Almost a year into a locked-down world and it felt like everything has changed, in one way or another. The way we interacted has changed, the way we celebrated things has changed. With Valentine’s Day coming up, we can’t help but reminisce about days when we could take our partner out to fine dining, or our family for a picnic under the stars.
Although things are different right now, we should still keep our love alive. This guide will feature five awesome tips you can do to show your loved ones how much you love them this coming Valentines’ Day, even while stuck at home.
- Create a Fine-Dining Course Together
Fine dining is a classic when it comes to Valentine’s Day. Feeding our loved ones delicious, carefully made, thoughtful meals has, and will always be, a classic expression of showing love. We can’t go to our favorite restaurants anymore, but there’s something better we can do instead.
Plan ahead of time with your loved one to make a perfect dinner. Research recipes that you’d prepare for a high-class three-course meal that’ll suit the both of you. Get an expensive bottle of wine that you’ll open just for that day. More than that, spice up the room with romance. Bust out the expensive cutler, the scented candles, roses, fancy tablecloth. All the works!
Even if you can’t go out, you can still have that high-class experience. Only this time, it’s you and your beloved preparing it all the way.
- At-home Spa
Health concerns, economic and financial strains, adjusting to the new normal, and being forbidden from most recreational activities – starting early last 2020, everything seemed to be spiraling down into uncertainty. We’re not surprised if some of us are spread a bit thin with all the added stress and worry that we’re going through.
In this kind of environment, we can’t think of a better way to show your love to a loved one than by providing relaxation. With establishments mostly closed right now, you can bring the spa experience at home instead. Scented candles, perfumes, wine, soothing music, and a good, long, relaxing soak. You can even go to the next level and offer your loved one a massage, just for that day. Even if you aren’t any good at it, just the fact that you’re trying is enough to send the message of love.
- Reminisce by Making a Scrapbook
Rare is the couple who don’t have memories sitting in their drives, untouched and semi-forgotten.
If you’ve got nothing to do this Valentine’s anyway, cuddle up, get comfy, and bust out the phones, memory sticks, and laptops! Sorting through gigabytes of photographs and reminiscing over each one for a mini scrapbook project is a meaningful activity the both of you can share during these times.
Not only can you lean back and relax together, but you’ll also be creating something beautiful that you can look back to for years to come.
- Exchange Commemorative Gifts
Giving gifts is a tradition shared across times, cultures, and continents. It is almost a universal fact that when you give someone a gift, you think well of them. Celebrating Valentines Day from home can become a gloomy affair, especially if we contrast it to the freedom before we had the virus. But exchanging gifts like it was Christmas can help lift spirits, even just by a little.
Plan for what you will get – since you’ll be shopping online, it’s pretty much a necessity to allow for at least three days of shipping. Get your loved one something to remember the day by – a day when the world celebrated Valentine’s Day at home, but still managed to keep the love alive.
Valentine’s Day is a day when we show our love to those who want to celebrate. Spouse, fiance, girlfriend/boyfriend, or members of the family – we mustn’t let the lockdowns and the anxiety get in the way of expressing our love to them.