Valentines Day & Polish men

The feminists ruined a great deal, Rich, no argument with you on that score.
And yet, there'll always be Valentine's Day, Walentynki, call it what you wish, thank heaven!!

Wives should be suspicious of husbands giving them gifts. The more expensive the gift, the worse the situation he is trying to compensate for.
Just before she had enough and left, my neighbor next door gave her a fur and a Caddy.

BTW, I am still waiting for White Hetero Man Day or just a pride parade. After all, it's the hetero men who create faggots so a simple thank you would be appreciated...

Yes and no.

Traditionally, men would give their wives gifts, either to make up for something they
felt they ought to have done, or, simply to give them a present, chocolates, stuffed animals,
clothing articles etc.

When we were first married, I gave my wife a perfume set, flowers and a stuffed hippo.
She thanked me for the hippo LOL

We've been happily married now for twenty-five years!

If she only thanked you for the hippo, it means that she didn't like the smell of the perfume and the flowers were from a gas station. Am I right?

The message: you smell bad, have no idea how to decorate the place, and hug it when I am away with my girlfriend on my next "business" trip.

Only in your sick mind.

Did you ever give anyone a bottle of mouthwash and a deodorant stick?

or a pack of sanitary pads?

For this gift, you have to know if the recipient is a woman or a "woman".

He-he!
Silly gifts may well be culturally imbued and don't translate cross-culturally.