Durex has conducted a study to determine which gifts New Zealand folks most want to receive on Valentine’s Day. Since people in New Zealand can’t be that much different than those in the US, I’m interested. Thankfully, just in time for the big day, the results are in!
Seventy percent of Ladies in New Zealand prefer sex toys over flowers for Valentine’s Day.
Now, I’m usually skeptical of “study” results but, perhaps that’s true. After all, flowers …
Hang on. Wait one minute. Durex. Why does that name sound familiar? ….
Quick Google search…. Oh yes, there is is…
Durex, an the international condom manufacturer.
Well, no conflict of interest there ;)
Let’s delve deeper…
Interestingly the survey also revealed that more male respondents (20%) than female (16%) cited Valentine’s Day as ‘very important’.
Smiles. Come on. Seriously? Most men I know think Valentine’s day is a contrived, commercial holiday that benefits only the….
Ok, hold on.
Men – Valentine’s Day – Sex Toys – Sex. Ahhh!
When questioned on the worst Valentine’s Day present, the most popular answer (36%) for women was, ‘what present? my partner always forgets’. The most unpopular presents women had received included cheap chocolates (8%), half dead flowers (4%) and household appliances (4%).
Well, now I completely question the veracity of these results. Chocolate, in any form, unpopular? Puhlease!
Silliness aside, Valentine’s Day celebrations don’t have to cost money. Ladies – think sexy. Men – think romantic. There. That was simple.
No matter what people say, the one thing most people don’t want for Valentine’s Day is to be forgotten. It’s Sunday. Don’t forget ;)
If you need ideas, email me ;)
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I will be taking my nieces out for milk and cookies on Valentines Day. My own Valentine won’t be available. But, I do understand the point about cheap chocolates. If you are going to have the fat goodies then you want to really enjoy them. I love good milk chocolate. If he brought milk chocolate flowers from one of the nice chocolate shops I’d be happy. If he brought those Edible Flowers made of fruit I’d like that too. My ex husband bought me a bunch of stuff at the Dollar Store once, that was ok, some of it was pretty but a bit too cheap. At least he tried. If he brought sexy toys I’d be kind of annoyed. Sex toys just aren’t romantic. Lingerie isn’t romantic either if he gets the wrong size or colour or etc. I really think a woman needs to shop for her own unmentionables. There are just too many variables for a man to get it right.
I am giving my Queen a bell. Well, actually 8 of them… small. They can be conveniently placed around her house. When she wants me at her feet – pronto….. just ring. The speed, quietness and enthusiasm of each response may have a direct effect on my next release date.
I wrote a nice letter to go with the bells.
I hope she likes it !!
Oh, dinner & wine too.
I will maintain, from now until the end of time, that a man can never, *ever* go wong with chocolates. :)
Leslie, I am soooo with you :)
Runpb, that sounds so nice and certainly creative :) I hope you have fun.
Laura, I like the idea of a sex toy as long as it’s not strictly for him ;) Still, I do agree, I don’t want him buying lingerie or sex toys without me. Much more fun doing it together!
It is more fun to buy lingerie with my Lady. I won’t do it any other way. But no, that’s not what she instructed me to get her for Valentine – a gift certificate to her favorite department store.
Will