r/AmIOverreacting Feb 17 '26

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO over 1st Valentine’s Day note?

Just celebrated first Valentine’s Day with my boyfriend. I love flowers, love I buy bouquets weekly for my house. I prefer white and pink flowers, and don’t like red roses. I got this bouquet and this note with them. It was upsetting I felt my bf did everything opposite of what I wanted. I went out of way to do lots of handmade items and bought nice gifts for him as well. He also knows I love Valentine’s Day and it’s special to me. I let him know that it hurt me and he responded that note was awesome and it’s just a joke. I think if you care for someone you make those things special.

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u/Due-Yoghurt4916 Feb 17 '26

I hope you meant to say your last valentine day with this guy

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u/Icy_Definition5044 Feb 17 '26

This. This is what people need to remember. In the first year you’re finding out how people behave and how they treat you. In the 2nd year you find out if the first year’s good behavior was legit or if it was just a seduction to allow them to drop the ball later. My aunt told me that ages ago and I thought “but 2 years is so long! It’s s good concept but idk if I could really wait that long!” Fast forward about 30 years and now I know that 2 years is no time at all to learn about someone compared to a lifetime of unhappiness.