Washington’s Guide to Trendy Valentine’s Day Gifts

You want to be romantic but not old-fashioned. You want to be sweet and hip. You want to give your valentine a gift that is a thought “out-of-the-box”, but also not so beyond the norm that your partner will question their decision to be with you in the first place. Well, we have some suggestions for you with these Top 10 Trendy Gifts for Valentine’s Day!

The Valentine's Day Gift Fail

We’ve all been there, trying so hard to find the most fantastic, most thoughtful gift, only for it to be met with a ‘meh’ response. One example of this comes from a previous relationship I was in, and it could have been better handled on both sides.

My girlfriend at the time (I believe) waited until the last minute to find a Valentine’s gift. I never asked for one, I don’t believe that it’s a real holiday, or at least not one that was meant for guys like me. But she got me a gift that I was less than enthused about.

Four ceramic statues of turtles (photo above). I’ve always liked turtles. I actually had a few statues and trinkets before I was given these four, and being a child of the 80s, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were (and in some ways, are still) one of my favorite things.

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I was given these as a gift for Valentine’s Day, and my reaction wasn’t what she was hoping for. I had accidentally released the ‘meh’ face, and I regret that. She took offense, and Valentine’s Day was ruined, until I found the receipt for them the next day, and realized that she had purchased them at 8 pm on February 13th.

In other words, I was a last-minute thought, but because my response wasn’t enthusiastic, I was the bad guy. Luckily, we can now look back and laugh at this incident (now that we’re no longer in a relationship with each other and are still good friends), and I still have the turtles sitting in my living room.

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But don’t let this gift-giving situation happen to you. Practice your gift-opening face and reactions, and more importantly, put some effort into a gift, like one of these trending gift ideas below.

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