Larian Studios Forums General Chat Chat (Anything) Valentine's Day

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I love Valentine's Day and would like to know if you guys have any special plans
for Valentine's Day.

Also does anybody have any facts about Valentine's Day they would like to post,
or any Valentine traditions that you have.

Let's talk Valentine's Day.



Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Here are a few Valentine facts that I found.

In Wales, wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on Valentine’s Day.
The decoration meant, “You unlock my heart!”

In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeve for one week. Now
to wear your heart on the sleeve means that it is easy to know how you are
feeling.

Valentine’s Day is named after St. Valentine, the patron saint of lovers.

In the United States, Esther Howland is given credit for sending the first
valentine cards.

In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a young man.
If she keeps the gift, it means she will marry him.

Shan

@ Shan
For whom is this
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Barta

Just a simple little gif that I found on the net. It is not meant for any one
person. It is meant for Larian and all of the wonderful people I have met here.
You guys are the best and I just wanted to pass a little of my love along to you
guys to say Happy Valentine's Day.

I am sorry. I will delete it. Maybe I should have
asked before posting it since I am not that familiar with your customs.

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

No do not delete it. It is very nice.
I was just surprised because it is written in french.

In England Valentine's day exists since a very long time.
Not in France, it only exists since several years.
In France it is just something else to get money with flowers and gifts.

I like the idea of sending a postcard without signature to somebody you love secretly as it is done in England.

Barta

Happy Valentine's Day everybody! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

Valentine Greeting

i have never celebrated this, thanks to my overwhelming 'charms'. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

nevertheless, a happy one for all of u who have reasons to celebrate. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/party.gif" alt="" />

Too late <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />. Oh well, if it was in French I wouldn't have understood it anyway.

Happy Valentinesday to you all <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />.

My family selebrates by buying a heart filled with gelly hearts (we only eat the gellyhearts, the other one's made out of plastic).

Übereil

Happy Valentine's Day to all <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kissyou.gif" alt="" /> - may it be that you celebrate the love you feel for yourself, your friends or your Beloved One.

Letting aside the commercial aspect and the stress of finding an appropriate gift => I like Valentine's Day very much. It's a far nicer anniversary than all those dealing with violent dates.

And I dedicate my Valentine greeting especially to Shantara's sweet avatar with its large eyes - truly adoreable, making me melt every time I see it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />
Kiya

Hi Kiya, nice to see you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

For those who are in Love and those who do Love Valentine's Day
Whether the holiday is old, new, or not at all in your country.
I wish you all a beloved and Happy Valentine's Day.





"I love you not only for what you are,
but for what I am when I am with you.
I love you not only for what you have made of yourself,
but for what you are making of me.
I love you for the part of me that you bring out."


My heart has been cold for far too long is why
I so Love Valentine's Day.
Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I agree. From a psychological point of view, there should be far more such dates. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

When the routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
But emotions won’t grow
And we’re changing our ways,
Taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again

Or is this not apropiate for the moment <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />... Erm, forget I said something...

Übereil

Roses are red
Violets are blue...
Have a nice and loving Valentine's Day!! Loads of kisses to all of you!!

Happy valentine day for you people.
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />
Here this happens only at 12th of June.

Since I started this thread because Valentine's Day is a very special day for
me, my family, and our friends and I wanted to share some of the Valentine love
with the people here, I will add one more post to it since it is Valentine's
Night at my house.


Here are some customs of old associated with Valentine's Day:

In the 1700's, unmarried women pinned five bay leaves to their pillows on the
eve of Valentine's Day. They pinned one leaf to the center of the pillow and one
to each corner. If the charm worked, they saw their future husbands in their
dreams.

In the past, in Britain and Italy, some unmarried women got up before sunrise on
Valentine's Day. They stood by the window watching for a man to pass. They
believed that the first man they saw, or someone who looked like him, would
marry them within a year. William Shakespeare, the English playwright, mentions
this belief in Hamlet.

Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on
Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she
would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would
marry a millionaire.

Many Valentine's Day customs involved ways that single women could learn who
their future husbands would be. Englishwomen of the 1700's wrote men's names on
scraps of paper, rolled each in a little piece of clay, and dropped them all
into water. The first paper that rose to the surface supposedly had the name of
a woman's true love.

Shan

Thank you all for sharing this Valentine's Day with me. You helped to make
it even more special.


[color:"red"]Happy Valentine's Day to you all[/color]





Shan

oh boy oh boy,..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" /> i wanna marry a goldfinch... (girl that is) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Shan for all your well-wishes for Valentine's Day.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kissyou.gif" alt="" />

a good one,
only for the dutch speaking people out here <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

it's quite a Valentine's Day to see Kiya up & about in the forum.

welcome back, Kiya! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />