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naraburns  nihil supernum  1yr ago (text post)   4044 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for February 10, 2023

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  1. Reschedule to a more convenient date. Easier to get tables, tickets, etc. Because it is only you two that are relevant, it isn't hard to get buy in compared to other holidays.

  2. The right takeout meal can be a very convenient accompaniment to love making.

  3. Depending where you are, the "get a nice hotel room to fuck all night in" bit can work pretty well.

  4. Role play being a different couple shopping for something large. Furniture you'd never buy, art, an expensive car, an open house at a large home for sale. It can be so much fun. I may or may not have gone so far as to use fake business cards and names when out of town with my wife, just to fuck with the realtors.

  5. Buy a cheap fake engagement ring off of Amazon. Have your husband publicly propose to you somewhere like a public square, or mall, or restaurant. Loudly reject him, tell him you fucked his brother and you love his brother more, say you can't marry him because he has a wife, or because he's a scientologist, or whatever you like. If it's a bar, he'll probably get a free drink out of it.

  6. Take that same fake engagement ring, find out where one of your single friends is going for V day with a temporary partner, approach the maitre'd and tell him your friend wants this put in the lady's dessert. Sit back and watch.

  7. Get each other gag gifts, the worst least romantic thing you can find at a dollar store. See who wins. ((My prior winner was knee sleeves, because they implied both that she was old and that we were going to have rough sex, at the same time))

  8. Depending on the weather wherever you are, hiking is often doable but uncommon in February. Find a nice overlook or hillside to kiss and read poetry on.

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