Do You Exchange Valentine’s Gifts? Here’s What Our Team & Readers Say…
Celebrate love with these Valentine’s Day gifting ideas.
Hey, Hip community! ❤️
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In February, and to honor this season of love, we announced our very first Engaged Reader Monthly Giveaway with a special Valentine’s twist! 🥰
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🚨 February’s Monthly Giveaway Question:
Do you exchange Valentine’s gifts with your significant other? And if so, what’s the best gift you’ve ever received from your partner or your favorite gift you’ve given them?
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Please note that winners have been chosen for this month’s Engaged Reader giveaway.
Here’s what our Hip team shared about their Valentine’s Gifting Traditions:
“My hubby and I exchange gifts for Valentine’s Day but it’s never anything too extravagant. I’ve never really been a huge Valentine’s Day person. Having said that, we do usually get each other some sort of candy/treat we like and then something fun like a board game, book, or video game and he usually gets me a bouquet of flowers. Last year he got me a Nightmare Before Christmas paper bouquet which I loved because I can keep it up all year and I didn’t have to worry about them dying.” – Liz
“During our first years of dating, we exchanged small gifts like chocolates or candy. It felt more like gifts just for the sake of giving a Valentine’s Day gift. I do like the idea of putting more thought into a gift to celebrate. I love Liz’s tradition of having something fun incorporated with the gift so I’ll likely go with some cutesy Valentine’s candy from Target and a card or board game for my husband this year. And since Valentine’s Day is on a Friday this year, we plan to treat ourselves to a dinner out. We have a few restaurant gift cards too so all the more reason to celebrate!” – Emily
“I LOVE Valentine’s Day. My husband and I don’t exchange gifts but usually go to dinner. I do decorate and I always get my kids a small treat bag or mini gift and probably always will because I just find it fun.” – Amber
“Before we had our daughter, we’d go out to dinner and celebrate. My husband would send flowers or candy with a card. Once she was born, those early Valentine’s Days with a baby/toddler were a blur, and we probably didn’t do much. As she’s grown, we’ve included her in our celebrations. My husband makes dinner and gets us flowers and candy—nothing extravagant. This year, I’m making my daughter a Valentine’s basket since her school doesn’t do exchanges in 7th grade and we’ll go out to eat as a family. And of course, I’ll decorate…I do for every holiday, big or small because I can’t help myself!” – Jessica
“My husband and I don’t exchange gifts – sometimes cards. We do treats for our daughter, and I send little things to the grown kiddos and all the grandkiddos, too.” – Liza
“We will sometimes exchange gifts but we always go out to eat. Usually a long lunch somewhere fun to celebrate the day. But I always get my kiddos a Day treat. I don’t care if they’re in their 60’s. If I’m still around, they’re getting some Valentine’s goodies.” – Cass
“I think my hubby has missed every single Valentine’s Day that we’ve been together due to his job, so I send him with some sort of surprise note, and the babies and I always do a mini ‘party’ with crafts and all the Valentine’s themed goodies. It’s not a huge holiday in my mind and I expect nothing, but it is the perfect excuse to do all the things with LOVE. This year we are making a heart chain and writing one thing we love about a family member each day until the 14th.” – Chelsey
“My boyfriend gifts me some peace and quiet since his family goes on vacation for Valentine’s Day every year. This year they’re going to Japan. What ends up happening is he gets me gifts while he’s on vacation (this year I asked for matcha and skincare!) and I pay for someone to clean the house/do landscaping so he gets back to a sparkly home. Win-win for both of us” – Madison
Some of our Hip sidekicks don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day at all.
