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sci

762 posts

sci

WA, 762 posts

14 Feb 2007 5:49pm

Do I go out for a sneaky kite b4 she gets home and buy flowers on the way back.... or do I spend the afternoon wearing an apron preparing a romantic picnic for sunset?

Muxu

NSW

121 posts

Muxu

NSW, 121 posts

14 Feb 2007 7:57pm

kiting!!!

getfunky

4485 posts

getfunky

WA, 4485 posts

14 Feb 2007 6:07pm

sci - I hope your fairer half doesn't have Marine's upper lip hair problem!! Getting whisker rash form a lady friend after a good snog is really not cool...

I could say something about there being notable exceptions and a brazilian solution here but I'm too classy for that...

kitergirl

QLD

206 posts

kitergirl

QLD, 206 posts

14 Feb 2007 7:15pm

tough one but id go kiting !!

Kat

145 posts

Kat

WA, 145 posts

14 Feb 2007 6:26pm

oh wat a ridiculous question dear Sci.

The answer is obvious.

You need to get a lady that kites.

lol.

jj. answer still obvious.

be good to your Valentine.

Juddy

1103 posts

Juddy

WA, 1103 posts

14 Feb 2007 6:27pm

Sci, dude, if your girl can't/won't/doesn't understand the vagaries of the winds & has a problem with you going kiting, simple solution - find a new girl!!

Juddy

lotofwind

NSW

6451 posts

lotofwind

NSW, 6451 posts

14 Feb 2007 9:03pm

Take her down the beach and LET her,thats right,let her video you kiteing.What a great present and privalidge(spelling)

Why am i single

Moritz

NSW

180 posts

Moritz

NSW, 180 posts

14 Feb 2007 9:10pm

Look at the wind forecast. If there's wind for the rest of the week and weekend, go have a romantic valentines day....

If there is no wind for the rest of the week and weekend, tell her that celebrating valentines day on the weekend will be much nicer and you both will have more time to enjoy eachother...

Muxu

NSW

121 posts

Muxu

NSW, 121 posts

14 Feb 2007 9:25pm

ha ha... you truly are a romantic moritz

Saffer

VIC

4501 posts

Saffer

VIC, 4501 posts

14 Feb 2007 9:55pm

Take her for a romantic candlelit dinner at KFC and save the rest of your cash for kiteboarding gear. Say you think valentines day is too commercialised and you'd rather save your romantic time with her for a special occasion and hope she forgets about it.

gruezi

3464 posts

gruezi

WA, 3464 posts

14 Feb 2007 8:55pm

What is it with planning anyway.

All presents etc. taken care of early, then 3 hours of bliss on the water.............now for take away to be eaten at sunset, easy.

eightfootplus

NSW

298 posts

eightfootplus

NSW, 298 posts

15 Feb 2007 1:18am

Buy her cheap roses from Franklins. Take her out for dinner at an expensive resturant, but dont make a booking, forget your wallet, leave her there for 15 minutes to think it over while you go outside to the car to find it. Then ask her if she has any money.

You wont have any problems again, its all about the expectations.

Good luck

doppelganger

VIC

337 posts

doppelganger

VIC, 337 posts

15 Feb 2007 2:05am

Every now and then I think,"I should get a partner".

Then I see a thread like this and I know why I haven't

Thankyou

GreenPat

QLD

4107 posts

GreenPat

QLD, 4107 posts

15 Feb 2007 9:45am

I did a combination of Saffer and Moritz's ideas and it worked great. Checked the forecast and did stuff with her early in the week, then blamed it on valentines day being too commercial.

The key was to do it before the 14th and not after so it didn't look like I'd forgotten.

Also helped that she was doing other stuff yesterday afternoon, there wasn't in fact any wind so I just worked on my mountain bike and sorted out a few documents...

BTW, to those who tell me there was wind in Perth, I don't kite in less than 18 knots anymore...

Freddykite

19 posts

Freddykite

19 posts

15 Feb 2007 8:53am

MY GIRLFRIEND AND I WENT KITING TOGETHER AND HAD A NICE DINNER AFTERWARDS. YOU JUST NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT GIRL

em

318 posts

15 Feb 2007 10:43am

quote:
Originally posted by doppelganger

Every now and then I think,"I should get a partner".

