Valentines, Easter cards, any point or....

[Khamelion]

....just a waste of money?

We tend to buy cards for :-

• Easter
• Christmas
• Valentines
• Fathers/Mothers Day
• Halloween
• New Year

Along with cards for Birthdays, births, deaths, weddings, engagements, new home/job, passing a test/exam of some sort, retirement, but is there really any point?

For me a lot of cards are just a pointless waste of money. I mean take today, 14th Feb, Valentines day, why do you need to spend a fortune on a card that will stay stood for 1 possibly 2 days before it goes in the bin and then there is the over priced flowers, surely people don't need one day a year to remind them that they love someone.

I do understand that people have relatives all over the world and that sending a card is a way of expressing their feelings from afar.

But Easter, Valentines, Halloween, New Year, are cards for those events really necessary?

Yes the option is there for you not to buy one, but the fact they are there pressures people into thinking they are somehow lacking or are bereft of thought if they do not.

Me and he missus didn't buy each other cards today, no flowers or chocs or wine, instead we are going out and spending what we have in the past on a nice meal and enjoying each others company. BY nice meal I mean something of the specials board at the pub quiz tonight.

 

[Hobbit]

We don't do Valentine's cards... strangely enough we went to bed together last night and woke up together. Maybe we even care for each other.... well, she is good at ironing.

We do buy each other a fancy Christmas card but there's a specific quirky theme to them and its more of a personal tradition thing. Birthday cards we're not fussed about - who needs reminding they are getting old.

Didn't even know you could get a Halloween card, and I'm vaguely aware of Easter cards!

Mum and dad are both gone, for both of us - God, how I wish we could buy another card for them!

As for spending a fortune on a card, c'mon, its only a few quid. Over priced, probably but surely its the sentiment that's important.

 

[MegaSteve]

Think last Xmas we sent/received the fewest number of cards I can recollect... Think that is one 'celebration' that has gone 'digital'... Can't remember ever sending/receiving Easter cards... Birthday cards are now just for the kids or 'special' birthdays... And, for me, Valentines has only ever been one card per year... So, even for a tightwad like me no biggie...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

We don't do Valentine's cards... strangely enough we went to bed together last night and woke up together. Maybe we even care for each other.... well, she is good at ironing.

We do buy each other a fancy Christmas card but there's a specific quirky theme to them and its more of a personal tradition thing. Birthday cards we're not fussed about - who needs reminding they are getting old.

Didn't even know you could get a Halloween card, and I'm vaguely aware of Easter cards!

Mum and dad are both gone, for both of us - God, how I wish we could buy another card for them!

As for spending a fortune on a card, c'mon, its only a few quid. Over priced, probably but surely its the sentiment that's important.

We bought cards - it just shows we (actually I) haven't forgotten - and as in my Valentine's thread - we did meet on Valentine's Day - and got engaged on Valentine's day - so it's a wee bit special for us.

I used to buy my mum a Mothers Day card - and the children still give cards. Sometimes I get a Father's Day card - but I'm not bothered.

Birthday Cards - immediate family only. Though dearest seems to have a list of all her girl pals and they all get one...

We still send a fair few Christmas Cards. At church we have a Christmas Greetings board and give to our chosen Christmas Charity what we might have spent giving cards to other church members.

Halloween Cards - tosh!

 

[Khamelion]

As for spending a fortune on a card, c'mon, its only a few quid. Over priced, probably but surely its the sentiment that's important.

It may not be a fortune, but for a reasonably decent card with poignant sentiment in the verse, you're still looking at £5 or more for what is essentially coloured card and envelope. People will read this and think skint flint, but I don't need to spend money on a (valentines) card to express my love. I can and do tell my missus everyday that I love her and rather than be her flowers when an event dictates, I'll buy her them when she least expects them,

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I got one referring to me as being Mr Right........signed inside by Mrs Always-Right.

