Valentine"s Day, is it just a day to get lucky?

Valentine’s Day, it is a day celebrated to show your love to that special someone. Upon reading articles about this special day. This is what I found worth sharing…

• Valentine cards are the second most popular greeting card-giving occasion next to Christmas. This surprised me, I thought birthday or mother’s day cards would have been at the top of this list!?

• One-quarter of men spend money on gifts for their loved one because they feel obligated or are just trying to get lucky.  Meanwhile, 13% of women say they celebrate just “because everyone else does.” This is totally me!  We rarely give gifts and the only reason we would is because we feel we have to. I believe that my husband and I appreciate each other every single day and Valentines Day isn’t any different for us.

• The longer the relationship, and the older you get, the less you spend on unique gifts for loved ones. This rings true for me. I think that “the older the relationship is” just means it is at a new or different level of love and Valentines Day doesn’t really factor on the radar that much… Well not for me anyway.

• Did you know that Australian men are more romantic than their female counterparts? My husband says ‘of course we are’…  Well, I am not too sure about that but  I do love a bit of romance, what women doesn’t?

• An interesting statistic figure states that 58% of men splurge on buying greetings cards as opposed to just 41% of women. Is that because, as women, we just get the kids to make them?  To me, cards are just such a waste of money and trees!   Homemade cards the kids make are so much more personable and we always treasure them.

Sources:

http://www.rosesonly.com.au/history-of-valentines-day

http://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/Gifts-Women-30s-25946384#photo-25946384

http://www.womansday.com/life/holidays/10-fun-valentines-day-facts-103385

http://time.com/money/3699604/valentines-day-spending-history-truth/

Valentine"s Day, is it just a day to get lucky?