“Never been a fan of Valentine’s Day and we don’t exchange gifts or really celebrate at all over here. When my kids were little, we did the classroom Valentine’s for school, but other than that I don’t get my kids anything for Valentine’s Day either.” – Trish
“My hubby and I do a big fat nothing for Valentine’s Day, and we’re totally good with that. 😆 My husband calls it a Hallmark holiday, and honestly… I kinda agree. 😬 I totally get buying Valentine’s exchange goodies for the kids when they’re in school, but I don’t really see the point in exchanging gifts with my husband. There are so many other important days to celebrate – birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day… the list goes on. Plus, I personally love it when my husband does something sweet on a random day, like bringing me a coffee or filling up my gas tank. That means way more to me than flowers on Valentine’s Day!” – Collin
“We don’t go out of our way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. As Collin said, it feels like a Hallmark holiday that I just feel that it adds to the consumerism that I don’t feel good being a part of. That said, I do always find us doing something special just for the sake of showing love to each other. We will normally cook a nice meal that the kids will love and there may or may not be heart shapes involved.” – Sara
“No gifts and we try to avoid restaurants that day. My husband still gets the kids a candy or small treat. One year he forgot and my daughter was like what the heck, Dad? LOL” – Lina
“When my husband and I got together we decided on no Valentine’s Day, too. He did get me a computer mouse one year but I think he had ordered it and it just happened to arrive on Valentine’s Day.” – Elizabeth
Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Hip2Save, we love and appreciate you all. ❤️
My hubby and I do not usually exchange gifts, but we mark the day with something special together- this year we will go to a concert later in the month to celebrate! My favorite gift I am giving this year is library bags I am making for my littles – it is a gift to myself, too, since I won’t have to hold all their books!
How sweet! Love that you and your husband find something special to do together! And the library bags are such a great idea too! Thanks for sharing!
yes!!
My husband and I don’t exchange gifts. We just go out for a really nice dinner together, but always a couple days before or after the 14th to avoid the big crowds.
My husband and I do this too! Thanks for commenting, Tammy!
Yes, it’s usually a simple gift but we always go out on a dinner date!
We don’t exchange V-day gifts, I am thinking about making him a card. On a side note, I would not mind if he bought me one of Lina’s donuts bouquets.
No, we try to show love all the time. That’s a 365/24/7 job!! 😅
This year…I will be making chocolate covered cherries and turtles for Valentine’s Day for hubby and my kiddos.
They will also get a handmade card.
My husband and I don’t usually do gifts but we always make the day special as a family and get our twins gifts and they always get something for each other.
I usually only get a card for my husband and he takes me out for dinner but this year I got one of the Fahlo bracelet you had posted a few days ago. He is very outdoorsy and I thought that this was a sweet idea.
Before or after kids?? Lol 😉 Since having kids, it’s been more about them. We usually just exchange cards on Valentine’s Day and do gifts or go on a trip for our anniversary.
We do not exchange gifts, but we do go for a nice meal to celebrate the occasion.
Yes! Or we go out to a nice dinner!
My husband and I exchange gifts. It’s usually something simple like chocolates. In the past I would get flowers, which I love but asked him to get them for at a different time when the prices aren’t elevated. My favorite gift was a picture from a recent date that my husband had put on a canvas.
Unfortunately my spouse passed away several years ago but when he was here we exchanged cards, candy, & a nice dinner. I sure miss it.
No we don’t he will get me a card or right me a special little note!
We don’t do Valentine’s at all. Flowers, dinners etc all have inflated prices and so would rather save the money for another time. My husband’s birthday is also the 12th and so there is already a celebration. We like to buy things that we like to do together – like a concert or a show rather than gifts.
usually just a bag of treats for my husband
We usually get takeout for after the kids are in bed but we don’t exchange gifts.
I don’t, but definitely think that people who enjoy it should!
We don’t exchange gifts but he always brings me my favorite chocolates and flowers and we go have a nice dinner.
My boyfriend doesn’t acknowledge those kind of holidays, however I just ask for him to cook (he loves to cook) a nice Ribeye for us and I always have a candle lit at the dinner table. I’m good with that.
We will be on a road trip to watch my daughter to play ball, so we will buy each other special treats. I am hoping for some Buccees dark chocolate covered pecans.
My hubby and I do not exchange any gifts. We might try to go out to eat sometime in February and call it our Valentine’s meal, or it might just be dinner out!!!
We do celebrate Valentine’s Day, and our wedding anniversary! Usually, we go out to dinner or take a small weekend getaway, just the two of us!
We typically don’t do gifts but are usually splurging on an upcoming vacation or house project.
