Showing posts with label playlist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label playlist. Show all posts

2/2/12

Valentine's Day gifts

I know that Valentine's Day can be an awkward time for people trying to give gifts. If you're new to a relationship you don't know what's acceptable to give. If you've been in one for a while you wonder what the other person expects, should you give something to your best friend?

I know these things are confusing, but it's kind of like Christmas but less of a big deal. If you have a significant other definitely get them something. Guys can't go wrong with flowers, chocolates or jewelry depending on the length of the relationship. Girls can't go wrong with baking treats and possibly something else. Guys are a mystery to me with gifts sometimes.

Homemade gifts are always good. You know, painted frames, a list of things you love about the person (try this craft), or maybe a nice old school mix tape. But you know it will have to be a CD because God knows none of us have the knowledge anymore of how to make that, and who knows if the recipient would even have a tape player? There's this one, a fabric love note in a frame, which looks a little too complicated for me. But on a similar note to that you could just get a frame, but lined paper in it, possibly decorate the frame a bit, and then use a dry erase marker to leave messages to each other on it. Get it? You'd write on the glass!

I'll give you a little example of a Valentine's Day CD I made for my parents. I themed it from the 60s because I remember my mom playing these songs on the radio. This could work as a theme for anyone. I mean, who wouldn't want a 90s love song CD? I'm sure everyone would appreciate that. Or if you have a friend that likes country...you could theme it by genre. I would want that CD, not going to lie.

Vintage Valentine's Playlist

11/2/11

No one should marry for love

I thoroughly disagree with this statement, but if you think about the facts, it makes a sad kind of sense. According to a Huffington Post article, no one should actually marry purely for love. They even advice you to ask your fiance why they want to marry you. If the answer is "Because I love you" you should tell them that isn't good enough.

Personally, I find that to be the exact answer people want to hear, along with "Because you're beautiful, funny, talented, interesting and kind," but I guess I'm just easy-going. The new statistics actually show people are getting divorced because they fell out of love with each other as opposed to something like infidelity or abuse. So, maybe they are on to something. And who knows when you might fall out of love and want to end your marriage/relationship. I mean, look at Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage. It's embarrassing, but not uncommon.

What I mean is, people get divorced for "irreconcilable differences" all the time. Kardashian is a bad example since her wedding itself could have pulled a third-world country from the depths of poverty, but that's a different story.

I believe in love. It's hard, and it hurts and sometimes you wish there was no such thing, but overall history wouldn't be the same, and our lives wouldn't be nearly as interesting. Maybe we can envy those that don't feel anything, and at some point we all want a procedure that can just erase all memory of a former love a la Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. But can anyone really say that love is dead and gone? Or that we should only marry for money, stability, or children? I may be cynical at times, but when love is good, there's absolutely nothing comparable.

A Love Song For Every Phase of Love
(Just listen to the lyrics or look them up if it's a genre you hate, I promise you'll agree)

The unrequited love - Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift
The one you love from a distance - As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band
The one you can't get over - I Still Ain't Over You - Augustana
The match made in heaven - The Way I Am - Ingrid Miachelson
The first dance as a married couple - God Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
The one you'd lay down your life for - I'll Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
The one you screwed up - Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons
The one who just can't grasp love - I and Love and You - The Avett Brothers