What to Get Your Girlfriend for Valentine’s Day

As soon as a girl grows and evolves into a woman, her brain takes her life in a whole new direction. It starts pumping estrogen, progesterone, testosterone into her body at varying amounts at different times of the month (Brizendine, 2007). What does this mean for you? In addition to trying to handle her mood swings, you’ve noticed her looking at you differently. She’s not wondering about the movie you took her to last night, she’s contemplating what you see in that movie and how it relates to your potential as a life-long mate. That’s right. Her biological mission a single, sexually mature woman is to find a partner and choose a career that’s compatible with her future family (Brizendine, 2007).

That also means as Valentine’s Day gets closer, she starts wondering what you’ll be getting her. After all, Valentine’s Day is arguably the most important day for couples. She wants a man who can recognize its importance. Here are a few ideas to make this Valentine’s Day one to remember:

Don’t skip the roses and chocolates.

It may seem pointless to a man to buy his girlfriend a bouquet of flowers that will die in a couple of days. But it shows her you can complete the minimum requirements for celebrating that day. It’s also important to keep in mind that she herself may tell you to forget them. She’d rather not have chocolate in the house, and flowers are a waste of money. But once her friends and coworkers start receiving bouquets of roses, she’ll be thinking about wanting some, too. Gifts don’t always have to make sense. Chocolates and roses are among the ones that don’t really make that much sense but the gesture is beautiful. And Valentine’s Day is all about showcasing beauty in our lives.

Get ready to get cutesy.

You may be a strong-willed muscular man who only likes clean lines and concrete, but Valentine’s Day is the one day you should get in touch with your cutesy side. You can serve dinner on heart-shaped plates, write her an ooey-gooey love letter, put your favorite picture of you both on a mug, ride on a horse-drawn carriage, or name a star after her. She’ll find the fact that you can show a softer side of you as a huge bonus. When she thinks of her future husband, she knows she needs a gentle hand when it comes to relying on her man.

Retrace your steps.

Recreating even a small part of your first date is powerful when you’re in love. Rent the movie you saw together, reserve dinner reservations at the same restaurant or create the same dish or dessert you ate, or play the song you were listening to in the car ride. Go over your first date and try to pick out big or small reminders of that time. If you can’t remember your first date or if it wasn’t that great to begin with, re-create a past date that was wonderful.

Sources:
Brizendine, L. (2007). The female brain. New York: Broadway Books.

By Brittany Roshelle Davis