Valentine's Opinions

Sharing my Christmas Opinions was fun, so let's continue the trend, shall we?

1. Kisses or Hugs?

I've made it pretty clear that I am not by nature a touchy-feely type of person. Within my own family, hugs may be appropriate on occasion, but I am so not the type that greets everyone with a hug. 

2. Candy or Flowers?

I like candy but I'm a bit picky--dark chocolate with orange, or sweettarts or nerds or sour gummy worms...candy or chocolate in general isn't quite enough. With flowers, on the other hand, I'm not picky at all. I just see flowers and I think they're the best thing ever. So it's probably easier to give me flowers.

3. Baking or Cooking? 

I don't have an oven, but I really, really like baked good. I miss the baked egg casseroles or strawberry pies or homemade bread I used to make back when I had an oven in the USA. But I like the oven-free life, too. It keeps your meal plan simple, out of necessity. 

One of my all-time favorite pictures of us.

4. Do you remember your first kiss?

Well yeah, because it was with Angel, so I probably shouldn't be forgetting that, now should I? The year was 2009, I was leaving for Malaysia the next day, Angel said, "I know you would be mad if I kissed you, but I wouldn't be mad at all if you kissed me." I laughed my head off first, and when he was already pretty certain that the line hadn't worked, I thought, "Hang the consequences!" and kissed him. His response was "Next time, some warning would be nice!" My non-verbal response was a raised eyebrow...thinking: "What makes you think there'll be a next time?"

*Spoiler Alert* We're married.

5. Favorite color of Roses?

Dark red until they look nearly black. Or any shade with a hint of purple.

6. Conversation Hearts, yes or no?

I have a great fondness for reading them and trying to make the hearts have conversations with each other as I take them out of the bag. It must be admitted, though, that as far as flavor goes...they really are not that great.

7. Do you leave love notes? 

Oh yes. I am very good at love notes. The best. I leave Angel thank you notes or little happy notes frequently, like when I'm eating some cereal he bought me at the grocery store and I really love the cereal, I'll write him a note about it.

8. Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day?

I might,  not opposed to it, but haven't this year.

9. Red or Pink?

In college, I would purposely wear a red sweater underneath a hot pink shirtdress every Valentine's Day. It was my festive outfit. One Valentine's Day, I walked into class and my professor was also dressed according to theme, with pink shirt and tie and glasses, and he told me he liked my outfit, and I knew I had met my match in the world of festive outfits.

10. Milk, White or Dark Chocolate?

Like I said, Dark Chocolate, with orange.

11.  Do you believe in love at first sight?

When it comes to food, absolutely. Humans....no. I feel like it's more likely that you would take an instant dislike to someone at first sight and only later fall in love with them. Doesn't that seem far more plausible in your own experience of humanity?

12. Do you give Humorous or Serious Valentine Cards?

More likely, I'd make funny cards. I don't usually give Angel actual cards for anything, I just write letters to him, so those are more on the serious side. But I give cards to my family and friends, and humor takes priority there.

13. Favorite Chick Flick or Romantic Movie?

"Roman Holiday" is my favorite love movie because it's a story of choosing duty over romance, and that has always made it seem like the coolest love story ever, to me. To choose to say "no" to 'what might have been' because it is what's best for the larger society.

14. Stay In or Go Out? 

I stay in frequently, so if I have the choice, and I'm feeling healthy, I love to go out and do something really fun to celebrate a special occasion. I much prefer activity outings over mere food outings....coffee shops are painfully boring to me, but I love a theme park or mini-golf or arcade or bowling, or just about any kind of actual activity. On Valentine's Day itself, Angel and I have a notoriously hilarious track record for romance:

1st Valentine's with Angel: We'd been married a couple months and Angel was working night shift so I went to a Valentine's party with a bunch of single friends and had a blast making cookies and participating in a Valentine's Card Exchange where we made love cards for each other and it was hilarious.

2014: We had a special date planned, then my parents called and told us they'd rented a U-Haul and everything they owned needed to be loaded into the truck, so we spent Valentine's sorting and packing and carrying heavy furniture

2016: We really, really tried to go out for dessert...and after several restaurants didn't work out for various reasons (one of them had no ice cream??) we ended up at McDonald's and I got an Oreo McFlurry which may be the only good thing about McDonald's.

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Today's opinions are entirely my own, but the festive post idea is brought to you by the Love Blog Challenge  today and The Blended Blog on Monday--where we're talking about Valentine's Day and love in general. 

How do you feel about the holiday? Is it even a holiday?