Valentine’s Gift (If you’re fast and you’re brave.)

Heather
Wife
Smile, How she cares for our children, Her willingness to stick by her man
Her nail filing
When she was dating an older friend. Went to a Basketball game. I was the annoying friend brought along
That she is Loved Today. Will be Loved in the future. That I truly do appreciate all that she does.
A tear of happiness. Falls / streams down the face.

Bwahaha. Awesome man. Good luck with that. I’m pretty sure every girl I’ve ever dated (but one) hates this kind of shit, but go for it dude.

Good luck to everyone else trying to get laid.

Ok – here we go. Pick me, pick me!!!

Name: Karen

Relationship: Wife

3 Adorations: Infectious laugh, beautiful smile, and a really cute pregnant chick.

The One Nutty: She doesn’t have the best verbal delivery at times.

First met: Mystic, CT

General theme: Looking forward to really starting our lives together in June, when our first child (son!) is born.

Result desired: We’re in the “omg, I’m getting so fat!” pregnancy stage. Looking to take the focus off the pounds she’s gaining, and more towards what a beautiful mother she’s growing into.

Extra credit: how could you not want to write this for someone who’s said she finds you strangely attractive? I mean, really. We’re talking major, MAJOR kudos points. I’m not even sure if they’d be kudos points for you or me.

Evie
Wife
Love For Me and My Children
Her loyalty
Her sense of Humor
She is so organized it drives me nuts – i’m a slob
We met a Second City review in Chicago
Basic Idea- she is totally beautiful inside and out
Best decision i ever made in my life
result- make her love me even more ( after 23 years )
Promise- to give it to her
Promise- to report back
Promise – to let you share it with the world

Here goes Haddad…

It’s for my fiance Foofy… (haha) Alessandra.

3 Things I love About Her:
1. She’s the most caring person that I’ve ever met and is truly looking out for everyone else except herself.
2. She makes everyone laugh and make me laugh all of the time.
3. She’s my rock. Super rock.
4. As Haddad would say, “She has great legs”

Drives Me Nuts:
Ahhh…. when she dresses up all sexy in high heels. Damn… that’s hard to resist. Nuf’ said.

We met at Radius nightclub here in Boca when I was 19 and she was a youngin’ only 17. Hahaaa…

What I Really Want to Say:
“With every great man, there’s a great woman.” Without Alex I would not be where I am at today and because of her true loving nature and “patience” with me, our big day is coming soon. She’s the love of my life and words can’t express. But she makes me a better person every single day… without fail. I can always count on her to bring me up when I’m down, and champion me when I’m riding high. She’s just freaking awesome!

I want Alex to have the greatest feeling she’s ever felt in her entire life. To see her eyes water, her smile come to life, her skin flush with red, and her heart to feel like a billion dollars. I want her to be the happiest girl in the world when she reads this.

You know Alex and I’m sure you could write the most amazing letter. Somehow i get the feeling that you put this out to write this for her.

Ok, so here’s my promise… It has to come from me. No hot legs stuff in there. ok?… OK?

Lovely,

chris

PS. call people back.

Spencer

We are long distance married lovers

Kindness & generosity, amazing kisser, most beautiful eyes
Really…how many times do I have to tell you something before you remember it???

Grade school

That I am so unbelievably lucky that he is in my life and that I am looking forward to one day living in the same city!

I am not a big Valentine’s person….contrived holiday, but I would like him to know that he has rekindled my interest in red panties

What part of Kanuckistan is your valentine in, Chris?

Perhaps one of us loyal Kanuck subscribers can deliver one for you.

- Teresa aka Management
- 17 years together
- A natural health practitioner and Dr of Acupuncture/Chinese med who is Sexy, Smart, Sane — all three in the same package is extremely rare
- She never fully closes lids –altho I’d miss that if she ever left
- First at an irodology seminar; later I was referred to her
- To make her happy and give hope that in the very near future I’ll finally be earning more than her

LOL! Brilliant! Can’t wait to see where this goes…

HAHAHAH!!! You’re REALLY kind, Chris!

You’re brilliant!

*SO* getting in on this action…

* The name of your Valentine/wanna be Valentine. (Pet names or nicknames are also acceptable.)

Marcel

* Your relationship with them (Lover/Spouse/SO/NSO/Stalker)

Husband (we’re newlyweds)

* 3 Things you ADORE about them.

