Is Valentines Day for married couples (they have annivesaries) or umarried couples?

My wife of 10 years and I celebrate Valentines Day each year, however, I have always been of the mind that once you get married, you celebarate your anniversary and not Valentine's Day.


Don't get me wrong I love doing things that makes her happy, it just ticks me off when I hear another married women (sisters, friends wives, etc.) saying what they'll do to their husbands if he doesn't get them the right present or do something special or make the day romantic or you fill in the blank.


If you celebrate Valentine's Day, as my wife and I do fine, but I'm not sure that after marriage its an entitlement.


What the correct protocol on this one. By the way, I am not looking for the a man should... answer . I'm looking for the intended purpose of Valentines Day and it 's intended audience (unmarried couple, married couples or both).Is Valentines Day for married couples (they have annivesaries) or umarried couples?
I'd say that Valentines Day is for women. Most men I know don't care about it whatever their situation (dating, married, etc). In the end it is just a day, and showing someone you love them is something you can do every day. Doing something special on Valentines Day is just giving into the massive hype given to it by the people looking to make money out of it.





As for the correct protocol, I think it depends on the woman. If she is the type that thinks such days are important, and you want to make her happy, then you go with that. If she isn't then you don't have to, although you may decide to do something as a gesture.Is Valentines Day for married couples (they have annivesaries) or umarried couples?
It is for married, engaged and unmarried couples. You don't trade celebrating Valentine's day for your anniversary, it is in addition to your anniversary. Plus, non-married couples celebrate anniversaries as well, their first date or when they started to consider themselves a couple. It is perfectly acceptable to replace this celebration with the anniversary once you get married, but Valentine's day sticks.
my husband and I share many romantic moments throughout the whole year, it will be just another day for me and my wonderful husband of 10 years.
Its nice for you to celebrate both occasions anniversary and valentine.As a woman myself it makes me appreciate him all the more.
I think Valentine's day can have multiple purposes: a celebration of love, whether married or not, an excuse to go out to a fancy restaurant, whether married, committed or just a date, and an excuse to have fun, whether you're single or a couple. Oh, and kids love all the cards and candy, too.





We're married and won't do much for Valentine's day, just a small gift, he got me flowers the other day and I'm planning on buying him a CD.
Anniversaries are the couple and their families to celebrate the day they became husband and wife, celebrate the union of two to one. Valentines Day is a day to celebrate love, not a union, Valentines Day is for everyone who is in love...Anniversaries are for the ones in love who have commited to a lifetime together.





Trust me they are very different and you need to treat them as such.
It's just another day to tell your loved one how much you love them.
Valentines day is for everyone to express their Love for each other. It has different meanings in different parts of the world.





Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is on February 14 . It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards candy, or donations to charities, often anonymously. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages when the tradition of courtly love flourished.


The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of ';valentines';.


On the ancient Athens calendar the period between mid-January and mid-February was the month of Gamelion , dedicated to the sacred marriage of Zeus and Hera


In Ancient Rome , February 15 was Lupercalia


Lupercalia, of which many write that it was anciently celebrated by shepherds, and has also some connection with the Arcadian Lycaea. At this time many of the noble youths and of the magistrates run up and down through the city naked, for sport and laughter striking those they meet with shaggy thongs. And many women of rank also purposely get in their way, and like children at school present their hands to be struck, believing that the pregnant will thus be helped in delivery, and the barren to pregnancy.
Valentines Day is for all those in love, including married people. It may be a tradition, but not an entitlement, so you two do what you want and celebrate it or not as you see fit.
Ok, I have been married for 20 years. I dont feel that being married or in a committed relationship ';entitles'; gifts of any sort. But it is a way of showing that you care. Now, I dont feel a certain anything is needed..its just the thought that you care to do something at all. My husband has been pretty good over the years..but there have been a few years we didn't exchange anything and when we were young and didn't have any money he would only get a card or one year he even made a card. Its really that you care to do SOMETHING. The intended purpose of valentines day is for stores to make money..lol..no im kidding..i think its to tell your love in your life how u feel. Now if you dont care that much..better to say nothing at all. Happy VD!
my anniversery is 2/14 two birds with one stone