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Does anyone have any ideas for what to do for Valentine's Day when you and your boyfriend (college students) are flat broke? I'm talkin' scraping change off the floorboard of your car broke. Is there anything we can do that doesn't cost money? Should we float Valentine's Day until we can afford to celebrate it well? Is there a way we can get some money (even just a little) fast? (link)
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ok heres a few things ive done before.
sell some stuff on craigslist that you dont use for money for vday. then use the cash for that for something small together, like going to star bucks and trying a new drink (sharing it of course) or go to a second hand store that buys "vintage" clothes and see if they'll buy some of yours for cash.
go to a public place that has roses or flowers, bring your scissors and snip a few off when no ones looking. honestly its not that big a deal and no one will care if you just take like one or two.
AKA put a thing of flowers together YOURSELF then bring it home and put it in a vase for the both of you to enjoy. instead of the flowers being for one person or the other it can be for the both of you, just dont do this WITH him, it might make him feel weird about it, itll be more like a surprise.
Or ask someone you know that has a garden if you can have a few flowers from theirs. ; )
clean up where you live (if you live together) and set the flowers somewhere, where you can both enjoy them.
If you can only get a few dollars, why dont you pop for having his car washed and or vacuumed out? just as a gesture of caring.
When it comes to valentines day really its not about the money its about showing your partner how much you still care about them, so REALLY anything you can do even if its a small gesture is fine. Anything that makes their life a little easier even if its just for the moment really can make a difference.
If you have no money and you OWN a vacuum then take the thing out to his car, get some extension cords and clean the car out yourself! thats free!
Take a drive to the beach near sunset?
anything thats free that you dont NORMALLY do together could work.
offer to clean someones house for a few bucks?
if you really wanna do something where money is needed though, find some stuff you dont use anymore and sell it on craigslist for cheap, or find a family member that had some stuff they dont need and tell them you could really use it and ask if you can have it then sell it.
cook dinner if you can at your house.
these are just a few ideas, try to do things that are different from what you normally do with him in a generous manner.
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