Many of you just started dating someone new and NOW IT’S THE HOLIDAYS AND OMG WHAT SHOULD YOU GET THEM?! To help you out, we created this partially helpful, mostly-not-that-helpful video to guide you as you tear through Target.
"Dear K&D, what do I do for my girlfriend on v day??? I'm very bad at thinking of cute stuff. Like would it be lame to get her the bathrobe she wants from Wal mart?? We are in college and both not out so going out isn't really an option. Halp!"
- Question submitted by sparkledonut
Listen. One year I super wanted a tae-bo DVD and my bff knew that and my boyfriend had no idea what to get me, so he got me that DVD I wanted and a silly teddy bear and made me dinner. We ate chicken and listened to Luther Vandross in his dorm room and it was literally perfect. I still have the teddy bear. I think I got him a Lord of the Rings poster, and I’m pretty sure when I walked into the hallway I asked why it smelled like feet and that feet smell was the chicken he made…BUT LIKE.. it was still the most memorable Valentine’s Day I’ve ever had.
I just went through and I actually do not remember another Valentine’s Day from my life… oops.
My point is, yea, get her the robe from Wal-Mart because who cares? and YOLO. Get her the thing she wants, make up a cute night at home, or drive her to a cool place for a picnic, or take her to denny’s at 4am when no one is hanging out and make the most of it. If you want VDay to be special, it will be because you’re together, not because of the presents you give.
I’VE GOT THIS ONE:
You can get her this necklace or a personalized video from us?!?!?!
Bathrobes also totally rule. On my first Christmas with Jenny she bought me a bathrobe and I had never mentioned wanting one nor thought about getting one for myself, ever, and I was confused when I opened it bc… a bathrobe? AND THEN I PUT IT ON AND NEVER TOOK IT OFF I LOVE IT SO MUCH AND IT IS PROBABLY WHY I MARRIED HER.
Also, though, the necklace and video ideas are pretty legit.
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"OH GOD I DON’T HAVE A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR MY GF YET AND THERE’S NO TIME LEFT HELP"
- Question submitted by Anonymous
Your all caps sent me into such a panic that I almost just clicked ‘publish’ instead of ‘answer’… so…
OKAY EVERY CALM DOWN AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
Now is the perfect time to get creative as hell. Go to Target and check out that $1 shit at the front. There are literally billions of dumb things. Get differently colored notecards and some tape. On each dumb thing, think of some cute shit you can do together.
1 tiny bag of caramel corn (or available candy) “to chomp while we watch ANY MOVIE OF YOUR CHOICE I WON’T EVEN COMPLAIN ONCE”
1 small plastic dinosaur “our first pet!”
3 diamond shaped chip clips “because every kiss begins with kay, and I’m not rich enough for the real thing”
2 sets of Hello Kitty silverware “for the amazing home cooked meal I’m about to make you”
1 tiny note book – this you fill with love notes. obviously.
etc, etc, etc.
You get the point. You don’t have to put a lot of money into something or have three weeks notice or whatever, just be thoughtful and creative and make it personal. LOVE CONQUERS ALL (does that work here?)
Oh my god. “Our first pet.”
*clears throat* I agree – YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN.
Here are my ideas:
1. Make 10 mugs of hot chocolate and put them going down the hallway LEADING TO A FAKE FIREPLACE THAT YOU DREW ON PAPER (or the wall if you’re in college, bc that’s what college kids do), and tell her gift number one is a romantic date where you sit on a pile of blankets by the fake fire and listen to all your favorite music and drink five mugs of hot cocoa each and see what happens…
2. Give her a fancy ticket that you make yourself which reads, “This ticket grants you admission to a day where you never leave bed NOT EVEN FOR ONE MOMENT, and you shall have meals delivered to you by the prettiest person in the whole world (*point to self when she gets to that part*), watch movies, be read to, anything your WONDERFUL HEART DESIRES.
3. MAKE YOUR OWN EDIBLE ARRANGEMENT OUT OF BACON OR FAKE BACON. LOLOLOL.
4. Omg. Make a movie using your phone or computer or whatever. Think of 7 creative ideas (like a day in bed, or an adventure in your town, or a meal you cook, etc). Start the movie by saying, “HELLO MY LOVE. The following message may only be watched one day at a time, and will reveal one week of special surprises. DON’T SKIP AHEAD YOU CHEAT. Day One: TODAY WE WILL {fill in awesome thing}. NOW STOP THE TAPE YOU CHEAT.” (Then you do the thing) “Day Two: TODAY WE WILL {fill in awesome thing}. STOP THE TAPE NOW CHEATER. (etc, etc)”
5. Propose marriage and scream HO, HO, HO. MAAAARRY CHRISTMAS!!!
You guys. I don’t know.
