So, I need the Planets' wisdom (such as it is)
 

So I went out with a new girl over the weekend. Friday AND Saturday nights. No I have not hit it yet, but, yeah it's gonna happen soon. I asked her out again for Wednesday night. NOW I realize that's the night before Valentine's ****ing Day. Crap. What is the gift protocol?

I have no idea. I'd PM yourself and see what you say.

gift protocol?

Buy dinner? Drinks?

if I go out on 3 dates with a chick and it just so happens to land around Valentine's Day I'm not buying anything for her other than dinner, drinks and entertainment.

I'd agree it shouldn't be something extravagant. Hootie and I finally agree on something.

let me derail your entire thread

how does one go about going on a date these days, anyways? I always meet girls/girlfriends at bars...

I wouldn't have the slightest clue on how to ask someone out.

"Hey uh, you're super cute, wanna go to dinner some time?"

I honestly have never done that in my life. If I quit drinking/quit going to bars, I don't think I'd ever have sex again.

Eddie Kennison = Marvin Harrison

That's what I thought. I just hope she's not expecting more, as I'd really LIKE to tap that.

if she is then it's good you got out quick

in high school I bought my first girlfriend a Christmas present before we actually started officially dating and I didn't give it to her because I was too embarrassed

we laughed at that a few months in

What does this girl look like? My roommate went out with a guy Friday and Saturday....couldn't be her though because you said you didn't hit it. She's a sure thing.

I mean I suppose I could go with the candy angle, but that's just SO lame.

so uh

...your roommate

If you want to get tagged a provider then buy something small. If you want to get laid a bunch don't send her anything.

Haha...yeah. She'd kill me.

LMAO

Break it off Wednesday, get back together Friday.

buy her a shake weight and tell her she's going to need to build that endurance up

it's cold outside in KC

maybe some anti-freeze?

Sherrys berries and a fleshlight.

the 2nd season of Glee

7 roses and a butt plug.

3rd date and your showing her I love you signs?
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I ****ing HATE Valentines Day, but i'd sit through some chick flick if she lets me PIIHB. It's just that they seem to EXPECT shit for this "holiday".

get her 10 dozen roses

20

send her one dozen of roses per hour of the day with handwritten notes attached

Oooooohhhhh. Good point. I was just trying to seal the deal but now I don't know. Women are just touchy about this holiday in particular. I just REALLY wanna hit that.

Get her a gift card for starbuck or a massage or tanning booth.

get her an entire tanning booth!? That may be pricey.

My gf and I decided 4 years ago to say **** Valentines day and its commercial bullshit and, instead, make a concerted effort to show each other how we feel more often year-round. After all, if you're doing something nice for your s.o. Once a year because someone says you should, then wtf does that say about your relationship? I realize that most girls don't think this way, but I've got a good one. We'll go have dinner usually, but there's no gifts involved. It's just stupid.

Get her a ugly escort, with a small penis. She'll be disgusted and have to turn to you for sex, provided you're more attractive than the escort.

buy her 12 Nuva Rings

I guess I'm just pissed at myself for starting this shit BEFORE VD. Dammit.

And a partridge in a pear tree.

IVE GOT IT! A certificate for a tongue piercing!

No gift

It depends on the relationship and the girl. I'd try to do something romantic on the date and call it the present. If you think you must, buy her some cheap flowers or a teddy bear or something.

Then piihb

Now you're thinking with your lower brain! Seriously though, just get her a spa package...massage n shit. Chicks love that stuff...if you'd been seeing her longer I'd suggest a couples massage class...it turns girls on like no other when you are being taught how to massage with her as your guinea pig and vise versa. They always wanna take that shit home and try it out.

Flowers, but no red roses.

Hmmmm. So far this seems like a good idea.

No gift. You just started talking.

I'm with ya on the "no gift" thing. It offends me that it seems to be expected by women if they're with you on VD.. However, if I get her SOMETHING vaguely romantic, I am definately in. It's a dilemma. I should add that we've known each other and been kinda flirty for a couple years, so it's not like we're strangers.

Yep, that's where you went wrong and you're pretty much ****ed now. You get her a gift, she's going to think you're getting too serious too quickly, and if you don't, you're an insensitive jerk. Write this one off, it's over.

Yeah, I can get behind this. Good call.

I know. You're right. But dammit, I am SO CLOSE. :cuss:

This is a good one.. or you could go with something low key but romantic and tangible like a bottle of wine and two nice wine glasses. Bam! Nice enough gift plus an excuse to break out the bottle after dinner.

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Now the question is.. what wine? If she likes reds at all then definitely go with a Chateauneuf-du-Pape (I like Chateau La Nerthe for best value).. if you have to go with white I would say your best bet is something like a Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio.

Whoa, I read this as "starting this shit before [getting] VD"

Perfect! I dig this idea. Rep.

Bring her a big ole package of sausage and see if she gets the hint?

:D

Oh and I know this works because I did this ages ago when I was in a similar situation. 3rd date, day before Valentine's. And here is where I brag because I rarely get to bring this up... with an ex Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader! Spent the evening finishing off the two bottles of wine. I had no clue if she liked white or red so I bought one of each (of the types I recommended to you) and luckily it turned out she liked both.

A nice bottle if wine is a good idea. Dont over do it for someone you only went in 2 dates with.

NICE! Well, I'm in Southeast Kansas, so I MAY be able to get away with a box of wine and a couple jelly jars.

I would definitely add the two wine glasses (with a somewhat distinctive pattern) as well. It's not over the top, it's fairly practical and IF things work out it's a nice tangible keepsake. If things don't then who cares... you had to drink the wine out of something!

Now that that's out of the way.

Pics?:)

NICE! Keepin it classy!

http://www.characterblog.com/assets/...Mason-Jars.jpg

Let ME get some first. LOL

ROFL There ya go!

:harumph:

It's all about give and take, man.

:D

You should be because whether you realize it or not she already knows you want to lay the pipe and she maybe just using you so she will get flowers on VD to show all her friends she is loved and adored.

Reschedule for Friday and you will know right then and there whether she is worth it or not. Because IF she reschedules for Friday then she really does have an interest in you and then you can give her a belated VD gift that is a lot less expensive and will actually mean a helluva a lot more to her because you still showed your thoughtfulness for her around this time.

You are absolutely right. I'll try this and report back to the brain trust.

What, nobody came out with "bang her on wednesday night then sneak out without waking her up"?

Buy two 50lb sacks of lime, some rope, and a trash bag. Take her out somewhere secluded, make sure that the radio in the car is off. Once you pull over to the destination, ask her to get out as you have a surprise for her. Take her back to the trunk, open it up, give her a second to realize what is in there, then nudge her like you're going to shove her in. Once she stiffens up, break out a smile and say "Gotcha!!" Then go watch a Kevin James movie.

If you were with the KC Cheerleaders this would work for sure.

piihb

tattoo your name on her face

how about a variety pack of Bath Salts! that should make the night more interesting

Yeah, keep it simple. Whether it be generic like flowers or a teddy bear, or since you've been out a few times, you likely know some of her interests. If she likes cooking, a hip cookbook. My sister still talks about how clever her bf was when on their first date he brought her a trivia book after they met playing trivial pursuit with friends. If you know a genre of movie or music she likes, buy a cd or dvd that she may not have. I'd keep it under $20, $50 if you're a baller.

Dating an SEK girl? Get her a gram of meth and she’ll lick your taint.

Something thoughtful, yet non-committal.

ROFL

Just get a nice simple bouqet of flowers and give them to her saying something like you'd like to commemorate this huge occasion etc. sort of playfully not making a huge deal of it, but at the same time saying you thought she should have something nice etc.

I would not get roses at this point, Colorful bouquet of carnations and daisys is a good route. The colored/dyed kind

Box of condoms.

Take her to see the new Die Hard movie.

Never date anyone new before Christmas and until after Valentines day.

What the ****?...

Yeah. It's never been an issue before. I neglected that little tidbit.

Dick in a box.

You'll break up with her in 2 months anyway.

I still don't get why you're sweating this...

What the ****? Do not do this if you ever want to see her again.

Seriously...Kevin James? That's ****ed up.

Not sweating it, just trying to ensure tapping it.

Pearl necklace.

give her a job. Planin tulips

Install the camera in the light above the bed.

End of story...