• JCreazy@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    Cards are the biggest waste of money. Any time I get one in the mail, I’ll read it and it goes straight to the recycling.

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        5 months ago

        I kept the wedding invitation card from my step brother and my now step sister in law for several years.

        It was just a folded piece of regular cardboard with a picture of them and a standard invitation message and I see them once a year, if even that often 😄

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    5 months ago

    That’s a great idea!

    Go to the flower shop with your wife and I give her the flowers and I get a hug. Then she puts the flowers back and we go home. Such an awesome idea!

    I gotta ask my wife. Is yours available? Oh my wife said no. But I’m sure someone will do it!

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    5 months ago

    The only cards that are worth something to me are the ones with personal messages in them. If it’s just your signature, it’s going in the trash tomorrow.

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      5 months ago

      I buy the bulk pack of general purpose gift cards. Some have got flowers on the front. Others say Happy Birthday in gender neutral styling. They’re all blank on the inside. I write messages to people. The pack of 20 cards costs about the same as two of those shitty pre-written gift cards.

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      5 months ago

      See, I’m the same. I don’t even get anyone cards.

      However, I did get a duck card for Christmas, and I have tapered it to my wall.

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        5 months ago

        Prices for cards are kinda ridiculous. You’re lucky if you can find one for $1 any more. Most are around $4-5.

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        5 months ago

        Some people don’t attach value or sentimentality to $5 valentine’s day cards and would rather just spend time with their partner and spending time picking out a good card for each other can be fun. I personally like the funny ones so it can be fun to pick those out, show them to your partner, have a laugh together, and then put them back. The card brings the same amount of joy, but you don’t have to spend money or throw it away later.