i met my other half via the record trading ads in the back of a music mag, i replied to his asdvert wanting to swap records and stuff by our fave artist. By complete chance i wrote that first letter to him on 14th Feb 1993.
Because of that, when we got together properly a year later, we have always celebrated valentines day (used to - and still did - think it was a load of hype to sell stuff.. it was only cos it was our anniversary of sorts...)
But this year, first time ever, haven't even bought cards. Too busy trying not to kill each other the last 12 months ahem, and happily busy with our 2 year old son rather than stupid valentines (now that little boy is perfect, unlike his daddy...!)