While candy and flowers are the most traditional Valentine's Day gifts, here are some other gift ideas and ways to plan that perfect night, straight from the ladies’ mouths:
Senior Dinah McKenny describes her ideal date as a quiet evening with her Valentine. She says she'd prefer “to just spend quality time, be romantic. Maybe watch movies together,” she says.
Senior Melissa Stroud says, “I want my date to cook for me.” She also mentioned watching a movie and spending time together.
Quality time with that significant other seems to be in high demand on a female’s “Ideal Valentine’s Day” list.
As far as gifts go, the price tag does not play a role. Gifts from the heart are very important on this special day, say women. Today’s females seem not to want to be showered with the lavish things of life this Valentine’s season.
McKenny says that she wants “nothing, just Justin (Jones)”.
Senior Onikqua Adams had that same answer. She wants her Valentine, senior Melvin Jones, to give “himself.”
Stroud’s ideal gift would come from the heart. “A card that they made themselves, with a poem that shows how they feel,” she says.
Candy and flowers have always been one of the most fitting gifts for such an occasion. According to aboutflowers.com, flowers are mostly bought by males, however 33 percent of flowers are purchased by women.
Valentine’s Day is the fourth most popular day for sending flowers in America, according to The Society of American Florists. It accounts for 17 percent of all flowers sales annually, the society reports. The most popular occasion to send flowers is the Christmas season, followed by Mother’s Day and Easter, the society reports.
But at Southfield High, students say it’s the little things that count the most – priceless gifts, like sharing movies and homemade cards together.
Of course, movies and cards do go nicely with flowers.