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[Bubbles]

Happy Valentines Day 2012 to you my HUBBY. I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.

[SCRepublic]

Happy Valentines din to my loved one.

[punkyjam]

Here are some interesting facts and statistics about Valentines:
*85% of all Valentine cards are brought by women. - True. Guys do give cards on Valentines day but in general, far more lots of girls buy cards to give to guys. This is not the most popular greeting card though. It's only the second most popular greeting card-giving occasion, after Christmas. Teachers get the most Valentine's day cards.

*73% of flowers are brought by men and only 27% are by women. - Unsure about the latter data. Taking into consideration that the Philippines, being a conservative country, I can safely say that 95% are brought by men and only 5% by women. According to Huffingtonpost's Bizarre facts about Valentines, there will be more or less 190 million roses sold! I'm guessing that the said data is for US only. Survey also indicated that 15% of women send themselves flowers.

*In the US, the average US consumer spend around $126 on Valentines Day gifts, meals and entertainment. That's around Php 5,500 pesos! That's a lot if you consider the mean average salaries Filipinos get, factoring in all the deductions.

*Chocolates and Flowers are the most given gifts on Valentine's Day! -Better make it right because statistics indicate that 53% of women dump their boyfriends if they don't get a Valentine's Day gift/ date. It's not unusual that some couples breakup on that day. On the other hand, since it's a super romantic day, about 10% of American couples get engaged that day! It's hitting two birds with one stone! While most women would want to be wed on June, women occasionally choose Valentine's day because of the romantic traditions associated with it.