Diane P
Over the years we exchanged chocolates, flowers, dinner, but now pretty much just enjoy a nice evening out at our favorite restaurant.
No gifts but we do exchange cards and go out for a nice dinner!
For a wedding anniversary, I made my husband a photo book and an accompanying Spotify playlist. Each page had photos of us or places we had gone, and corresponded with a different song on the playlist. The book doesn’t get a lot of use now, but he still listens to the playlist on the regular.
yes, small gifts
We usually do something small and simple like a card and/or a favorite candy. We don’t make it a huge celebration.
Yes and we go to the Waffle House!
We love Waffle House!
We wish each other a Happy Valentines Day but don’t really spend a lot of money on gifts. He knows and I know and that’s enough for us. : )
Yep I celebrate all the people I ♥️ and look at it as another way to spread kindness and thanks to you guys I was able to get everything on sale I also was able to repurpose some of the after Xmas sale stuff you guys suggested which was nice and I got the heart shaped pasta from Amazon to make a yummy dinner 🙂
We do. It’s not “official” that we do, but we do. I got him some of his favorite candy, a card, and I may get him a GC or scratch ticket. He often gets me a gift, too. I just like to remind him that I love him, while in the midst of our crazy life with two active kiddos.
My husband and I do exchange valentines’ gifts. Gift giving is his love language. The best valentines’ gift that I ever received was one that he gave me when we were young and broke. He put sticky notes with love notes on every mirror in our apartment.
We exchange a small gift – usually just some chocolates from a local confectionery from him to me and a sports shirt or hat from me to him. But my favorite Valentine’s Day tradition is that we don’t go out – we get a heart shaped pizza from a local pizza shop and stay home with the kids and our dog. <3
Usually something small! Nothing too extravagant, as I prefer to show love throughout the year.
I am a 3rd grade teacher, so lots of valentines being exchanged! As for my partner, we exchange small gifts. I always receive flowers and candy and I usually get him a gift card so that he can have a couple of lunches out. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
I usually get the same Walmart dozen red roses from my husband, (despite me telling him not too). I usually don’t get him anything, but this year I’m getting him a dozen eggs with a bow on top. (He won’t stop complaining about egg prices 😂😬).
Hilarious Debbie! I might have to copy you on that one, because my husband also has been complaining about egg prices!
Life is to short to take each other for granted. My husband and I celebrate each other every day. So, we don’t exchange gifts. We feel it’s a Hallmark holiday. We stay away from restaurants as well. They are always overcrowded and the food is rushed and horrible. We do get our kids a small something that they would like but haven’t asked for.
No gifts with the hubby, but I always get some cute little things for my kiddos!
Yes, we love to exchange sweet treats and love notes.
We exchange sweet treats and love notes. My best gift I gave was the doughnut bouquet inspired by your post last year. It was so much fun.
yes, i get something for my husband and the kids, usually a treat, something sweet. we don’t normally buy sweet things.
Valentine’s Day looks a lot different now than it did three years ago. My husband has a brain injury and higher emotions are difficult for him. For now, we are friends who are trying to find a way to live and parent together as we figure out what life looks like going forward.
My favorite Valentine’s with him was in 2014 and I was heavily pregnant with our son. He took me out for a beautiful 5 course meal, the first fancy dining experience we’d had together. We snapped pictures of the food and talked about what we were most looking forward to with the upcoming birth.
Hey Collin! I have been following you since 2008. I have used Hip2Save to do my Christmas shopping for years and years, as well as throughout the year. I’m on here every single day. You’re my fav site/app!!Thank you for what you do! <3
No, we don’t exchange gifts for Valentines Day, but we have a tradition we have been doing for 35 years! We get chinese takeout for dinner and cuddle together on the couch to watch a movie and eat dinner.
No, we don’t exchange gifts.
My husband and I have always exchanged Valentines cards, but they have gotten so expensive! We’ll order takeout and enjoy a night in:)
I love to give out small bags of goodies to all my family and friends as there is no significant other. Getting a small smile from a loved one is awesome and hoping they know i’m thinking of them even if I’m not the most communicative person on the planet 🙂
Usually just with my coworkers.