Saturday is "Sweetest Day"

“Just a reminder - out her on the West Coast, for some reason, lots of people have never even HEARD of Sweetest Day. It's sorta like Valentine's Day in the Fall...

Do YOU know about it?

I just started a new relationship, and have dinner plans. Known her for almost two years, but finally got around to something more than a lunch date...

I think a nice, romantic dinner, a simple flower arrangement, and some dancing might be a nice evening, huh?

She'll never even see it coming!”

“Good on you Obi Wan!!!

Best of luck!”

“Do ya'll ever talk about backpacking?”

“sweetest day is sooo hokey”

“mapper needs to take a hike.”

“Everyday is sweetest day around the Birch&Joy house phewey on Hallmark holidays! (Maybe I am Bacpac)”

“My sentiments exactly, Joy.

Obi - how come you didn't do the dinner/flower/dancing thing last weekend? See my point?

Not trying to offend. Actually, I commend you. Many women will expect something on Sweetest Day and Valentines Day. So go for it. But don't let it stop you from doing something romantic on any other day of the year.”

“I didn't know about Sweetest Day, either. It sucks that there has to be two Valentine's Days. As if not getting something the first time around wasn't bad enough.”

“LOL,..Newgirl!”

“Don't feel bad Newgirl, get yourself something!”

“newgirl - at any time this year has a guy done something nice/romantic for you? if so, then you've had your sweetest day or valentine's day. who cares if it happens in february or octobe?”

“That was nice Tarabull. I guess I'm covered and my attitude is changed. Everyone have a wonderful Sweetest Day!”

“also - sweetest day doesn't have to be for a lover. isn't your daughter the sweetest thing in your life? why don't you plan a sweetest day for her?”

“Who needs a date? I am available.”

“Obi Wan, just let the force be with you, it will guide you down the correct path. Hopefully to your lovers heart.

I didn't even know about sweetest day, I guess Mrs. Tahoe will have to settle for plain old Saturday. But the weekend is always sweet.”

“Hey, that is a good idea. I might just do that.

I also know a few guys that I would love to be my sweetest . . .

Hahaha! I'm joking. Tarabull, that really was a cute idea.”

“Obi, I think you just made it up. Nobody else has ever heard of it!”

“Congratulations Obi!”

“There's no such thing as sweetest day. It's not marked on any calendar here, so it can't exist!

I think it's obviously a holiday fabricated by a certain greeting card company in order to boost sales during the slow autumn months.

And oooh! What a conspiracy! It's not even on a set day. It's on the third Saturday after the first full moon of the autumnal equinox. What a perfect set-up for a tear-filled argument at how I could POSSIBLY have been so INSENSITIVE that I didn't get a Sweetest Day gift for her! I have enough trouble remembering birthdays and anniversaries. Now this?!

Bah-humbug!”

“One of these days I am going to find Ms. Right in this sea of skeezers. Everyday will be Sweetness Day for Ms. Right.”

“It takes a skeezer to know a skeezer!!

Hey, Obi, have fun!! Perhaps a serenade???? hehehehee”

“I think Fritz is right. Hallmark did not have any sweetest day cards. Is this a "local" kind of thing Obi?”

“Hey lizs, Ya think a couple skeezers could get together for Sweetness Day?”

“I am familiar w/ Sweetest Day. My Target stores has Sweetest Day cards.

Please tell me which states don't know about it... and I'll move!”

“Never heard of it, so I looked it up.

http://www.creativechocolates.com/sweetestday.html”

“I am one of those saps that likes celebrating sweetest day. There is nothing more endearing to me to see my lady smile, and know that she is loved. I would always try to show that throughout the year, but would try to do something special on cheesy holidays such as sweetest day.

Alas, it looks like flower sales will be down this year. lol”

“gee. who would have thought that "sweetest day" might have been created by a candy company?

hmm....”

“It's a midwestern thing, like euchre and pop. Too bad we don't get a long weekend for it - we need our own Patriot's Day or Casimir Pulaski's Birthday. Oh, but my school gets MLK Day off for the first time. So, I guess that's progess.”

“RL - Obi lives in California. So maybe its not a midwestern thing...

buddha - if you want, you can send me flowers!”

“Tarabull, consider it done!”

“Sweetest day is sh!t”

“Obi - I didn't realize you were such a romantic mush. Have you taken her to Foothill Cafe yet? or you still saving that for me???

fyi, obi lives in CA but comes from the mid-west. I've lived mostly in California and never heard of it but I am also a hopeless non-romantic.”

“I'm from CA...I've never heard of it.
I'm taking my wife to the local High School football game tonight,
does that count??? :)”

“Please keep this crap out of my region of the Midwest.
Beat me with the cute stick, why don't you?”

“Here is a pic of my sweetest and me...
My Sweetest and me”

“bacpac, how could a woman actually contact you if they were interested? You're not exactly too responsive, lol.

liz, did you know that Obi sings karaoke? Singing just may work!

Obi, sing her some Tom Jones tunes.”

“lipstick, I respond to all emails from self assured women who know when it is time to clean the house and when it is time to get naked.”

“Bread in the oven and buns in bed! Oooops, wrong thread.”

“bacpac, what about self-assured women that clean the house naked?”

“lol lipstick! bacpac would do what he has done in the past... hand her a B.O.B.!!”

“Alas poor Sunshine. A Briggs&Stratton mounted to a Louisville slugger wouldn't make a dent in her libido.”

“LOL Is THAT all the better you can do, bacpac?! You're slipping.”

“Could you cross your legs? I am getting an echo.”

“DULP! That is the equivalent to falicly comparing a man to his thumb!”

“Now where is Radagast to demand you apologize?”

“Why is he falicly 'thumbish'?”

“Hey Lipstick, the best idea you've had all year. Sherry and I went to Vegas for our anniversary in August and actually saw Tom live!

Don't laugh guys, it works.”

“OK, you guys... I guess I gotta clear the air here.

Tarabull - because I just asked her out to dinner for the first time. It simply happened to coincide with S.D. You're raining on my parade, here...

Joy & Newgirl - Can'thelp being a romantic, and in fact, I enjoy it. Every day SHOULD be as you say, Joy, but c'mon, Newgirl... You read as if you REGRET there's even a VALENTINE'S Day.

It seems to me that, while everyone deserves to know - every day - how special they may be to their significant other, it goes without saying that we sometimes take these things for granted. How many of YOU have accused your S.O.'s of THAT?

Sweetest Day, such as it is, should be, simply, another especially set aside day, significant to those who believe it to be so, to set aside time for someone special, be it significant other, child, even friend.

For me, it's simply another excuse to go out of my way, do something unique and memorable, something I WOULDN'T normally do every day... something I CAN'T do every day.

Lizs... she's heard me sing before... that didn't drive her away - yet.

Pepperdog... Foothill's all yours, babe! And so am I! LOL (Did I say I was a DOG?)

Lipstick... I prefer Englebert, but Sinatra works good, too!

China Chas... Ya see, I knew that... they didn't... until now. "When I sing you to sleep, after the lovin'..."”

“Obi you're right, many people take the special ones in their lives for granted. The thing with sweetest and valentine's day that bugs me is that most people think it's all about giving and getting stuff, not love or affection or appreciation.”

“joy - did you get me anything for sweetest day? what, no card? no candy? no flowers? you must not love me.”