What NOT to Get Your Partner on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is on the corner. For many, this is the day of love, solely dedicated to expressing what you feel for your partner through grand gestures and cute gifts. But getting a gift can be nerve-wracking. You get something too romantic, and suddenly, your not-too-serious relationship becomes too serious, or you get something too generic, and your partner taunts you for it for the rest of the year.

While there is still time, it’s best that you wear your big-boy pants and know what you shall NOT gift your partner this anxiety-inducing beautiful day. So, let’s dive in right away.

Skip the Boring Greeting Cards 

Are you gifting greeting cards this Valentine’s Day? Seriously? Sure, they’d be a good gift idea if we lived in 2015, but fortunately, we don’t! If you think your partner is mushy and cheesy, it certainly doesn’t mean gifting greeting cards is a good idea. They’re a slow death, and they rot away in the cabinets with no one even batting an eye on them. And don’t even get me started about e-cards; if there is anything worse than traditional cards, it is E-cards.

Teddy Bears? 

If you have bought a teddy bear holding a cute little heart, I’d strongly recommend you stab it. Yes, you heard me right! Give that teddy the death it deserves before your partner does it when they see you holding it. Teddy bears are so early 2000s, and trust me; no one wants them anymore.

Tacky Heart-Shaped Balloons from the Traffic Signal 

As Valentine’s Day approaches, you’ll see little boys at traffic signals selling heart-shaped balloons, and while I’m all in for supporting the less-privileged, please do your partners a favour and don’t get them the balloons! Unless, obviously, you’re Subodh from Dil Chahta Hai; in that case, you’re helpless, my friend!

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DIY Anything!

Let’s be brutally honest here: unless you are a professional artist who knows what they are doing, stay away from DIY on Valentine’s Day. Your handwork might end up looking like you were just too lazy to get an actual gift. Save the scrapbook ideas for some other day. However, if your inner artist just doesn’t give up, make sure your DIY project isn’t the only thing you’re gifting.

Gym Membership

Umm, excuse me, are you trying to give a hint? Because obviously, nothing screams I love you like asking your partner to hit the gym, right? WRONG! Sure, you might have good intentions, but a surprise gym membership can be taken the wrong way. So, if you don’t want to offend your partner on the one day they should feel loved, stick to safe ideas.

Keeping everything aside, you know what’s one thing you REALLY don’t want to give your partner on Valentine’s Day? It’s the gift of cheating. So you better stay in your lane and make your partner feel loved this V-Day!