“VALENTIGHTING”: WHEN YOU’RE TOO CHEAP TO BUY A GIFT

Have you ever dumped someone because you didn’t want to buy them a gift? No? Well, somebody has given this a name anyway. “Valentighting” was coined by Metro UK writer Ellen Scott last year. Scott defined it as “the heartbreaking act of dumping someone right before Valentine’s Day, because you’re too tight to get them a gift, write a card, or make any kind of fuss.”
* If you’re stupid enough to get involved with a cheapskate this mean, you deserve what happens.
* Meh. Get their credit card info while they’re sleeping and order yourself something nice online.
* Valentighting: for when you care enough to say “I don’t love you enough for Walmart flowers.”
* Too cheap to buy a Valentine’s gift? Come on, that’s what those crappy stuffed bears at Walgreens are for: a stuffed bear made by Chinese children in a factory, and a couple of those foil-wrapped chocolates at the checkout for a buck.
* PHONE TOPIC: Valentine’s Day horror stories.