Then I see a thread like this and I know why I haven't

Thankyou

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE!!!!!!

colinwill78

VIC

1395 posts

colinwill78

VIC, 1395 posts

15 Feb 2007 1:27pm

quote:
Originally posted by eightfootplus

Buy her cheap roses from Franklins. Take her out for dinner at an expensive resturant, but dont make a booking, forget your wallet, leave her there for 15 minutes to think it over while you go outside to the car to find it. Then ask her if she has any money.

You wont have any problems again, its all about the expectations.

Good luck

my favourite

simonsays

63 posts

simonsays

WA, 63 posts

15 Feb 2007 12:11pm

quote:
Originally posted by GreenPat

Also helped that she was doing other stuff yesterday afternoon, there wasn't in fact any wind so I just worked on my mountain bike and sorted out a few documents...

Yeah, you right, she did do other stuff with me on valentines day....grrr

sci

762 posts

sci

WA, 762 posts

15 Feb 2007 1:19pm

Thanks everyone for your fantastic advice. In the end I assembled the picnic managed to Kite for 50minutes raced home finished preparing the food just as the GF came through the door.

"You have been busy" "Yes very " :) We then joined the masses of the couples congregated on the beach for a beautiful Valentines Picnic.

Now who says only girls can multi task!

cRAZY Canuk

NSW

2528 posts

cRAZY Canuk

NSW, 2528 posts

15 Feb 2007 3:25pm

If you packed the food and had her meet you at the beach you could have gotten another 20-30 mins of kiting in. Plus you could do a good grass cuter with the kite and lines on the way in and have cleared some space for your self and used the canopy as a sun shade.

Caelah

319 posts

Caelah

WA, 319 posts

15 Feb 2007 1:31pm

Valentine's day is a load of commercial hype.........for flourists and restaurants etc to just milk us out of hard earned $$$.

Definitely if you're going to kite at the weekend then spend a bit of time of your girlfriend.....if it's not going to be windy at the weekend then work around it and work it out.

At the end of the day, you should be able to show your feelings to your girlfriend throughout the year and not on just one day!

puppetonastring

3619 posts

puppetonastring

WA, 3619 posts

15 Feb 2007 1:45pm

Sci thats not a partner you've got - its an anchor.
Some would say there's nothing wrong with a good anchor

but if you have an anchor you have to keep pulling up to check that its OK then you may as well not have one at all

Id be telling her that Im far too busy either :-
1) kiteing

or else
2) out looking for a replacement

Doppleganger - thats a cracker LMFAO but its true.
"Better to have loved & lost than end up miserable for ever"

Kat

145 posts

Kat

WA, 145 posts

15 Feb 2007 9:41pm

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Phil

You crack me up something chornic man!

Seriously.

An anchor! lol. Wat a way of putting it. ha ha ha.

oh dear.....if thats how you view women who do not kite.

lol.....

GreenPat

QLD

4107 posts

GreenPat

QLD, 4107 posts

16 Feb 2007 1:19am

Valentines day is all well and good, as long as we don't forget its counterpart that occurs on March the 14th. I won't post it on here for risk of getting in strife with Laurie, but you all know what it is

(if you don't google does).

elizabethb

QLD

2081 posts

elizabethb

QLD, 2081 posts

16 Feb 2007 1:52am

lol onya Pat... I remember this topic at the same time last year being brought up...

Time 4 all the girls 2 go kiting and leave the blokes at home

Rob C

NSW

27 posts

Rob C

NSW, 27 posts

16 Feb 2007 11:05am

Go kiting and if "THE GENERAL" is angry when you return just ask her what she has bought you?

Why does everyone think Valentines day means the blokes have to buy the girls presents and take them out to dinner!!!!

I am still waiting on that girl that will buy me presents and take me out to dinner! I have been waiting a LONG time............

getfunky

4485 posts

getfunky

WA, 4485 posts

16 Feb 2007 12:34pm

quote:
Valentines day is all well and good, as long as we don't forget its counterpart that occurs on March the 14th. I won't post it on here for risk of getting in strife with Laurie, but you all know what it is (if you don't google does).

Crikey!! I hadn't heard of this before!!!

Well I am married with squids so that is probably not a surprise...

After reading I was very prepared to forgo an almost vegetarian stance, until i checked my 5 yearly calender - March 14th only seems to appear every few years

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