11. Anonymous
My first pregnancy scare. It was the first relationship for both of us, so we went through a lot together. Actually I’m pretty sure she got her period on Valentine’s Day, so I guess that was the best present I ever got.
12. RedEyeCodeBlue
My ex gave me a stuffed dog teddy bear, which I thought was strange because I am 100% a cat person. There was a little card pinned to its ear which had been signed “Love Sara”. He regifted an old vday gift…
13. thenipooped
It was my first time having a gf for vday so I was excited; spent some money, made a little scavenger hunt, got her friends in on it; like I really worked hard on it. The whole night we spent together after all of my shenanigans all she did was talk about how much she hates Valentine’s Day (this was never mentioned before) because her exes were always rude to her about it or always gave her a bad experience.
It made me feel so terrible. It wasn’t even a “oh that was so nice usually I hate Valentine’s Day but thanks for the effort”. Nope. she was excited for the gifts and everything for all of 5 minutes then back to being all grumpy.
I really felt like I screwed up
14. ChinNeck
Gave my ex an old necklace that was my mother’s (not exactly a bad gift), she ended up throwing it in a canal as we broke up shortly afterwards.
15. PantsIsDown
My ex hurt me for the first time at a Valentines party in front of all of his friends. He got blackout drunk and tried to fight his roommate, I got in the middle of it to stop it and he grabbed me by the throat and slammed me into a wall while screaming at me not to get in his business and held me there until I nearly suffocated. Everyone at the party was shocked silent. I burst into tears and ran to the back room. I could hear everyone at the party trying to calm him down. His roommate was the only one to come back to comfort me. When my ex walked in he yelled at him and told him to get out (it was a shared bedroom). He kicked him and everyone else out of the house. When I asked to go home it was like a switch flipped and he was his sweet, soft spoken self again. He insisted that we go to bed, I crawled out of bed in the middle of the night and slept in his roommates bed and cried.
The next morning (actual Valentines Day) he woke up and slowly started to remember everything. He got very serious and decided to drive me home. He broke up with me on the way. I could barely speak through the tears, when we got to my apartment I handed him his present and got out of the car. It was just a teddy bear and a card that I had written that I was falling in love with him. He told me years later that he still kept that to remind him how badly he messed up.
16. W00dzy87
I saved a patatoe in the freezer that was the perfect shape of a heart. I put it in there in June for February. When I got it out and proudly gave it to my wife it literally turned black and started leaking juices in front of her. In theory it was cute in practice it was like a death threat.
17. DJ_Gregsta
I did this last year…not recommended but I literally just picked up a cheap card and wrote “See last year for further details of my love” Have a good one, love Greg x
18. helmkamptk421
He sent me a copy of the King James Bible. Because I was Catholic and my bible was ‘wrong.’
19. wall__hax
I made this mistake during Christmas but it can most definitely apply on Valentines Day.
I bought my Girlfriend a “World’s Okayest Girlfriend” coffee mug from World’s Okayest. She refuses to drink from it and I find it hilarious.
She does not like the mug at all, which makes me like it even more.
20. Dannzzor
One year a girl I had been dating for a few years gave me a plaster cast of her foot. I’m not even a foot guy. I tried my best to appreciate it, but it mostly just weirded me out. She painted it this dull gray color. It looked like a dead zombie foot, and it was way way larger than I thought her feet really were. I think she got the idea from Cosmo. I’d say, in general, try to go with a gift from the heart, not something out of Cosmo!
21. WStHappenings
I thought I’d be clever and buy a (now)-ex a shake-weight for Valentines day as a gag gift, she kept asking me what I was getting her but I wouldn’t say. She did, however, tell me that if I gave her a shake-weight, it would be “seriously not funny”. I completely chickened out and returned the weight then cooked her a nice dinner.
22. prioska2009
He asked me to close my eyes, and I thought it was gonna be good. Them he asked me to get on my knees, so I thought it would be really good. And then open my mouth… So a really good chocolate? Nope. Was dick.
23. iBelch
A woman I work with just found out her husband and father of her child has been cheating on her for a few months with a coworker. during the ensuing fight, he ruptured an aneurism in his aorta from his chest to iliac crest. Now he’s in the ICU, and during which stay my coworker has found on his phone messages from two other people who have also been with her husband in the past few weeks.
In short, the best gift for her this Valentine’s Day is explaining to her son why dads in the hospital and why the divorce lawyer keeps coming over. She’ll be signing end of life care papers today.
24. pyroperformer93
I was in an emotionally abusive relationship a couple years ago. I had put in tons of thought into her gift. I got a heart shaped chocolate box, took out all the chocolate, and lined it with black licorice and peppermint, her absolute favorite candies. She got me a tampon and a pad and told me to man the fuck up