With Valentine’s Day fast-approaching, have you bought the perfect gift and planned how you and your significant other will share this romantic day? Valentine’s Day is the one day of the year dedicated to professing your love for that special person in your life and a poorly thought out gift can make or break the occasion. 

To ensure your Valentine’s Day plans are flawless, here are guidelines on choosing a good gift and plan a memorable day for you and your partner! 

Choose a Suitable Gift for Your Relationship Status

When choosing your Valentine’s Day gift, for your significant other, it’s crucial that you consider the level of your relationship. If you’re in a serious, committed relationship and your gift doesn’t reflect that, your partner may feel as though you don’t value the relationship as much as they do. On the other hand, if you’re currently in the beginning of a relationship, going too over the top can make for an awkward situation if your Valentine didn’t feel the need to do the same. 

Choose a Gift Based on Your Significant Others Tastes and Not Yours

Remember, Valentine’s is a day to show your love and appreciation for someone else and that needs to be reflected in how you choose to spend the day with them! A Valentine’s day gift that’s more to your taste then theirs, will appear as if you were thinking more of yourself than them when purchasing the gift. For instance, just because you like baseball doesn’t mean your girlfriend or wife will have the same appreciation for tickets to a Blue Jays game. Instead, save the baseball game for a different occasion and choose a gift that better caters to her interests. 

Avoid Predictable Gifts

When picking your gift, it’s also important not just to pick something practical. For example, don’t just buy something you know they need. Try Picking a gift that your Valentine wouldn’t think of getting themselves. This adds creativity and surprise to your gift and your Valentine will appreciate the thought!