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What do you give a guy or girl you like on Valentine's Day? It all depends on the message you want to send--and the risk you're willing to take. Read on for 19 ideas, plus the meaning behind each--from the subtle to the sizzling!!!

 

MESSAGE KEY

Check out the romance quotient of these goodies:

"I feel kind of weird giving you something for Valentine's Day. I like you, but I'm just not sure how much."

"OK, I'm ready to go out on a limb here. The more I get to know you, the more I want to know you better."

"Could you possibly be as fine as you seem? I'm falling for you big time!"

"You have made me forget that there are any hot guys/girls even exist. There's no one else for me."

 

 

Bake him/her cookies using the family secret recipe.

Make him/her a card.

Give him/her a magazine about a subject you think interests him/her.

E-mail him/her a widly romantic love poem.

Ask him/her out--and pick up the tab.

Stick a single red rose in his/her locker.

Take photos of him/her doing something that they enjoy doing and put the best pic in a funky, homemade frame.

Make him/her a cassette of love songs.

Buy him/her a bottle of cologne/perfume and tell him/her the scent makes you swoon.

Take him/her out for a sub--without onions.

Give him/her a photo of you sunbathing last summer.

Ask if you can borrow his/her car, then wash and wax it and vaccum it .

Present him/her with a pair of fleece-lines gloves to keep his/her hands warm when they're not holding yours.

Buy him/her M&M's in his/her favorite colors and put 'em in aheart-shaped container.

Gift his/her studious side with a heart-shaped paperweight.

Buy him/her an ID bracelet.

Show your unimaginative side with a gift certificate.

Invite him/her over for Mushy Video Night : City of Angels, Jerry Maguire

Get him/her a little black book with all the pages ripped out except the one with your number it.