Art and Style | February 06, 2008 | 2 comments

I am my own Valentine

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New York, Feb 6 : If you're gazing enviously at the bouquet of roses on your colleague's desk this Valentine's Day, remember there's a chance they're not from a secret admirer or even a significant other.

They may just have sent them to themselves.

Rather than feeling lonely and unloved on February 14, 8 mn Americans admit to sending themselves gifts, according to a new survey.

And at least those sending themselves a gift, know that they'll like what they get.

The telephone poll of 1,000 Americans also found that there is a big discrepancy between the gifts women would like to receive and what men are buying.

"€œWe found there's a big mismatch between what people wanted and what they got and so people were filling the void by buying for themselves,"€ said Vince Talbert, of the marketing technology company Bill Me Later Inc, which conducted the poll with Ipsos Insight.

€œAnd, of course, there are those people who don't have their honey.

Lingerie was the top choice for 22 percent of men planning to buy their wives and girlfriends a Valentine's Day gift. But only 2 percent of women said that's a gift they would like.
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