His smile, his laugh, and his kindness

* 1 Thing about them that kind of drives you NUTS (your interpretation).

Socks on the floor right. next. to. the. hamper.

* The place you first met.

Virtually, on Match.com; IRL at the Starbucks on Greenlake.

* The basic idea of what you REALLY want to say to them on Valentine’s day. (Don’t work too hard. Let the pro writer do the heavy lifting.)

How happy I am to have found him and how excited I am for our future together.

* The RESULT you’re looking for on Valentine’s day. I’m a marketer, dammit. What’s my conversion metric?

Some romance and some sparkling nooky!

Ok, I’m going through this for my wife.

The name: Manu
relationship: I’m married with her
3 Things I adore:
1 – She is THE single most caring person i’ve EVER met. She really worries about EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
2 – She has THE BEST voice I’ve ever listened to in my entire life (oh, yeah, she sings and performs like a fascinating angel). She is really capable of changing someone’s life by singing – she actually did that with my life, and keeps doing that over and over.
3 – She deeply loves me and she want to get old by my side (how can I deserve that, anyway????)

1 Thing about her that kind of drives me NUTS:
(in the bad sense) She has a “victim” behavior type that don’t let her go faster than she can. She is too passive on creating her own brilliant future. This happens because she is too insecure, both in relationships and her career. Also, she keeps thinking that success is a mater of luck, not long term thinking, and thinks people keeps stabbing her back.

The place you first met:
My sister introduced us. We were raised on the same neighbourhood, here in Rio de Janeiro.

The basic idea of what I REALLY want to say to her on Valentine’s day.
I want to tell her that life by her side has made me see, understand and believe that we all can impact the world with goodness, and that makes me love her more and more, day after day.

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So, this is the RESULT you’ll help me to achieve, Chris:
I want Manu to be the the most proactive person I’ve met in my entire life, because this will make her go much faster on her successful journey of changing people’s lives.
I wish her to completely understand that success is not a matter of luck. I want her to fully grasp the concept of success as a matter of ACTION.

I promise everything:
I promise to deliver it straight to her hands
I promise to report back
I promise to let you show off your results

I like it.

Name: Sierra

Your relationship with them: a few electrical and exciting dates a year or so ago, followed by many months of me being far, far away, followed by seeing her at a business event a few weeks ago, followed by an extremely lovely four-hour dinner date and stroll around the ‘hood on Monday evening

Things you ADORE about them.
1. She laughs and giggles with joy at so, so many things
2. She’s the most accepting person I’ve ever met
3. She’s so aware of who she is and her many sides (represented by varying colors of fingernail polish)

drives you NUTS: Her touch. The first time I met her she touched me on the arm, and it was electric.

The place you first met. First talked at a biznik mixer at Poco Wine Room. But we had actually met months before when her brother looked at an apartment I was showing–we figured that out much later.

The basic idea of what you REALLY want to say to them on Valentine’s day. I really like you. I feel right with you. Easy. Comfortable. I want to keep getting to know you, and have the two of us get really curious about who we are.

The RESULT you’re looking for on Valentine’s day. I’m a marketer, dammit. What’s my conversion metric?

I want her weeping with joy, feeling loved and honored and very very special.

I promise, promise, promise all three!

1. Audrey
2. Daughter
3. Gentle, Creative, Beautiful
4. It’s really difficult to get her to open up and just talk!
5. Hospital in Santa Cruz the day she was born
6. How lucky I am to have such a wonderful daughter that’s been nothing but a joy to me my entire life – that she deserves the greatest happiness – there is nothing she could do to ever disappoint me.
7. Talk to her mom!

I promise to do all three!

I just like the idea of you doing anything for me with your LOVEFINGERS. hee hee hee.

1. Ben (Bernard, but he never introduced himself to me that way – Thank goodness)
2. Spouse
3. he’s grounded, has a warm, rich voice, and tells me he loves my singing (I’m a pretty good singer. It’s nice to hear him say it from time to time.)
4. PLAN is a 4-letter word to him. He never makes a plan more than 1-2 hours in advance. (UGH!)
5. we met online – but our first in-person encounter was at Italia Gardens (1 hour after we “met).
6. I love you and stuff. Heavy emphasis on the “and stuff”
7. I want HIM to make the plans for a date night (arrange the sitter, make all the magic happen, etc.) so I don’t have to fret, I can just enjoy an evening with my man. Which basically means, I don’t want to have to plan for a change.

