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Snaggy Moderator 
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posted February 14, 2001 22:21
   
Just wondering. :-) IP: Logged |
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Ben Geek 
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posted February 14, 2001 23:32
Don't even ask. My girlfriend and I just had a fight. 
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Eponine Highlie 
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posted February 15, 2001 00:39
Yeah, fighting on Valentine's Day sucks. I feel you. I was all happy, and I had to go have a fight and mess it all up. I'm still trying to put my thoughts back together. The only date I had tonight was with an audience. Stupid admin thought they would shut us down for "not upholding the moral standards of our college." They never came to a rehearsal, never read the PR material, and then they try to stop us on opening night? Huh uh. No way. The student support was amazing. As soon as we walked on stage, people started cheering, and they wouldn't stop. I have never seen anything like it. Needless to say, we got to perform.  Sorry for my lil rant, but I'm in a ranting mood. Screw guys. Screw love. I don't need any of it to be happy. I'm fine by myself.
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Ris Geek Larva  
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posted February 15, 2001 08:40
Well there was no "date" involved...(except for my sister-inlaw who's childeren we were babysitting), but for the "old married farts" among us V-day is probably not going to involve a date unless it comes on a weekend, and then only if you can find someone you can afford to have babysit. Our night consisted of the usual chasing kids, seperating fights, impatient snaps at eachother...you know a normal everyday kind of thing. Finally got all the childeren to bed and sat down to watch...something...here is where the night gets a little better. We chose (more me than her) to watch "You've Got Mail", love Tom and Meg. Anyway, I dislike AOL a ton even though the service I use at home is owned by them (Compuserve), and I realize the "unrealaity" of it, but I think it is the quintessential modern day "Cinderella" story. The empowered woman "shopgirl" and the dual role playing prince "NY152" it was nice to think/ fantasize (if only for 2 hours)that for someone out there the fairytale could come true. Then the movie was over and I went up to bed alone (which had a huge pile of clean, folded but not yet put away laundry on it), my wife got to stay up until midnight waiting for her sister to come get her kids. Not exactly the ending to the day we were hoping for...but such is real life. Ris ooooo, look i a maximum newbie IP: Logged |
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Oldguy geek Alpha Geek Posts: 306 |
posted February 15, 2001 08:59
Well, I'm an old married fart, but my kids are both away at college, so no babysitting issues for us. I got my wife a small bottle of Godiva chocolate liqueur. (chocolate and alcohol, a winning combination) We grilled some steaks and had a nice quiet dinner at home. IP: Logged |
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award unregistered |
posted February 15, 2001 09:03
Being newlyweds, the wife and I planned a romantic evening at home. Candle light dinner, champaign, and each other. Well, to make a long story short, we overate, felt tired and just fell asleep! Hows that for newlywed life. IP: Logged |
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ripcrd unregistered |
posted February 15, 2001 09:18
Well, I had to work my second job last night. It was a busy night in the pizza biz. I scored some good tips and made it home by 9:30 or so. I brought my wife a pizza and she was all grins. She had the kids in bed when I got home, but we could here them still talking as we ate pizza. After another ten minutes or so they nodded off and we went to bed. A little while later we had some average lovin' (it would have been better if I wasn't still recovering from being sick). We had the REALLY GOOD lovin' about two weeks ago before I got the Cold/Flu from hell. Anyway, we were both satisfied and I didn't even have to buy roses. My wife is so cool. I'll get her flowers when she doesn't expect it! Later IP: Logged |
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Tony Bill unregistered |
posted February 15, 2001 09:49
Just wanted to say how much "award"'s night sounded like mine. I know it's un-glamourous to not have hot and heavy super sex, but you know, it sure feels great to have someone you can overeat with, then fall asleep beside, and not feel all dissappointed with.
