National Boyfriend Day is an excuse to spoil your partner. When is it?
Valentine's Day just isn't enough. When you're in love, you'll take any excuse you can to show your significant other that you're obsessed with them.
Well, get your calendars out. National Boyfriend Day is your chance to shine.
When is National Boyfriend Day?
National Boyfriend Day is celebrated each year on October 3. Mean Girls fans will know that this coincides with Mean Girls Day. "On October 3rd he asked me what day it was."
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What is National Boyfriend Day?
The origins of this day are unknown. National Boyfriend Day aims to provide an opportunity to show your male partner some love, to make them feel special, and to do something nice for them. It differs from National Girlfriend Day, which was originally set up as a way for women to celebrate female friendship (but can also be used to celebrate your female partners).
Time to get your thinking cap on: how will you celebrate? Need gift inspo? Try out Mashable's Gift Lab to find the perfect gift.
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
