Valentines Roses

Roses are the traditional gift given on Valentines Day, but they're certain to be well-received any time of year. But before you buy roses, know what message you're sending.

The color of a rose can have a very different meaning from what you intend. To ensure that your love understands what the roses you bestow mean, check this guide to rose colors and their meanings

Red Roses
Red roses proclaim "I love you." They are the ultimate symbol of romantic love and enduring passion. Florists can't keep up with Valentines Day demand for red roses, which makes them especially expensive in February

Yellow Roses
Yellow roses indicate friendship and freedom -- so don't send them if your intentions are romantic and long-lasting. Yellow roses are also appropriate for sending congratulations to newlyweds, graduates, Texans, and new

Pale Pink Roses
Pale pink roses connote grace, gentleness, and gratitude

Light Pink Roses
A joy to behold, light pink roses express fun and happiness

Deep Pink Roses
Deep pink roses say "Thank you." They have also come to be associated with the fight against breast cancer

Lilac Roses
Lilac roses indicate the sender has fallen in love at first sight with the recipient and is enchanted.

White Roses
Pure white roses symbolize truth and innocence. They also send other messages: "I miss you" and "You're heavenly.

Peach Roses
Peach roses speak of appreciation and gratitude

Coral Roses
Coral roses express one thing with their passionate color: Desire.

Orange Roses
Orange roses communicate enthusiasm and desire on the part of the sender

Fun Valentine

If you are planning a Valentine’s Day soiree, add a few fun activities into your party-planning schedule. While some couples celebrate this day with flowers, candy and moonlit dinners, other adults participate in group activities that celebrate their love, compatibility and friendship. Spread the love this February 14 with creative and fun Valentine party games for your adult friends or that special someone.

Valentine's Day gifts

You thought that half-wilted grocery-store-bought bouquet of flowers and generic card you got last year for Valentine’s Day was bad, huh? How about a diet cookbook, frozen microwaveable pizzas, a shower curtain, or an encyclopedia (remember those)? Or, of course, nothing? We asked Yahoo! Shine readers to tell us about their worst Valentine’s Day presents ever, and sad, funny tales of Valentine’s Day woe poured in.

Rather than reservations at a nice local restaurant, many told us about getting thoughtless break-up messages, while others realized as the day unfolded it was time to break up with their thoughtless guys. Amid the usual mix of last-minute bad-gift procurement, there was the unusual: Shine user RayRay’s box of

We’ve rounded up the worst of the worst among the hundreds of responses. You may recognize some of these universally bad gifts. Remember, it is the thought that counts, but when the thought is fleeting, last-minute, or downright inconsiderate, the result is a lasting bad memory.

A Valentines Special

Words. Put together into sentiments, expressions of love and compliment, kind words spoken or the written word have an impact on us all. It's why writers write, why romantic lines become famous, love inspired is how poets dream, and film makers seek out a fairytale that will touch our very hearts. What you say, and how you say it, counts. As mother always told us, if you haven't anything nice to say-we all know how that goes. But what if you do? Have something nice to say that is? To a special lover, child, friend, relative..

Valentine means

Valentine means interacting, enjoying, drinking, hugging, smooching, dancing, partying, kissing

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