Women Are Sharing Their Valentine’s Day “Disasters,” And I Physically Winced Reading These

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“A guy asked me out on Valentine’s Day with some flowers and chocolates in hand at the end of our high school year. I never received a romantic gift before, so I awkwardly accepted his gift with a ‘thank you so much.’ He then got upset that I didn’t immediately want to jump into his arms. I unfortunately forgave his attitude, thinking that maybe he just needed a chance and maybe it was my fault for not reacting with more joy that he bought me flowers and chocolates. He ended up being a terrible boyfriend, and he loved to bring up that he got me flowers and chocolates on Valentine’s Day, even though he never got me anymore gifts after we started dating. Anytime I made him mad or if we argued, he would hold it over my head about the flowers and chocolates he got once in our relationship. I now hate receiving flowers from men and am happy to never get gifts from them ever again if that means they can’t hold it against my head like a gun.”

—Not_good_with_math

“This is the worst ‘I gave you a present, so now you owe me’ attitude. One of my earliest boyfriends did this and it brought back bad memories seeing my teenage daughter wearing the bracelet he gave me when I was 17. Eff him, and I’m sure he’s getting roasted at the local high school because I tell my daughter how awful he was.”

—Winter-Fold7624