Thanks for all the great responses, folks. I’m probably only going to be able to get to 2 or 3 of these tomorrow. I’ll let you know in the comments who gets the “golden ticket.”

Fun project.

And . . . Chris Brisson . . .how can I NOT mention your fiance’s amazing legs? I mean . . . they’re AMAZING.

ROFL @ “Happy VD”

Is anyone real here?

Husband~Phil
Together 15 years
met in a nightclub

He thinks he is a Tennis God and his idol is John McEnroe~seriously!! His is loud, oboxious, crass, he is oblivious to others, has no social graces, burps and farts as a science. Hangs his clothes and underware on every chair, on the china buffet (so that he can see them and know where they are) and is pretty much a slob.

He does just about anything I ask him, loves to go to the grocery store for me, takes care of me all of the time, does the laundry, walks the dog, loves to take me on cruises. The best thing is he makes me laugh and loves my family. He is great to his friends and is always helping others, he is a recovering alcoholic and helps someone everyday to have a better life and not do drugs and drink.

He drives me crazy but I love him and he is pretty awesome!!

Hey Chris
Cool idea

I happen to be “away” for the weekend with my Lifemate “Miles”…

I am away because my birthday is on Valentines Day! along w/my twin sister and my first born son (18)

Your idea and your abilities will most certainly help/be fun for a great many folks. I do not want/need to take away from their opportunities of the “gift” you will be to them.
This is just a “hello” from a woman and her man who had the blessing of breaking bread with you in Henderson Nevada…

Hugs Sweetheart!
and may everyone find true, real, genuine, sincere love as Miles and I have… it is never too late to be spoiled ladies and gentleman. Remember to always be yourself/ves… be authentic, genuine, sincere, real, funny, silly, sad…etc… whatever you feel when you are with that person…otherwise you will not get the right “algorithms” to know if they are right for you…

Hugs and Smiles to all
Chris, you are genius
Happy Valentine’s Day
Most Sincerely
Tanya Chadwick

hahaaa… fun, exciting idea Mr. fingers.
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Hey folks . . . Easiest way to deliver these is to write them RIGHT HERE IN THE BLOG COMMENTS section so you actually get notification when they’re ready.

I’m going to keep these short so I can cover as many as possible in the limited time I have.

WINNER # 1: My buddy Chris Brisson (Because his fiance really is awesome and because they’re getting hitched soon.) (Chris, what you said is pretty darned beautiful too. You may want to show it to the girl.)

(Begin Sap)

From Chris, to Alex . . .

Alex,

It shouldn’t be possible, but you thrill me more every day.

The sight of you makes me stumble, grin like an idiot and sweat like a fool.

Your scent sends shivers of pleasure down my spine.

Your smile melts me.

And your touch is like the sweetest, most calming drug . . . pushing away fear and doubt and filling me with strength and purpose.

I love you Alex.

And I think, now, just a few months before we truly start our life together I finally know what “being in love” really means. In a way I couldn’t even comprehend when we first met.

You make me a better man. A stronger man. I know that through my highest highs and my lowest lows you’ll always be there by my side.

I was talking to Haddad the other day and he was reminding me how lucky I am.

How he could tell just by seeing us together how much you love me . . . how you’d love me just the same whether I was digging ditches or making millions.

But I didn’t need to be reminded. I know entirely how “Lucky” I am . . . and I plan on holding on to you and making you smile for the rest of my life.

Thank you for being mine. Thank you for agreeing to be my wife. Thank you for loving me so fiercely and for so long. And thank you right now for all the smiles and sighs and laughs and cries we’ll have over our years together.

You are wonderful, Alex. Happy Valentine’s day.

Winner number 2:

Jonathan (nice glasses.)

To my wife Heather . . .

I never thought the sound of a nail file could remind me how loved I am.

Then again, I never thought I’d meet a woman like you either.

I’ve learned a lot from you over our years together, Heather. I’ve learned what loyalty really means, what it’s like to have someone truly stand by you when the rest of the world won’t and how having a great woman by your side can inspire you to be more than you ever thought possible.

