Happy Valentines Day!

This morning I had an exchange that was appropriate to Valentines Day and highly bloggable. So here goes.

At my health club, they sometimes let vendors set up displays of clothes or jewelry for sale. Being Valentines season, there was a lady with a table of craftsy jewelry.

I had finished my morning workout and was on the way out when I stopped to look at some of the lampwork bead and pearl types of jewelry that my wife might like. The Lady asks "Are you ready for Valentines Day?". My response, "well of course". She followed up with "so what are you getting her?". I paused for just a second before replying with a question "Is it important what I get her?". Her reply was also a question and made an assumption "Is it important what you get?". My reply was "No, Valentines day is about being sweethearts and the things that don't have price tags, isn't it?". All she could do was agree.

I didn't mention that I had already made or gotten some stuff for my dear wife (my romantic sweetheart) and for my daughters (my little sweethearts). Now I know that I may be overstepping Valentines tradition. The exchange of love notes and tokens of affection such as hand written cards and small candies. But then, Valentines Day seems to have gone modern like most other special days. So I don't see stretching it to my non-romantic but beloved sweethearts as much of a transgression.

I like how wikipedia.org learned from last year and locked their Valentines Day entry.