If you’re part of a couple, and at least one of you is a girl, there’s probably a song you regard as “yours” — a ditty, often found in heavy rotation on adult contemporary radio around February 14, that symbolizes your love.
In honor of such admittedly barf-inducing practices, here’s a guide to V-Day giving based on lyrics that might describe your relationship.
“Give to me your leather, take from me my lace …”
It’s the very special couple who knows traditional gender stereotypes can be fun. Dress her up in a Funktion apron (and nothing else). Send him off to enjoy the “articles” in The Playboy Book, a retrospective of the magazine’s 50-year history.
“Hold me now, ohhhh hold my heart …”
Wish you had more than one heart to give? Spring & Clifton’s just-for-V-Day Heart Bag may just kill her with cuteness; while My Beating Heart, a soft stuffed heart that actually beats like a real one, will give him something to hold onto (other than the obvious) when she’s not around.
“You give me the sweetest taboo …”
Indulgent types love V-Day; it’s an excuse to do what they do best. She’ll happily devour a box of Coco-luxe’s beautiful chocolates. He can tote his fancy Cubans in his new Porsche pocket case from Joe’s Humidor.
“We are the world, we are the children …”
Do-gooders fall in love, too. He’ll go ape when you tell him you’re sponsoring an orangutan in his name. For her, Nicola Vruwink’s I Heart You necklace sends the right message — and 20 percent of proceeds to UNICEF’s Emergency Relief Fund.
“The long and winding road …”
The couple that’s weathered many a storm deserves something extra special — estate cuff links or a Dior Black Tie iPod case for him and a Baccarat heart or Pade Vavra ring for her.
“I’ve had the blues, the reds, and the pinks. One thing for sure: Love stinks.”
Okay, so not everyone enjoys Valentine’s Day. For the bitter male buddy, get Reality Bedding, comforters that depict hot chicks in suggestive poses. And help her put that last loser in perspective with 50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours.
Or just make a mix of the above tunes and throw in a few of your own. After all, the world is full of silly love songs.
And what’s wrong with that, we’d like to know.














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