 

[Khamelion]

At church we have a Christmas Greetings board and give to our chosen Christmas Charity what we might have spent giving cards to other church members.

A year or two back one or wor lasses friends, said she as no longer going to send Christmas cards out and instead of spending X on the cards, she was going to donate that amount to charity, which I think is a far better idea.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Valentine's day, Mothers day and Fathers day is everyday imo.

 

[Khamelion]

Valentine's day, Mothers day and Fathers day is everyday imo.

100% agree, shouldn't need one day a year to remind you.

 

[Orikoru]

I agree largely. Christmas just gone I only bought three cards - one for the missus, one for my parents and one for my nan. Didn't bother for anyone else, they just get put up for a week and then binned. I will probably get the missus a Valentine card, only because she finds it cute and it won't cost much. I haven't bought it yet though, will just grab one on the way home probably.

 

[Khamelion]

On my birthday, rather than buy me a card, my dad gets me a lottery ticket, for the price of a card I get a couple of lines which may end up being the best card ever, or like other birthday cards it goes in the bin.

 

[Orikoru]

On my birthday, rather than buy me a card, my dad gets me a lottery ticket, for the price of a card I get a couple of lines which may end up being the best card ever, or like other birthday cards it goes in the bin.

Good idea to be honest. I might do that for that missus instead, I'll draw a love heart on it. :lol:

 

[Imurg]

Valentine's day, Mothers day and Fathers day is everyday imo.

Big Stu gets it right:whoo::whoo:

 

[Pathetic Shark]

Isn't a case of "what would be the cost if you didn't"?

Years ago I sent an ex of mine a bouquet of weeds. The flower shop were well up for it and delivered it. The card was something along the lines of "so we've split up, am I sad? No way b---- I'm really glad". Apparently she was really excited when she saw the delivery van turn up and a couple of her friends were there at the time. Went down a storm with our crowd for having the balls to do it. Needless to say we didn't get back together.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

On Christmas Cards...

I still think it nice to spend a little time choosing a card for a close friend, and maybe writing a note of maybe a couple of lines - especially to friends you don't see very often. The art of card sending is disappearing (letter writing has almost gone) - when actually it is nice to receive a card in the post. Because it means that the sender has spent a little time thinking of you and, just like a card sent as a 'thankyou' for a gift, or hospitality, or kind act of friendship or support; a Christmas Card from a close friend I think is an act that cements the friendship - and very much more so than any Email or Text could.

 

[Orikoru]

On Christmas Cards...

I still think it nice to spend a little time choosing a card for a close friend, and maybe writing a note of maybe a couple of lines - especially to friends you don't see very often. The art of card sending is disappearing (letter writing has almost gone) - when actually it is nice to receive a card in the post. Because it means that the sender has spent a little time thinking of you and, just like a card sent as a 'thankyou' for a gift, or hospitality, or kind act of friendship or support; a Christmas Card from a close friend I think is an act that cements the friendship - and very much more so than any Email or Text could.

When I get birthday cards for close family I always try and pick funny cards that will make them laugh. As I think making someone laugh is more worthwhile then just getting them a bit of card that says happy birthday on it.

 

[Tashyboy]

Did it today and done it every year. This year was probably a bit more poignant. It's not so much the good times that have kept us together. But the bad times that have got us closer. Been one or two of those of late.

BURMA, BOLTOP, SWALK, ITALY. oh am rolling back the years

 

[anotherdouble]

Christmas birthday and anniversary are the only ones we get each other. No need for any others.

 

[full_throttle]

no valentines cards in this house, went out last night two meals for £10,

xmas cards cost pennies so send about 20 at the most, birthdays for family only

any received go into recycle bin

 

[Tashyboy]

no valentines cards in this house, went out last night two meals for £10,

xmas cards cost pennies so send about 20 at the most, birthdays for family only

any received go into recycle bin

Am gonna pass me seasonal greetings onto you now and put my card to you straight into my bin. 😁👍