Valentine's Day chocolate if she's overweight?
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Get her a head of cauliflower.
It sorta looks like a flower, has "flower" in it's name, and it's healthy!
You can thank me later
On a more serious note, I'm not a fan of the cliche flowers and chocolate for Valentine's Day. I like to get Mrs. Juggernaut romantic, but not traditional gifts - a massage gift certificate, something off her Christmas list that she didn't get, an overnight getaway, etc.0 -
its one day , if she wants the chocolate she should have the chocolate ...and the indulgent dinner0
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Tough to tell. I told my husband flat out, no food for Vday. You know something sparkly never goes amiss.0
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I would ask. "Hey, are you eating chocolate these days or not?"
Last year on my birthday I took the day off work. I heard my husband ask my daughter if she wanted a donut. A few minutes later, keys in hand, he said "I'm going to Dunkin' Donuts. I'll be back in a few minutes." Hooray, birthday donut! Right? Nope. He came back with donuts for him and her, that's it. He assumed I wouldn't want one because of the calories. I assumed he would know that I wouldn't care about calories on my birthday. We were both wrong.0 -
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It is Valentine's day, not Chocolate day. Unless you two have a long standing tradition where for the last 20 years you have been bringing her chocolate, since you already have reservations about chocolate being the right choice, time to become a bit more creative0
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We always do chocolates... but since we lost weight together, we opted for a shared 1lb instead of 1lb each!
If it's tradition, do it. Otherwise, don't worry.0 -
It's one of those 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' kind of thing sadly. I say get her chocolates, but a small box of very tasty ones.0
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cross2bear wrote: »
Yes, the perfect celebration of a fake holiday is the gift of an inflated market based on the deaths of children.
*nailed it*0 -
enterdanger wrote: »Tough to tell. I told my husband flat out, no food for Vday. You know something sparkly never goes amiss.
It does if the woman is picky about those things. Either she has to keep it to prevent having the SO feel badly and be pissed that money was wasted and she has to wear something she doesn't like, or she takes it back and SO is annoyed because he thought he was doing super special and it wasn't appreciated.
With some couples, jewelry (and clothing) is a no-win situation unless it's presented as 'here's a gift certificate, pick what you like'.0 -
I love chocolate and still eat some most days! I would suggest individually wrapped/fun size chocolates so she only has to eat one or two pieces at a time. I had a 37 calorie dark chocolate dove heart today that was fabulous!0
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I would ask. "Hey, are you eating chocolate these days or not?"
Last year on my birthday I took the day off work. I heard my husband ask my daughter if she wanted a donut. A few minutes later, keys in hand, he said "I'm going to Dunkin' Donuts. I'll be back in a few minutes." Hooray, birthday donut! Right? Nope. He came back with donuts for him and her, that's it. He assumed I wouldn't want one because of the calories. I assumed he would know that I wouldn't care about calories on my birthday. We were both wrong.
It's so hard to support someone losing weight, I'd imagine! I hope he split his doughtnut with you0 -
No way. Chocolate can start a binge. Get her a gorgeous fruit basket. Harry and David has to die for pears. No Chocolate!0
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If she is trying but struggling to lose weight.. I'd stick with flowers and maybe a cute date. Take her skating perhaps! No need to even bring up chocolates. They're less standard a Valentine's gift than people think IMO.
I don't think it's like calling her fat without the words. Personally it shows that you care and are supportive. But I'm also not inclined to take offence at things like that so it really depends how sensitive she is. Have you given her chocolates every single other year? Would it seem amiss to her?0 -
Get her just a few REALLY expensive, nice chocolates in a fancy box. That way it's still a decadent, thoughtful gift, but it's not too much of a dieting setback.0
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cross2bear wrote: »
Yes, the perfect celebration of a fake holiday is the gift of an inflated market based on the deaths of children.
*nailed it*
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I'd be thrilled if hubby gets me a small box of expensive/handcrafted chocolate. It's something I wouldn't normally buy for myself and we could share it after dinner
Geez. Now I want chocolate lol.0 -
I would say no to the chocolate. Get something else like a cute stuffed animal with the flowers. Or jewelry. I am always relieved when my boyfriend doesn't give me chocolate.0
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AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »cross2bear wrote: »
Yes, the perfect celebration of a fake holiday is the gift of an inflated market based on the deaths of children.
*nailed it*
Ha ha ha my thoughts exactly. Pretty sure the original post about a chocolate diamond wasn't meant to be taken seriously . . . or even if it was, let's all just be happy0 -
There are lots of suggestions, but I don't see my preference:
Two or three, decadent, rich chocolate truffles. Sure, they're going to have a few more calories than you average Hershey's Kiss, but you only buy a couple/few of them. It gives her the chocolate fix in a way she might not get to enjoy that often (i.e. fancy), and it doesn't bust her diet.0
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