{"id":8835,"date":"2026-02-11T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8835"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:01:09","slug":"romanians-keep-valentines-day-and-dragobete-spending-modest-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8835","title":{"rendered":"Romanians keep Valentine\u2019s Day and Dragobete spending modest, survey finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only 7% of Romanians allocate a significantly larger budget for Valentine\u2019s Day (February 14) and Dragobete (February 24 &#8211; the Romanian celebration of love), while most view the occasions as symbolic rather than periods of intense spending, according to a study released this week. The findings come from the Financial Seasons Barometer conducted by the CFA Romania Association and quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/agerpres.ro\/economic\/2026\/02\/10\/doar-7-dintre-romani-cheltuie-mai-mult-de-valentine-s-day-si-dragobete-studiu--1526821\" target=\"_blank\">Agerpres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 10% of respondents said they spent more than usual during the \u201cMonth of Love,\u201d compared with 63% during the winter holidays and 39% on Black Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Men are almost twice as likely as women to allocate additional funds for Valentine\u2019s Day or Dragobete, with 8.1% of men reporting higher spending compared to 4.3% of women. The likelihood of spending more also rises with income levels, from 4.1% among those earning under RON 3,000 per month to 8% among respondents with incomes between RON 5,000 and 7,000.<\/p>\n<p>Generational differences were also highlighted. Generation Z tends to be more cautious, with 63% spending less than RON 1,000 during the analyzed holidays, while 65% of Generation X respondents reported spending above that threshold. Millennials showed a more balanced approach, with half spending under RON 1,000 and a quarter allocating between RON 1,000 and 1,999.<\/p>\n<p>CFA specialists recommend that couples set a clear February budget and avoid impulse purchases, encouraging thoughtful spending and open discussions about financial expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was conducted between November 3 and 6, 2025, on a sample of 1,130 respondents from Generations Z, Millennials, and X, predominantly from urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/andreyyalansky19_info\">Andrii Yalanskyi<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/stock-photos\">Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 7% of Romanians allocate a significantly larger budget for Valentine\u2019s Day (February 14) and Dragobete (February 24 &#8211; the Romanian celebration of love), while most view the occasions as symbolic rather than periods of intense spending, according to a study released this week. The findings come from the Financial Seasons Barometer conducted by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}