How to Give Your Girlfriend a Valentine's Day Present

By eHow Holidays & Celebrations Editor

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Whether it's your first Valentine's Day together or your fourth, the gift can become a source of anxiety for you and your girlfriend unless you know exactly how to present it.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

  • Greeting Cards
  • Flowers
  • Photo Frames
  • Champagne
  • Bubble Baths
  • Diamond Earrings
  • Massage Gift Certificates
  • Theater Tickets

Step1
Determine your girlfriend's expectations for a gift, especially if this is your first Valentine's Day together. If she's the kind of person who likes the works (Champagne, dinner, flowers and a gift), knowing this ahead of time will pre-empt disappointment on her part and embarrassment on yours if your gift wasn't quite up to par.
Step2
Plan a special evening to celebrate your love so that the gift itself doesn't become the sole display of your affection.
Step3
Ask her what she'd like for Valentine's Day (so she knows you're planning something), but consider giving her a personalized gift - a framed photograph you took, a poem you wrote, a piece of jewelry you had custom-made for her. And speaking of jewelry ...
Step4
Wrap your present in a box that won't give your gift away or lead to disappointment if, say, you've been dating for several years now and still aren't ready to step up to the plate. In other words, if it's not a diamond, don't dare put your gift in a little square box.
Step5
Offer your present before or after dinner, making sure to tell her you love her while she's opening it.

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nilanjan said

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on 2/14/2008 I NEED A GIRLFRIEND FOR LONG TERM BASIS.PLEASE CONTACT ME nilanjan79@hotmail.com.my name is nilanjan,age29,work in a mnc.

jjmess said

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on 2/1/2008 For more about Valentine's Day why not drop in and visit me and my friends at our love and relationship thread on the forum pages: http://www.ehow.com/community/forums/topic_33827_valentine’s-day:-in-love?-broken-hearted?-alone?-how-do-you-deal?.aspx

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on 6/30/2006 Never forget to give your girlfriend a little something when it comes to special occasions, like Valentine's Day. If you can not be in town during the special day, then have one of your parents give her a gift from you.

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on 3/16/2006 You know those nice expensive boxes of chocolates? you know, the assorted ones? They are a bad idea, trust me. It is better to find out what she likes, and buy a lot of those and put them in some nice packaging. A homemade box says you care.

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on 11/22/2005 I can't say I agree more with the idea that you shouldn't give gifts in small square shaped boxes on Valentine's Day! I had this happen 2 years ago with a long-term boyfriend, and my heart started pounding wildly only to find out that the box was filled with cute (and inexpensive) earrings to hold me over until we left the restaurant.

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