rather receive: chocolates, flowers, or a card with a personal message?  I would like any of the above but being realistic, when you can't just run around doing things with any semblance of normalcy, I will just be happy  that our kids are well, and that we are both alive and well.


5. Is Valentine’s Day only about romantic love? Or is it a good occasion to celebrate friendship as well?  As the story goes, St. Valentine was imprisoned for his faith.  There are some real questions about whether or not he actually existed, but for the sake of a lovely and loving holiday, we will say he did.  Anyway, he was in prison, and would drop little notes out his barred window asking that his friends and presumably his colleagues, would remember their Valentine.  And so we have this holiday. Sweet isn't it?


6. Do you like romantic movies? What is your favorite romantic movie?
I do. And that favorite is actually three: "Princess Bride", "Enchanted April", and "Emma".

7. Have you ever received a Valentine’s Day card or gift from a secret admirer? How did it make you feel?  I have a knack for finding jewelry right where I was told to look for it.  The *whatever* or *whomever* is was  never showed their face, but they could send dreams about where to look.  I once found two separate golden earring pieces at Balboa Park - one in the Grass while playing toss with a football- and several days later, I found the match for it in the grass at Ventura Cove.  

It was flat out weird but it really made a believer out of me.  There was SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT LOVES US!  My hubby and I are still stumped about it.  It's just not something a person forgets.  There are other things that point to a wonderful hidden world that is all around us, just as Jesus and other holy men have said it was....

8. Is Valentine’s Day the most romantic day of the year? If not, what day is?  Yes it is.....

9. What is the most romantic thing you have done for another person?  For a few years running, I take all my valentine things and decorate Mr. Z's work station with them.  He goes to sleep earlier than I, and he also rises earlier.  So it's so easy....

10. Valentine’s Day is promoted by companies whose only interest is making money. Discuss whether you agree or disagree.  I agree.  It's like any other holiday.  Valentine's isn't immune to the same commercialism that infects the rest of the days of the year.

11. Describe your perfect Valentine’s Day date.  Snuggled up and watching some dumb Rom Com .. "Romancing the Stone" is a good one... with my favorite guy.

12. How should a single person spend Valentine’s Day? What do you suggest?
Do something loving and kind for a random person, or as many people as you can, and I'd try to remember the (true lies) St. Valentine story that gave rise to the day, 

13. Do you enjoy playing cupid? Do you try to introduce people in the hope they will make a love match? No.  I'd rather let people stumble blindly along making their own choices.  That way they have ONLY themselves to blame.  Having said that, I like to remember the movie, "Grand Canyon".  If you don't know it, check it out HERE.  You'll like it...

 14. Some restaurants charge higher prices on Valentine’s Day. Are you willing to pay more to dine out on this day?  I'm not willing to go out to eat on ANY holiday this year, thank you!  So, I guess that's a "no".

15. Is a romantic gesture more powerful on Valentine’s Day or on another day of the year?  Well, maybe.... Flowers for absolutely no reason other than you know your lover likes them and appreciates them is always a powerful message.  Candy ... yah, that, too.