“Sorry I meant unromantic! Typo.”

“Years ago my friend's father pushed a card through my door containing a pair of fish net tights.

Not QUITE as creepy as it sounds because she is about 15 years younger than me so the age gap isn't as much as it sounds.

He denied it but I knew it was him especially when he claimed to have seen a bloke who I had been recently going out with, deliver the card as he was standing at his front door. He lives far too far away from my house to see anyone approach it, apart from the fact that he'd no idea what this man looked like.”

“Fishnet stockings would have been far classier.”

“Not sure with this one , i like to be romantic alas i fear its wasted on my girlfriend unless i had four legs and a saddle on my back that is.When we met i went to hire a car from her place of work and came out with a date as well.
Dont know were it went wrong .”

“G69, did you return the netting to the trawler he must have stolen it from? :-D”

“Missfoodlove,

Maybe it`s my age but I really don`t think fishnet anything is classy.”

“Flossy,
It's how you wear it- on the street not so good, in the bedroom good, in a 5 star hotel bedroom after an amazing meal and the day shopping they can become very classy indeed!”

“It's just a money making racket to me,like numerous other days for no reason,except maybe Mothers day. Although flowers suddenly become much more expensive then.
I'm not really romantic as such but my wife likes thoughtful regularly rather than on invented dates.”

“Missfoodlove, given the fact that you seem to enjoy the finer things in life, please tell us how you ended up with Mr. Foodlove?!”

“Missfoodlove

Might have been stockings come to think of it. Put whatever they were straight into the bin.”

“I've seen a little car that I wanted to buy myself and wrap up in a bow with 'To me, from me' on the gift-tag. I'm just four and a half grand short. Darn it! Hope Donald Trump is reading this, Looks like I'll console meself with a bottle of blue-nun and a chinese unless anyone wants to treat me....”

“Missfoodlove,

No, sorry. Still think they`re more tarty than classy.”

“Mr DJ,
Mr Foodlove also likes the finer things in life, he does not however buy in to events like Valentines day, he makes up for it the rest of the year though! We have just returned from a weekend away in a very fabulous hotel and yes some shopping! No fishnets though Flossy, I am not a cheap bird! I have discovered a penchant for the Mary Portas knickers though, very nice and very British.”

“Missfoodlove,

Does Ms portas know you`re wearing her knickers? Lol”

“flossy

Yes of course the fishnet stockings/tights (now I think stockings) were tarty. (Even tartier when women wear them with white shoes).That was the whole point of my reply to Miss Foodlove's question about non-romantic gestures.

The idea of Valentine's Day is to send anonymous cards/gifts to someone you fancy/love from afar. It sounds romantic but when it actually happens, even if the gift had been classy, it's all very creepy. Even creepier when it's your mate's married father.”

“MFL - Please tell me that this courgette was for tea ;)

When you complained did he say please yourself ?”

“No bt13, it wasn't for tea, he had been to a florist, seen the price of the flowers and purchased a courgette, possibly out of courtesy . Sadly he brought it to the hospital! Had I not been immobilised (caesarean section) he would have been in casualty having the offending vegetable removed!
Did you have a fabulous holiday?”

“Lovely thanks .... blink and your back to work :(”

“on topic - a mate of mine moaned that her husband was always tinkering with his car in the garage and she needed some attention so he bought her a baby monitor so they could chat ????

before you all ask no this is not me ... the range of a baby monitor does not reach the local pub :)”