Thursday, 04 February 2010
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V-day with my Diabetic Sweetheart
One thing that I've always prided myself in is my ability to produce amazing as well as adorable cupcakes. I just got a new boyfriend to spoil, and with valentines day rolling around I was ready to whip out my fabulous chocolate cherry cupcakes when I realized....
Uh...he's a type one diabetic.
He get's really crabby when people assume that he can't eat sweet things just because he's diabetic. He says he is fine as long as he takes his medication and is careful. Still, sugary food just doesn't seem like the most appropriate gift to give him. Plus he doesn't like sweets! He is one of the few people on earth who thinks that chocolate is gross! He doesn't even like frosting!
This is quite some trouble for me. Cupcakes were always my out, I could make them for anyone for any occasion...but now I actually have to get creative. *gulp*.
I would have liked to make him dinner, but my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary is that night and me and him are eating dinner at that.
And I almost forgot to mention that he hates cards!
Could someone PLEASE give me a hand in figuring out how to make my boyfriend day extra special?
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Dude, if he's really that picky and crabby you should dump him. And give me those cupcakes because they look really good!
No suggestions, but you should totally post that cupcake recipe!
@heterophobic_female_chauvinist@xanga - lol isnt that jumping a bit? lol
idk what to suggest though, i'm painting for my bf, because my budget is so sad. luckily, he's not allergic to paintings! so i'm doing a scene of us battling zombies together. ROMANCE!
i would suggest maybe writing a meaningful letter, making a scrapbook of pictures of you guys together, or creating a special mood at your place that night. unless u still live with your folks. idk, i'm up for low-cost suggestions too.
Luckily my boyfriend is not a diabetic, but i am (type 2). Write him a letter telling him how much he means to you. Make him a video. draw him a painting. something to that effect.
anyone else got suggestions?
I am in a similar boat as you. My boyfriend is not a diabetic, but he is not fond of sweets. I love to bake for myself and for others. So this kind of sucks. I'd say write him a letter or something, I don't know. Make him some vanilla cupcakes made with splenda and topped with strawberries (or if he happens to like any Valentine's day colored fruit, cherries, raspberries, etc.), since he doesn't like frosting, what a weirdo, lol.
If he has a vehicle, you could have it detailed, or detail it yourself. Umm, maybe do something he likes to do and you don't (lazer tag, paintball??) together, your treat. You could always make him dinner another night in honor of Valentines Day. Cut out a ton of little red paper hearts and write reasons you love him on each little heart. Leave them around his place for him to find.
Good Luck, and I hope you both have a nice Valentines Day!
I always like to make cute stuff,
I personally love cards, and my boyfriend likes them quite a bit too, so I usually either buy or make a card, and then do other cute stuff.
You could make him coupons for things you'll do for him.
Or you could get old magazines and write him a love note with clippings,
collages are fun, too.
You could buy him a bracelet and have both your names engraved on it,
or you could buy him a keychain with your initial on it, and get yourself one with his.
(I want to do the keychain thing for my bf, but I'm broke. D:)
Get creative, and make it personal.
Splenda! Or .... what's that other sweetener? Stevia! That's right. Either one of those can easily substitute for sugar in any cupcake recipe you can whip up (unless you do cupcakes from a box, of course).
let him watch you eat the cupcakes in a sexy way
You could try being more creative.
@heterophobic_female_chauvinist@xanga - Because he doesn't like frosting he's automatically bitter? And she should dump him because he's diabetic?
Have a nice life alone.
that sucks. i hate frosting, too, and i'm not diabetic... uhm... why don't you write him a love letter or take him out somewhere? go for a hike or to a park and have a light picnic without sweets? you could get him something other than food. i'm probably not helping much. good luck with whatever you decide!
It doesn't sound to me like the diabetes is causing any sort of problem.
If he already doesn't like sweets, then that isn't diabetes related.
I am a type 1 diabetic, and just like your boyfriend has probably said:
(And I will capitalize this for emphasis because I get this shit all the time)
TYPE 1 DIABETICS CAN EAT SUGAR.. LOTS OF IT! (Okay, so I eat more sugar than a normal person is supposed to eat, but anyway...) AS MUCH AS ANY NORMAL PERSON!
We just have to take the proper amounts of insulin. x)
My suggestion would to be to get him some kind of regular gift not related to typical V Day stuff, since it seems that he doesn't like any of that.
Honestly, you don't have to give someone sweets and a card, that's totally boring, anyway because that's the "expected" things to give on V Day.
Remember, the best thing is just to let him know you love him
As cheap as that sounds, that is the BEST thing you can get someone on V Day and if they don't appreciate it, you don't deserve to be stuck with them.
I wish I could get that on V Day, someone letting me know they love me..
Someone slap me quick, before I start pitying myself. XD
-slaps self-
Ahhh, better ^^
DO NOT resort to diabetic candies or chocolate... they are DISGUSTING haha
as a type 1 diabetic I should know :)
And to @heterophobic_female_chauvinist@xanga - you're a dick.
after having to have splenda and artificial sweeteners all of the time it has made me not enjoy eating sugar because I am used to the taste of sweetener. PLUS if I eat too much sugar for the amount of insulin I had done I feel like complete shit. Call that being bitter :)
Paint him a painting. =)
if he doesn't like cards, maybe you could write him a creative letter telling him how special he is to you. use different types of cute handwriting, draw in the margins, use glitter, lots of color, and maybe even a few pictures of the two of you. you can buy a cheap, simple frame from a mass retailer (walmart, target, whatever) and frame it. if you want to make it bigger or smaller, as well as more fun, than regular ol' 8 1/2" x 11" construction paper, get a brightly colored posterboard and trim it down to whatever size you like. be cheesy about it. sometimes people overlook how great it can be to receive a gift that positively shouts "homemade ridiculousness."
How about some savory food that looks like imitation sweet food?
my boyfriend is type one diabetic as well. Instead of getting him treats like cupcakes or anything of the sort I give him a back massage and buy him some video games we can both play together. Or I treat him out to a movie or find something we can both have fun doing.
How about an escapade in a luxurious spa or something?
why don't you paint him a painting? even if your not too good at painting still give it a go and see what you can come up with! best of luck.
@Insomnia_Pickles_XtraTomato@xanga - I'd still say the guy must go.
@melandollic@xanga - This wasn't meant to be taken this literally. My last 2 ex's (who I both dated for almost a year) are diabetic. I was just saying if a guy's partner won't appreciate cards or several efforts to show that he's special he's not worth all this trouble.
@staytruetoyou3@xanga - This wasn't meant to be taken literally, just like you calling me a dick when I'm a girl. (I'm also being funny here too.)
you really can't think of anything more personal for him???
I guess maybe you haven't been together that long?