V-day vs W-day

[clueless_in_usa 8]

I have a question for experience RUBers regarding Valentine's day:

Should I buy my wife gifts and flowers on Sunday, February 14th, or should I better wait until Monday, March 8th?

[bainbridge558 0]

I have a question for experience RUBers regarding Valentine's day:

Should I buy my wife gifts and flowers on Sunday, February 14th, or should I better wait until Monday, March 8th?

Be safe Clue ................ go for both ! LOL

[Martyshk 137]

I have a question for experience RUBers regarding Valentine's day:

Should I buy my wife gifts and flowers on Sunday, February 14th, or should I better wait until Monday, March 8th?

Both. Definitely. Trust me

[CDAgirlMI 51]

Something I'm missing???? What's March 8th?

Nevermind...should've Googled before I asked....

Edited February 10, 2010 by CDAgirlMI

[Martyshk 137]

Something I'm missing???? What's March 8th?

Nevermind...should've Googled before I asked....

Thanks for the drive-by

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I have a question for experience RUBers regarding Valentine's day:

Should I buy my wife gifts and flowers on Sunday, February 14th, or should I better wait until Monday, March 8th?

Both, of course.

[slim 1,530]

The correct answer is both but if you're like me, the answer is neither.

When my wife first got here and we had this "which holidays should we do?" talk, she said she wasn't really all that into Valentine's Day. Women's Day, on the other hand, is about as serious as New Years, maybe even more so.

[visaveteran 1]

I tend to resist anything that stems or seems to stem from communism or socialism. International Women's Day is a Soviet Union relict and not celebrated in the west, and there is no International Men's Day to make it worse.

My wife seems most pleased with money for any celebrations which shows her pragmatism. I do buy flowers for certain non required gift giving occasions such as when she returns from Russian after a visit or just for the hell of it. She does not like roses as they don't last long.

[norrin 3]

I was told by Natasha she wants to keep Womans Day and she expects "just a little thing" so I'm doing both, perhaps you should do both to be on the safe side but ask her maybe she wants one or the other

[SMR 368]

I have a question for experience RUBers regarding Valentine's day:

Should I buy my wife gifts and flowers on Sunday, February 14th, or should I better wait until Monday, March 8th?

This is sort of like asking if you should hug your wife or kiss her. Or should you take a shower, shave, or wear deodorant. The only correct answer is both. If you are determined to only do one or the other, you'll have to have a talk with her about priorities.

[baron555 934]

I have a question for experience RUBers regarding Valentine's day:

Should I buy my wife gifts and flowers on Sunday, February 14th, or should I better wait until Monday, March 8th?

There is no question, you buy for BOTH days.

[eekee 182]

I tend to resist anything that stems or seems to stem from communism or socialism. International Women's Day is a Soviet Union relict and not celebrated in the west, and there is no International Men's Day to make it worse.

My wife seems most pleased with money for any celebrations which shows her pragmatism. I do buy flowers for certain non required gift giving occasions such as when she returns from Russian after a visit or just for the hell of it. She does not like roses as they don't last long.

someone didn't get anything for february 23rd.

[SMR 368]

someone didn't get anything for february 23rd.

Although in Russia, February 23rd and March 8th are seen as a dichotomy, I don't really think it's fair to see them as equals in an international sense. International Women's day is, at least in implication, international and a day for all women. The Day of Defenders of the Fatherland is definitely harder to construe as an international holiday that is for all men, particularly men that not only haven't served in Russia, but may not have any military experience at all.

[Martyshk 137]

Although in Russia, February 23rd and March 8th are seen as a dichotomy, I don't really think it's fair to see them as equals in an international sense. International Women's day is, at least in implication, international and a day for all women. The Day of Defenders of the Fatherland is definitely harder to construe as an international holiday that is for all men, particularly men that not only haven't served in Russia, but may not have any military experience at all.

Yet, for a while now, it has transformed into: "get your man a damn present" day

[eekee 182]

I've heard of March 8th being celebrated as an international day for women's rights in other countries, but as far as I know, the whole kind of-Valentines Day thing is restricted to the FSU. And Defenders of the Fatherland is basically meant to serve the same purpose, and I don't really see why it matters whether something is "international" or not; you're celebrating the March 8th holiday because you're with someone from the RUB, not because you're an ardent supporter of the original ideals behind the holiday, which as far as RUB goes are long forgotten.

Edited February 11, 2010 by eekee