I love you, Heather. Truly. Deeply. The thought of you fills me up every day. Sustains me. Drives me. You and our children are my purpose and my reward.

And I’m going to keep on loving you every day, in every way I know how until the day I die.

(Lisa Robbins Young)

For “Ben” (Bernard)

Sometimes I feel like one of Pavlov’s dogs.

But instead of salivating when I hear a bell

I fall a little more in love every time I hear your voice.

I love you, Ben. And more than that, I like you. You make my life better. You make my body sing. You make my smile stretch so damned wide it hurts. I never thought I could find such a beautiful man.

Please take me out, twirl me around, make all the decisions for just one night and let me know how much I’m yours.

(Sally for her daughter Audrey)

Audrey,

This is sappy, but it’s true. You’re my Daughter with a capital D, and from the day you were born you’ve redefined what “Love” has ever meant to me.

I don’t think you’ll ever know how gentle, creative and beautiful you are.

Or what it’s like to watch you grow into such a passionate and strong woman. How proud I am of you. How you could never, ever disappoint me.

I wonder at you, Audrey. I wonder at your mind. I wonder at the thoughts dashing behind your eyes.

And I loooooong for you to share them with me. To open up. To talk like sisters. To talk like friends.

Happy Valentine’s day, darling. You’ve given me more than you can ever know.

(Dave C for his wife Teresa)

There’s something so wonderful about a woman who can work with needles but never cause a moment’s pain.

There’s something more wonderful about a woman who even after 17 years with me is still so smart, so sexy and so sane.

I love you Teresa. I love your smell, you mind, your smile. Happy Valentine’s day.

(Miss September for Spencer)

Spencer,

They say a good kiss is a conversation. And you say volumes every times our lips meet.

I’m not big on “hallmark holidays” but any excuse to tell you what you mean to me, I’ll take.

It’s hard sometimes, having you so far away. Longing for your touch. Dreaming of the deepness of your eyes.

But I know someday we’ll be as close with our bodies as we already are with our hearts.

I’m wearing my red panties as I write this. And thinking of the devlish ways you’ll take them off.

love

me.

(Chris Nichols for Karen)

Karen,

I’ll never be able to give you a gift as profound and lovely as the one you’re giving me right now.

I see our child growing in you. Warm in your belly. Happy in your love and get downright giddy at the life we’re building together.

I’d say I’m a lucky man. But I don’t think luck had anything to do with it. I worked hard to earn your love. I knew from the moment I saw you that you were worth it. And I look forward to making you as happy as a girl can be.

Love, c

Joel Helfer (for his wife Evie)

Joel Helfer

Evie,

It’s been 23 years since we met at Second City . . .

And our relationship is certainly no joke. Even after all this time I “like” us. I like the way we move together. The way we talk. The way you make me laugh. How you teach me every day what it means to be loyal and fierce and passionate.

You’re the most “real” woman I’ve ever met in my life. And marrying you was the smartest thing I ever could have done.

Thanks for being mine. I love you more today than I did yesterday. I’ll love you tomorrow even more than today.

Love,

Joel

Valerie Farris (for her husband Marcel)

Dear Marcel,

Your socks on the floor usually drive me nuts. But not today. Today I want you to drop your socks, your pants, your shirt, your pretense, your inhibitions.

I want you smile at me like a lion about to pounce on his prey.

You’re a very, very sexy man. And on this Valentine’s day you are mine.

Rodrigo Santiago for Manu

My dearest Manu,

I wish you could hear your voice the way I do. The purity of it. The way it vibrates through my body, pushes my cheeks up into a smile and turns every nerve in my body into an antennae set to receive your love.

And I wish you could see yourself the way I see you every day. I wish you could see how powerful you are, how profoundly you affect the people around you, how bright your light shines.

You’re wonderful, Manu. And I can’t even tell you how honored I am that you chose me to be your lover, your husband and your friend.

And I can’t wait for the day you wake up to just how special you really are.

Lavo, Rodrigo

Barak for Sierra

Sierra . . .

Hi, this is Chris.

Barak is taking advantage of me to get me to write a Valentine’s note for you in his stead.

See, Barak is a smart guy. And a passionate guy. And a crazy guy.

And even though it’s only been a few weeks since you met, he’s absolutely crazy about you.

Crazy cook absolutely nuts.

