At my house, we’re not big on Valentine’s Day. We have a nice dinner, John gets me flowers and I get him a book. This year the book I got him is on the Civil War.
I don’t get mad if he forgets. I mean, we’ve been married 27 years. I know he loves me.
But I would certainly start a Civil War of my own if this was his idea of a Valentine.
Photo Credit, CrooksandLiars.com. Thanks for the laugh!
FiftyFourandAHalf 
In my house, he would get to use his arrangements pretty damn fast if I got this gift for Valentine! I got nothing – we’re trying to lose a few pounds so hubby thought his gift to me would be him staying strong & not buying me chocolate – off with his head!
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No, no, no. You don’t get this present either. They are doing loads of research into COPD treatments. I just read Friday that the European Union approved a new one that had already been available in Canada. Talk with your doctor!!! We will get you healthy yet!
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That’s priceless ….
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Actually funerals are rather price-y! OK, I couldn’t resist.
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Any man who would do such a thing is making a grave mistake.
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Groan!
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Where do I go to vote for “Positively the worst gift ever in the history of gift-giving”?
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I should have done a poll!
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Hey, that might not be bad. Come on just think together forever… gad people are truly sick aren’t they.
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It’s all in how you look at it!
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Yet another ad that makes you think, “Who comes up with this stuff?” Really.
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Yeah, it show you that not all marketing men (because this one was definitely by a man) are not “Mad Men”!
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My grandmother always said she preferred flowers while she was alive rather than when she was dead.
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Smart woman!she also probably didn’t marry a guy who would fall for this
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Here’s hoping you got flowers. I think he’s in for a bad weekend if he went in the opposite direction.
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My husband is a very bright man. He’d gotten me flowers before the option of making my funeral arrangements even came up!
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Now that’s funny!
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Not if you were the recipient!
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Gawd. Just Gawd. And I thought the advertising these days was in lala land. Just shows that for how far we’ve come, we haven’t gained much. Emotional blackmail still works wonders. Apparently. 😉
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Some serious lack of taste in this one I think!
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for sure lol
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No nookie for many nights after that one.
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Maybe not EVER!
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good god – business without shame. why not throw in a garbage disposal and an iron. unreal.
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A few years ago, I call the (incredibly horrible) cemetery where my parents are buried to order flowers for my mother (they only allow plastic ones so you have to get them there — it is Florida for cryin’ out loud). They put me on hold three times and I had to listen to their recording for crematorium services, caskets and other deadly cool services. It was horrible!
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Only plastic flowers? What’s the point of that? I can see some but jeez…loosen up.
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It is a truly horrible, very tacky place. They only allow plastic flowers to add to their own bottom line. Horrible place.
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Come now, we all know our husbands would marry a 24 year old Russian within six months–surely he could put you on ice for half an year while she took care of it! Happy Valentine’s Day ;-).
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Somebody’s been watching too much of the Olympics!
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Lol. No, I actually have a fear of mail order 2nd brides!
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I am pretty sure my husband would just enjoy the quiet for a while!
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What if your spouse isn’t thoughtful enough to die on schedule???
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I guess that is the reason there will always be a need for the police!
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I guess the husband would be even worse if he killed his wife without planning the funeral first…
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Cut flowers are dead flowers. Perhaps our dear ones should start planning the flowers’ service. Practice makes perfect–well, almost… 😉
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I’m afraid that either way, I am a plant killer. Cut ones tend to look pretty for longer! Seriously, I can’t even keep basil alive!
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I’d be more worried about you if you couldn’t keep dandelions alive!
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I’ve never tried!
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Neither have I!
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Yikes, funeral arrangements!!??? Happy Valentine’s Day! Maybe it’s the only way he’ll get her flowers!
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Cathy, I think you nailed it (the last one in the coffin)? I’m pretty sure he will have killed her by the next major holiday that demands chocolate!
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To add insult to injury — the headline of that ad is about how hard it would be for him to make the arrangements for her funeral, so the “gift” is to make her do some of that hard work for him.
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Men are like that.
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Talk about a buzz-kill…
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Bah Dah, Bum!
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Those Madison Avenue people seem to think they can sell anything with sex and fear. What bothers me is they’re right.
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True enough. And with this one they added in a whole lot of dirt!
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No words only laughter. It’s the thought that counts.
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There are things that just seem so obviously stupid that all you can do is laugh, right?
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🙂
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Geez! That is about the worse ever! Someone would definitely be in the doghouse…BIG doghouse…lo-o-o-o-ong time!
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Or in the courthouse. Divorce courthouse, that is!
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Like I always say, nothing says romance like impending death.
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Nothing, indeed.
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I’d be pleased with this gift, as I demurely served him arsenic-laden casserole. It’s a dark gift of the magi – a little Gaiman meets O. Henry.
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Delicious response!
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I’m not into the Valentine’s Day either. So many commercial days, I can’t shop for’em all.
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It is getting ridiculous, isn’t it?
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Ha ha! Nice thought.
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Yeah. That’s what I want as a token of my love’s esteem!
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For some reason, every time I want to read your full post instead of just the first sentence that pops up on Reader, my computer tells me you are dangerous. Therefore, I must report you to the authorities and confess that I can’t read anything you write anymore.
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How weird! Would it help if I gave you a fingerprint?
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And you just KNOW some idiot fell for that.
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Yup. I mean, what could go wrong?
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Oh, where to start…
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!,,,
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That funeral home has someone working there who is an idiot.
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Most of them do!
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Wow. Can you imagine? I wonder if any husbands actually fell for that advertisement!
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Probably.
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Ha, yeah, that kind of takes the romance out of things, doesn’t it? And what’s with using such a young couple in the ad? A few more decades and a lot more wrinkles would’ve been nice.
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Or maybe it means “I want to be with you when the skin falls off your bones …” Ah, so romantic.
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I’d have to counter that gift with divorce papers. Sheesh!
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Or a shotgun!
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ha ha ha! I love the post and all the responses, too 🙂
MJ
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I think I’d rather make someone Haggis for valentines day…
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My husband would LOVE that! Actually, I like it, too. Yes, I am quite the adventurer 😉
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Oh, my word. I hope A has enough sense to avoid such a present for me any future year, but I might show this to him just in case!
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Probably a good plan!
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Holy shit. That’s one bad idea.
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Ya think? I’m guessing he does her in by Christmas.
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Maybe sooner, if the insurance is all paid up.
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