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Danimal unregistered |
posted February 15, 2001 09:53
I get screwed on Valentine's day since it also happens to be my girlfriends birthday. I can't get away with just the chocolate and flower deal or else I'd be spending the night on the couch. Plus, she got me an awesome present for Christmas that I was not expecting in the least bit so I had to make up for that. So what did I do? Surprised her with a trip to Jamaica! She didn't have a clue what I got for her either. It was the best feeling seeing that stunned look on her face! I made up this cool letter with pictures of the resort we'll be staying at and the beach with some info about the trip. I then got a box from this clothes store that she hates and I wrapped the letter up in the box with a towel on the bottom to give it some weight. When she started unwrapping it and saw the name on the box she just gave me this odd look and I played dumb saying "I hope I got you the right size...." Once she saw that letter though she just stopped in total shock. She couldn't believe it at first! Needless to say the rest of my night went very, very well! IP: Logged |
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sam Single Celled Newbie 
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posted February 15, 2001 10:24
I like the newlywed life. We had just come back from vacation, so I had nothing planned. I had some flowers delivered to her at work and got her some candles she likes. She got me a belt I had looked at but never told her about. We ordered some pizza, watched a movie, and had a very simple, wonderful time together. Sam --Life's unfair - but root password helps! IP: Logged |
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AsianWolfman Geek Apprentice
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posted February 15, 2001 10:49
It was my girlfriend's and mine first v-day. so we had romatic dinner, watched our fav movie (english patint), and a candlight bubble bath.  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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waynew Single Celled Newbie
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posted February 15, 2001 11:07
My night started off with my wife making a nice steak dinner. Then she got her step sister to stay at our house over night to watch our little girl. I thought we were just going to go out dancing, but she suprised me with a bed&breakfast. It was a very nice room with fireplace, jacuzi tub and king bed. So we enjoyed ourselves in front of the fire. Then soaked in the tub a little while and enjoyed ourselves again. Then went to bed and she selected a soft-porn movie on TV and after awhile enjoyed ourselves so more. Needless to say I didn't get much sleep and hope I don't fall asleep on my keyboard. IP: Logged |
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alexandria Super Geek 
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posted February 15, 2001 11:33
just an observation, but: has anyone noticed that it's predominantly newbies who actually had dates for valentine's day? i'm not suggesting that there's necessarily a causal relationship at work here, but the correlation's certainly worth noting. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Etherblade Super Geek
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posted February 15, 2001 12:07
Apparently most of them had more than dates, too. But yes, I noticed the same pattern myself. Etherblade IP: Logged |
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CuriousGene Geek Apprentice
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posted February 15, 2001 12:28
My VD wasn't what you'd call eventful. My girlfriend left for LA yesterday afternoon. (She is staff at a convention, and apparently somebody decided that it would be a good idea to have them all show up on valentine's day. Hm.) So by the time I got home from work, she was already gone, and I was on my own for dinner. And she'll be gone for a whole week. sigh ...nothin' for a man to do IP: Logged |
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octothorp Assimilated
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posted February 15, 2001 12:53
I had flowers delivered to her at home/work during the day, (went with a roses/tulips arrangement, for reasons discussed in another forum); included with the flowers was a fairly elaborate home-made card with an ink/pencil/contay-chalk drawing of pigeons. And then I showed up at her place after work with a picnic basket, and proceeded to spread out on her living room floor a paisley throw, a bottle of tokaji wine, a couple champage flutes, a plate of crackers with sage derby cheese, a couple home-made eggplant, sundried tomato and shallot calzones, and fresh berries and cream. Oh, and she gave me some chocolates, a gorgeous painting of the first pot of flowers I gave her, and a photo of her that I had taken with her camera on an outing a couple weeks ago. Then we had dinner, and sat on the couch and kissed and almost fell asleep and talked until 1 in the morning, listening to Luka Bloom and Chris Isaac. Without a doubt, the nicest valentines day of my life, so far. # IP: Logged |
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Demosthenes Assimilated
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posted February 15, 2001 16:10
i had a date with ben & jerry. mmm, chunky monkey. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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MeckaMon Uber Geek 
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posted February 15, 2001 16:31
And I had a date with my g++ compiler. IP: Logged |
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mephisto Assimilated
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posted February 15, 2001 17:23
a date with my webserver, took it offline installed Q3A, UT , halflife and blasted away some unworthy non 3l33t scum playing those games, 24 hours of nonstopping gaming. My eyes, i can't feel them anymore....... helpp.... ------------------ ``To win a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the -- Sun-Tzu "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury IP: Logged |
