Woman threatens to dump fiancé unless he spends £2,500 on Valentine's Day

The bar is pretty low for men when it comes to impressing women – especially on Valentine’s Day.

Apparently, most of you think it’s a big waste of time and get by on guides explaining how to look like you’ve made an effort for less than £20.

But that won’t save you from the firing line if you’re dating Chantal Blakey, who starts making a wish list for the occasion 11 months in advance.

The 22-year-old mortgage adviser has some incredibly high standards that have to be met when it comes to February 14, including designer gifts worth £2,500.

If she doesn’t get what she thinks she deserves on the day, she’s not afraid to ruthlessly cut ties and seek out someone better.

Chantal, from Blackpool, said: ‘When I was 13 I was dating a boy called Jack*. I was so excited for my first Valentine’s Day so when he gave me some fake flowers I was devastated.

‘Age 17 my boyfriend Tom* told me he was taking me out for dinner, then pulled up at a KFC.I couldn’t understand why he thought KFC was romantic.

‘He said he’d got a voucher for a free meal. I ended it over chicken wings.

‘Then I dated Brad*. He made an effort to take me out for a lovely meal and gave me flowers.

‘But the next day I looked at the chocolates he’d given me and they were out of date. He’d bought them from the reduced rack.

‘I had no choice but to end it.’

Chantal said Valentine’s Day has been magical to her since she was a little girl.

She was inspired by Disney films and always dreamed of finding her Prince Charming, The Sun reports.

That finally happened when she met fiancé Joe Kyles through work in 2015.

The 26-year-old has impressed her so far on past Valentine’s Days, when he has spoiled her with designer clothes and dresses costing hundreds of pounds.

This year Chantal has set the bar higher and come up with a list of expensive gifts as well as romantic demands, such as ‘flower bombing’ her throughout the day.

She said:‘This year my list tops £2,500. A big trend now is ‘flower bombing’. You get multiple bouquets of all different types sent throughout the day so your desk is ‘bombed’ with flowers.

‘My list details the whole day and starts with rose petals on the bed and flowers when I wake up.

‘I always want breakfast in bed — last year he made my favourite, pancakes with bacon and syrup.

‘I always want a Valentine’s card in the morning and it has to have a long message in it.

‘If it just says, ‘To Chantal, love Joe’, then I’d make him rewrite it.

‘I expect little hidden surprises throughout the day. On the lead-up to the day I like to be taken out for romantic dinners. But on the day I want a three-course meal prepared by him.’

Joe isn’t the only one who will be splashing the cash this year. A recent study found Valentine’s Day spending has jumped to £650million a year – an increase of  25% from 2015.

Chantal’s list might seem excessive but Joe, who proposed last year, is happy to oblige.

The pair appeared on Channel 5’s Undercover Girlfriends last year, when he was caught asking for a waitresses’ number not knowing that Chantal was watching him on a secret camera.

But the two seem to have made amends in time for their special day today.

Joe said: ‘I know I don’t have to prove my love to her but I know how important it is to her so I’m happy to do it.’