They call it “Limerance” actually. It’s that hyper-sensitive first stage of love that happens when you meet someone and just CLICK with them right away.

It’s that phase when you think about the person ALL the time, where you’re hyper-aware of people with the same hair and where you just CRAVE their touch like fat people crave ice cream and “done for you” diet aids.

Barak likes you a lot.

A lot a lot.

And he’s absolutely amazed at how EASY it is to hang out with you. To be with you. To adore you.

In fact, Barak thinks he’s a pretty darned lucky guy right now.

And that’s why he got me to write this note.

So here’s what you should do when you finish reading this. You should look Barak right in the eye. You should hold his face in your hands. And you should tell him EXACTLY how special he makes you feel. How loved you feel at this moment. How WARM you are in his arms. And then you should kiss him. Softly. Tenderly. Let your lips tell him everything your words never could.

And then you should have a lovely Valentine’s night.

Sincerely,

Chris (for Barak)

Darlene for Phil

Phil,

On paper I should hate you. So why am I so in love?

You’re loud. You’re crass. You carry around your tennis racket like it’s a bulbous-headed representation of your manhood. You fart. You’re a slob. You’ve got the social graces of a retarded ferret.

And you’re mine.

I never thought I’d meet a man who could care about me so much. Who could read my moods like other people read the Enquirer. Who could make me laugh so hard my head gets read and puffy and I need to go have a nice lie down, just for a minute. Woah. Wow. That was funny.

I adore you. And more than that I respect you. You are LoyaL with two capital Ls. You make other people’s lives better. You’ve been through hell with the bottle and I can’t even tell you how much I love how hard you work to make that journey easier for other people.

You’re awesome, babe.

But I luv ya.

Dear Chris: Happy Valentine’s Day and thanks for writing the message for my wife Evie. I didn’t expect it.

I promised you to report back on what happened. Today is Valentine’s day, and I took my wife Evie and my daughter Rachel out for lunch to a fancy place called Bob Chinn’s, not far from where we live. We had a great time.

Came home, fired up the computer and saw your email. Checked out your site and to my surprise was this lovely valentine message to Evie.

Called her away from the TV, explained the contest, and asked her to
read your note. She asked me to read it, because she didn’t have her reading glasses handy. So I read it to her out loud. It was just Evie and
me in the living room for a romantic moment. She loved it.

I got a rain check on a kiss because she has a cold. But the thought was there, and so is the love. I introduced her to you, and told her
that I met you in LA. And that now we are brothers in PLM Mastermind.

She thought you were cool for doing this and told me to thank you.
Then she told me to clean up the papers on my desk. So much for
love (after 23 Years ).

Regards,

Chris, You’ve outdone yourself! Thank you! Now to deliver the message and get back to you with the results!

Thank you very much Chris

While I’m not gonna specifically describe her reaction when shown the valentine message you wrote… your mission is accomplished.

Offer still stands to deliver one to your “stuck in Kanuckistan” valentine.

Thanx again

Chris – I got an amazing response to the Valentine’s Day message you wrote for my daughter who says very little. Here it is…

thank you!

I’m always bragging about you to other people but I guess it would make sense to also tell YOU. I tell people how positive and capable you are. I’ve named you as my personal hero at least a dozen times.
I could go on and on but I’m a little speechless. I love you.

Well I tried my hand and the recording device option, which is TOTALLY cool, btw, but the quality wasn’t so great – clicking and stuff – so I’m writing instead.

Thank you SO much for lending your wonderful talents to love letters for a few fabulous people with love becoming and love continuing. It was so sweet to read and it made me cry. I am so in love with love – it tickles me to the tips of my toes to see people happy like that.

Maybe that is why love picked me to style spaces for it to be attracted and celebrated! (heehee) Thank you so much those years ago when you helped me find my niche as an interior decorator. I am elated to style spaces supporting love!

You continue to be awesome, amazing, inspiring, and it is truly an honor to be knowing you!

Big blessings of love and light!

I think you have a future in this . . .

I got the email from you last night, she was out of town at her parents’ so I emailed it to her. The first line from her long response was:

“OMG! That is the best email I have ever gotten. ”

And then there’s:

“That’s classic, man. Way above and beyond the 6ft Teddy bear and the 50 pound chocolate heart nonsense.”

Thank you Mr. Moneyfingers!