Don’t Forget About Your Man on Valentine’s Day
Valentines Day, The day everyone tells their partner how much they love them and how they can’t live without them. The special dinner, when you get dressed up and look beautiful for him, the flowers he brings home to surprise you and of coarse that special gift, Diamonds; a girls best friend, gold, platinum, silver, precious gemstones.
The knick knack that you saw six months ago in the store window that you thought was “oh so cute”. Valentines Day seems to be more focused on women and not so focused on men. Making the men feel obligated, like they have a duty to please their partner with gifts and an overly loving and appreciative persona on Valentines Day.
Let’s not forget that men deserve gifts and love as well. What about his diamonds? Believe it or not, men do enjoy those types of things just like women. Maybe his hobbies are video games, hunting, watching movies, going to football games, what ever it is, try to find something that will be special for him. Something that will make him feel truly appreciated and loved.
Do an internet search on Google or yahoo for gift ideas. Still go out to your extra special dinner, still dress up and look stunning. Try to make Valentines Day as memorable for him as it is for you. Maybe you will remember something he saw a while back that he really wanted. Maybe plan something special for the two of you. Talk to each other and find out how each of you really feels about the holiday in general.
My husband jokes and says “Valentines day is just another excuse for women to get their man to spend more money on them” This may sound harsh, but if you really think about it, he makes a good point.
Here is some neat information:
Did You Know?
– 2.2 million marriages take place in the United States annually. That breaks down to about 6,000 a day.
– 138,600 marriages were performed in Nevada during 2003. So many couples “tie the knot” in the Silver State that it ranked fourth nationally in marriages, even though its total population that year was 35th.
– 25.3 and 27.1 are the estimated U.S. median ages at first marriage for women and men, respectively, in 2003. The age for women is up 4.3 years in the last three decades. The age for men is up 3.9 years.
– The proportion of women 20 to 24 years old who had never married more than doubled between 1970 and 2003 – from 36 percent to 75 percent. Changes were also dramatic for men – the corresponding rate for men in this age group increased from 55 percent to 86 percent.
– 54% and 57% are the percentages of American women and men, respectively, who are 15 and over and currently married.
– There were 4.6 million cohabitating couples who maintained households in 2003. These couples comprised 4.2 percent of all households, up from 2.9 percent in 1996.
– There are 118 single men (i.e., never married, widowed or divorced) who are in their 20s for every 100 single women of the same ages.
– There are 33 single men (i.e., never married, widowed or divorced) age 65 and over for every 100 single women of the same ages.
– 24.6 pounds of candy per capita was consumed by Americans in 2003; it is believed a large portion is consumed around Valentine’s Day. Candy consumption has actually declined over the last few years; in 1997, each American gobbled more than 27 pounds of candy a year.
– The combined wholesale value of domestically produced cut roses in 2003 was $52 million for all operations in 36 states, with $100,000 or more in sales. Among all types of cut flowers, roses were second in receipts to lilies ($70 million.
– There were 28,914 jewelry stores in the United States in 2002. In February 2004, these stores sold $2.4 billion worth of merchandise – a much higher total than in the preceding month or succeeding months.
