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6. If You’re Buying, Then Buy Something Woman Approved

Read a gift guide written by women. The team at Someone Spoil Me has some great suggestions (even a breakdown of gifts under $25) as does I Heart Luxe or the Not Cot Gift Archives. For you trend hunters, Cool Hunting has a great V-Day Gift Guide as well.

7. A Gift To Be Used In Company

If you are going to purchase something, then it’s always good to go with something that will involve both of you or you and her parents (if she’s close with her parents). It goes a long (long) way in saying your committed to the relationship. This is not necessarily a recommendation for your first Valentine’s Day (unless you started dating her Feb 15th, the year before). For those relationships with a shorter duration of time, a nice alternative is to come up with a few recipes to cook together. Simple, tasty and ones you know she’ll like. Have all the ingredients ready to go in a small bag or cooler prepped and ready to cook (again, foresight). Bring them over and make sure to keep it lighthearted and fun. Your mistakes are more endearing than you think.

8. Mix It Up

If you’re a real Cassanova and have a full weekend or day-trip planned (bastard) then make sure you’ve got some great tunes lined up for it. Ones she likes… like Duffy, Beyonce, Adele (what with the Grammy’s and all), The Fray, and Samantha James. Queue it up in an iPod playlist and never… never volunteer to play it at the gym.

9. Oh, You Got A Card?

Be on the phone with her when you’ve got an eCard planned to arrive, preferrably humorous like Hoops & YoYo from Hallmark. This will take some coordination, but she’ll know there was foresight and she oh so loves foresight… cha-ching.

10. She Owns February 14th. You Merely Have The Privilege.

Above all, don’t forget that this day is hers. It’s a ridiculously over-commercialized holiday that makes taken men bemoan and single men groan. Women will inevitably want a reason to show-off about what they did, even if they’re not the type – they want to have a good response when their friends or co-workers share their story and ask. Don’t let the polarization affect you though. Do what your instinct tells you, and take the day to make her feel special. She most likely thinks of you 10x more in any given day than you do of her so make up for a tenth of that on February 14th.

11. For Mom, The (Or The Other) Most Important Woman In Your Life

Good sons will send their mother a Valentine’s Day card or gift. They will also casually drop that into conversation with their wives and girlfriends. Girls love guys that love their mothers.

Have you got suggestions to share with other guys? Make sure to leave them below in a comment.

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