Do women really want/like chocolate for Valentine’s Day (and when I say candy/chocolate I mean nice, expensive candy like Godiva or something – not a box of nerds)? As gift-buying men, it’s one of the first things that come to mind, but do the ladies really like it or is there something else they would rather have (or do women HATE to get candy)? I know plenty of women read this site, so if you are a woman reading this, do me a quick favor and vote in the poll in the top right-hand column over there. Feel free to leave comments on this post about the poll or to explain “Other” votes. This is just for fun, we won’t hold you to your choice. (I know my wife doesn’t want candy, so you don’t have to vote, Sweetie)
UPDATE: The poll is closed and the results are in.
As much as I love candy, I’d WAY rather have a night out. Candy seems so… 4th grade. You know?
Unless you give it to me with a Garfield Valentine. If you make it LOOK like a 4th grader gift, I’m okay with candy on V-Day.
It’s the pretending like it’s a REALLY nice gift that turns me off.
RESPONSE: Ah – for candy/chocolate I meant really nice chocolates – Godiva or something – I guess I should have clarified.
–Brian
A night out is my #1 choice. With four kids that isn’t always an option, however, so a box of GOOD chocolate is next on my list. Not that I ever get it, though. We are practial folk so my husband usually gets me yarn (knitting is one of my hobbies).
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I like getting candy, though my hubby gives me candy quite often (as you can imagine). I don’t even need exclusive stuff, I’m happy (happiest) with a box of See’s Nuts & Chews or maybe something that I’ve never had before. He recently picked up a set of three Dolphin chocolate bars “just because he saw them and thought I’d like them.”
I honestly like kooky retro stuff, too. Someone can go into a drug store or grocer and pick out a nice assortment these days. It really is the thought that counts.
I don’t think you can really generalize “what women want” as a gift from their lover (or prospective lover). We’re individuals. Just like not every man is a football fan.
Okay, good point– I wasn’t thinking Godiva. I was picturing the cheesy heart-shaped box of chocolates you can get at the grocery store. Come to think of it, chocolate-covered strawberries would be HEAVENLY!
Good chocolate has aphrodesiac qualities. And I love chocolate. Yes, I’d rather be treated to dinner and a movie out, but chocolates (and flowers) are sweet, old-fashioned, and romantic.
Best of all are some of the chocolate-scented soaps and lotions you can sometimes find (more often this time of year)–a chocolate-scented massage is heavenly and romantic.
I’d rather have the good chocolate. Then again, my S.O. and I are currently in the ‘starving college students’ stage so good chocolate can cost less than a fancy dinner, and sharing the box together gives the same sentiments.
I vote for a night in. You get to pick out exactly what you want, that way your dinner is always perfect and I always pick a really good bottle of Cab. It works with dinner and is always good with the high end chocolate for dessert. No flowers, they are just a rip off if you buy them for Valentine’s Day. Buy me flowers sometime when I am not expecting it – that is when they mean something. Are you getting all this honey?
RESPONSE: I got it, Sweetie :)
–Brian