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Blind Harper Alpha Geek Posts: 264 |
posted February 15, 2001 18:13
I went and saw Valentine. Alone. I felt like seeing people getting killed. God I'm drunk right now. IP: Logged |
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Mandinga Geek Larva
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posted February 15, 2001 18:26
I was stood up. Was a girl I met online and talked to on the phone every night. She just didn't show, didn't answer the phone, just disappeared. So I cancelled the reservations, went to three different bars, gave the flowers to some girl I met at the bar, and somehow managed to get a cab ride home. How pathetic is that? IP: Logged |
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Daneel Olivaw unregistered |
posted February 15, 2001 18:48
Arby's & a white tiger. Wanted to be original, right? Chocolates, too common ... somethign mreo practical? Roast-beef sandwiches, curly-fries. Flowers? Bahh. Let's go for a different life-form altogether ... well, something terran, at least ... tiger. Perfect. White tiger? Stronger, faster, cuter. Even more perfect. No, not a real one, it's a stuffed animal. I got a teddy bear with a red power-tie. It's about 5 times as long as the bear iteself, a comical sight ... the tie's gotta fit me, I'm a comical 6'5" sight. We both got a good load of kissing. Not bad. We didn't eat the Arby's. IP: Logged |
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ChelleyBean unregistered |
posted February 15, 2001 19:08
Valentine's Day was great. I bought my SO a couple of nice, "work casual" shirts and he treated me to a dozen truffles from Rocky Mountain, dinner for two at a local pesto cafe and a movie. I'm a happy girl. And I didn't even have to put out. IP: Logged |
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mephisto Assimilated
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posted February 16, 2001 01:57
quote: Must be nice to have someone nice on Vday.... and chocolate that just sweetens the deal.... IP: Logged |
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AsianWolfman Geek Apprentice
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posted February 16, 2001 11:33
There could be a reverse connection. the bigger the geek the less the dates? j/kI think it maybe that some of us are just starting our geek journy. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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octothorp Assimilated
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posted February 16, 2001 11:40
quote: Nothing pathetic about that, man. You can't help it if she didn't show, and kudos for going out anyway--too many people would sit at home and mope. Nice that you gave the flowers to some girl. Even if nothing comes of it, she may have been feeling better about her valentines day as a result of this stranger giving her flowers--well done! # IP: Logged |
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The Chump Super Geek
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posted February 18, 2001 04:14
Well, I dropped my daughter off at her grandparents' house and took my wife out to Ruby Tuesday where we had shrimp alfredo. She had a rum runner and I had a large draft of Coors Light. Followed by the movie What Women Want. Then we picked up the baby, went home and uhhhhh... ummm... went to bed. Yep, that's it nothing else after we got home. IP: Logged |
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BuckoSama Geek Larva
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posted February 26, 2001 02:48
NABOKOV if anyone cares, i asked out my geekette the day before black wednesday. she cal,mly informed me that she has never dated anyone under 35 (we're both 20} and she is currently in love with a 45 year old 1500 miles away she has not spoken to in three years... *ouch* bonus geek points to those that get the nabokov reference IP: Logged |
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BuckoSama Geek Larva
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posted February 26, 2001 02:50
to adda bit of patheticness to my tale of woe, keep in mind my tewenty years is kissless, hand holdingless, geeketteless. huzzah IP: Logged |
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mephisto Assimilated
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posted February 28, 2001 13:05
quote: don't despair all godd things come to those who wait IP: Logged |
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Oldguy geek Alpha Geek Posts: 306 |
posted February 28, 2001 13:33
quote: Well, I certainly got it, though Lolita was quite a bit younger than 20. One good thing about this, at least I veiw it as a good thing. You never had a chance for reasons that are not your fault. You could not have done anything to change the outcome. I never feel too upset over things I have no control over. If I *did* have some control and I blew it somehow, then I get bummed out, but there's no point to being upset by things you can't do anything about. Sort of like being annoyed that the sun rises in the East. No point in letting it bother you. Now you know to look elsewhere. Good luck. IP: Logged |
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octothorp Assimilated
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posted February 28, 2001 14:14
quote:
Man, he had some messed-up characters.
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BuckoSama Geek Larva
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posted February 28, 2001 16:41
hah...yeah... i don't even wanna know about nabkov's messed up early life.. now, anyone wanna help me spin the world the opposite way so that the sun rises in the west, granted, everything will have approximately 44000 mph worth or relative inertia, but hell it's worth it, just to screw up daylight savings time IP: Logged |
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BuckoSama Geek Larva
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posted February 28, 2001 16:42
and octo and old guy both get 25 points IP: Logged |
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