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.

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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.

Comments

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

Anonymous said

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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.

Anonymous said

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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.

Anonymous said

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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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