Good luck.
"I am in a very new relationship. What are some cute and cheap things I can do for V-Day that aren’t too serious?"
-Question submitted by Anonymous
I always go the FUNNY route. You can’t go wrong with something hilarious. There’s a box of chocolates at rite-aid that literally has the cast of twilight on the front and a plastic necklace attached… it’s ridiculous and hilarious.
OMG. I JUST HAD THE BEST IDEA. YOU GUYS STROKE OF GENIUS IN THE MIDDLE OF ANSWERING. HERE IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
The day before V-day give your n00b00 a card that says “Valentine’s day has been postponed to Feb. 15th, please do not eat any candy or do anything romantic until then,” y’all can hang out, but like DON’T DO VALENTINE’S DAY until the day after. On the 15th, when n00b00 comes over, tell her you have a surprise, but it’ll be a low key. She’ll probably be confused bc surprises are soconfusing.
Take her to walgreens/rite aid/ cvs and say ‘alright, now we spend 30$ on discount candy, all of which we have to eat tonight’ get the GOOD STUFF and the cheap stuff, get so much candy bc everything will be on sale. Also buy a tiny small beanie filled bear for her and then go back to your apt. Watch movies and pig out on candy and have a blast. Get sick to your stomach with cheap chocolate, kiss on the mouth, and present her with the tiny bear as a KEEPSAKE and be so excited that you had the best valentine’s day ever AAAND tell her that Dannielle Owens-Reid planned the whole thing.
**if she says, “who is Dannielle Owens-Reid” then break up with her on the spot**
You should make heart-shaped pancakes and watch Freaky Friday and then make-out and/or cuddle.
Or, you could write her a note that says, “come to my house at 7pm,” and give it to her with a red hershey’s kiss… then leave a trail of red hershey’s kisses leading from your front door to your living room where you have brought out all the blankets and pillows from your bed and you have coloring books and dvds and take out menus setup for a night of awesome.
Or, you could take her on a date to the local arcade and play video games all night and buy her a gift with your ticket winnings from skeeball.
Or, you could buy her a copy of your favorite book and write her a sweet note on the inside cover.
Personally, my vote goes with pancakes n make outs.
AKA PANMAKE-OUTS.
“My girlfriend and I are in our early 20s and have been dating for a little over a year. With Christmas coming up, should I buy gifts for her parents? How soon is too soon?”
- Question submitted by Anonymous
One year I made presents for my GFs mom and sister and they were LIKE SO HAPPY YOU GUYS. I just took pictures of their houses / animals and pasted them on some stuff. It was a tiny bit of work with a whole bunch of love. It was really cool.
Have you seen the movie “The Family Stone” bc at the end Sarah Jessica Parker -who btw is the worst the WHOLE TIME – gives everyone in the family an amazing gift and then I cry for like the entire last 20 minutes of the movie and for another hour afterward… I’M SERIOUS. Small meaningful things are awesome, does your gf have a picture of her parents from forever ago? Get it framed and be like ‘i thought this would be cool’ or take a picture of them at Christmas and get it printed a few days later.
I like the idea of gifts for parents, don’t spend a ton of money or try to impress them. Do something small and sweet that will mean a lot to them. Even if you guys break up in three days, YOU’LL ALWAYS BE THE GF THAT DID THE THOUGHTFUL THING. You know what I mean?
If you think of something, go for it, but don’t try to go out of your way to give them something stupid like an all-in-one remote control… If you do, they’ll just look at you weird.
Oh my god. So much about Dannielle’s answer made me LAUGH SO HARD.
First of all, out of context, “I just took pictures of their houses / animals and pasted them on some stuff” IS SO FUNNY.
Second of all, then I laughed picturing you getting the exact same gifts from The Family Stone.
Third of all, then I laughed because I thought OMG IMAGINE YOU JUST ACTUALLY GOT HER THE PICTURE OF DIANE KEATON…
Oooooookay. Now that I have all of that out of my system (THANKS FOR STICKING IN THERE), I say: absolutely get them a gift! I agree that it can be something small and heartfelt, but I also think it can just be something small. One of my past girlfriends would always get a small thing of chocolates and a bottle of wine for my parents at Christmastime, and my parents thought it was the sweetest thing in the whole world. A small gesture to just say “Happy Holidays” conveys respect and love – and I think that if you and your boo are in love, it is never too soon.
Remember that money shouldn’t be a factor. Think about what you’d like to get for them, check in with your gf, and then totally do it. GIVING GIFTS IS THE ULTIMATE BEST YOU GUYS I LOVE CHRISTMAS EEEEEEEEEEEEE.
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