The Omnibus

Issue date: 2/13/03 Section: The Gallery

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When the words "Valentine's Day" are muttered, thoughts turn to gifts. On Valentine's Day romantics feel the need to invent gifts that will make a lasting impact. Unfortunately some people receive unusual, unexpected or terrible gifts. Southwest Baptist University students have received their share of a wide spectrum of Valentine's Day gifts.

Media Credit: Terri Ward Even though flowers are not an original gift idea, they are often thought romantic.

One female student returned to her car on Valentine's Day and found that someone had licked and stuck unwrapped Hershey's Kisses all over her car.

After a long relationship, a male student was expecting a more intimate gift from his valentine and was disappointed with what he received: a bag of candy hearts.

Another student actually broke up with his girlfriend two weeks before Valentine's Day so he would not have to buy her a gift.

Some students, however, have been totally stunned on Valentine's Day.

A particular student had been dating her boyfriend for only two months when they visited her father in Kansas City. She was completely shocked when her boyfriend presented her a diamond ring and asked her to marry him. He had planned the entire event, even asking her best friend what ring size his girlfriend wore. The girlfriend declined the proposal and is not sorry that she did.

Another girl on campus gave her boyfriend a stuffed monkey. The boyfriend was puzzled about the gift but accepted it, because the monkey reminded her of him.

One male student decided to make his Valentine's Day the best he ever had. Having never received a gift on that day before, he sent himself carnations.

Thankfully, some students have had better luck with gifts.

One boyfriend burned a CD of his girlfriend's favorite songs, just so the two could dance together.

A female student made candy dishes from plastic and tissue paper for her special someone. Inside, she placed a penny for each year she knew the person and a Hershey's Kiss or Hug for each month they had been dating.

Another guy bought his girlfriend a ring of white gold that had a stone from the Himalayas set in it. He bought the ring for her because the stone changes colors when a stone of another color is placed next to it.

One lady took a bag of 67 Dove Hearts and turned

Media Credit: Terri Ward Many stores around Bolivar, like Davolt Hallmark, carry an extensive amount of Valentine´s Day gifts.

each of them into a message for her sweetheart. On slips of paper, she typed 67 things she liked about him, their relationship or little inside jokes. She then unwrapped the candy, wrapped the slips of paper around each piece and then replaced the candy wrapper. The candy was put in a box so that each time her boyfriend ate a piece of the candy, he would be reminded of her and their relationship.

In high school, one student received a Valentine's Day gift that showed planned creativity. Her boyfriend, with her parents' consent, went into her house at 6:30 a.m. and placed chocolate kisses on the floor from her bedroom to the bathroom. When she reached the bathroom, she found a bouquet of flowers hanging from the showerhead. Her boyfriend was standing in the doorway, with a rose.

"Now that I have kissed the ground you have walked on and showered you with flowers," the boyfriend said. "Will you be my valentine?"

She accepted, and the two are living happily ever after.

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