# Alone on Valentine's Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260 "2004-02-14T23:34:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RainKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@RainKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainKing)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/21 "2004-02-15T03:13:12Z")
I’m another lonely one, it’s been almost 4 years since my last “decent” relation. Usually I just don’t care about Valentine, but this time I just wished it to be different… well, it could have been, but I’m too shy to make it different. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/22 "2004-02-15T03:13:44Z")
I wasn’t going to post to this earlier on. But then it occured to me that most of the dopers will be out somewhere with their SOs. and that the SDMB will be ‘dead’. I don’t have a ‘valentine’ Not that I care much. Today is just like any other day. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/23 "2004-02-15T03:15:25Z")
I did get lovely flowers and a card for Valentine’s Day, from my beloved **Eutychus.** Because he’s awesome. 🙂 But I do miss him, very much. I really, really do. ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/24 "2004-02-15T03:55:20Z")
No girlfriend here. All alone. So sad. And it got worse. I have been living in a friend’s spare bedroom, and I don’t have a key yet. I got home from the airport tonight, and he had gone out with his girlfriend. So I was all alone, and locked out. But always make the best of it, so since I was alone, I did the next best thing: made rum and cokes, (conveniently had the supplies in the trunk), and sat in the passenger seat of my car, listening to Pink Floyd. Its all good. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/25 "2004-02-15T05:37:26Z")
I’ve had good VDs, I’ve had bad ones. This is an okay one. I’m alone, but as I posted on Una’s board, I’m actually cool with that. My relationships tend to be rollercoaster rides, anyways. I’m ready for a little calm. So, I slept in, had a big breakfast, rode my bike, rented a movie, and spent most of the day playing online. One of my exes sent me a valentine. That’s nice. I’ll call her sometime next week and thank her. Thankfully, she used the word “friend” so I don’t have to worry about walking on eggs or anything. I have my last 3 exes calling, e-mailing, or coming around. One is just being nice, I’m sure, 'cause she’s not trying too hard. Just extending the hand of friendship. One wants to use me again, or at least that’s how it seems. The third one just wants to set me up with a friend of hers, which intrigues me, but still… Anyways, I’m cool with how things are right now. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/26 "2004-02-15T05:41:37Z")
> [@RotorHead](#): > > No girlfriend here. All alone. So sad. > > And it got worse. I have been living in a friend’s spare bedroom, and I don’t have a key yet. I got home from the airport tonight, and he had gone out with his girlfriend. So I was all alone, and locked out. > > But always make the best of it, so since I was alone, I did the next best thing: made rum and cokes, (conveniently had the supplies in the trunk), and sat in the passenger seat of my car, listening to Pink Floyd. > Its all good. Ditto with the aloneness, rum & coke. Replace Floyd with Tom Waits. Mix. Enjoy (Serves one). Figured if I was going to be single on Valentines, I might as well **not** be single & sober. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/27 "2004-02-15T05:53:29Z")
Not alone, exactly. I’m finishing five hours on the air with **Doktor Fluff**. Not the most romantic thing to do, but Valentine’s Day can be celebrated anytime. Robin ---
**Author:** ![LadySybil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c89c15/32.png) [@LadySybil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadySybil)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/28 "2004-02-15T06:03:33Z")
Yep, all alone today too (well, yesterday, actually- it’s past midnight over here). SO is over 250 miles from me, at Virginia Tech University, working his adorable ass off 😃 . My mom was nice enough to give me the ultimate cure-all for the V-Day blues- chocolates and Official Playstation Magazine. I’m a little hurt that I didn’t get an e-card or anything from my SO, but I’ll be seeing him next weekend, and he’s uber-busy like I mentioned earlier. Also, romance isn’t usually his forte; that’s more my department. If I’d be the one to initiate a bubble bath for two, he’d be the one to ensure we got clean after getting dirty. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/29 "2004-02-15T06:36:46Z")
I was alone until mid afternoon, when I heard a knock on my door and an old friend whom I hadn’t seen for a year and a half was there. He scolded me for being on the internet so much that he couldn’t call me and then asked me if I knew what day it was. I said, “Yeah. It’s Saturday.” ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/30 "2004-02-15T09:28:20Z")
Alone as usual. I brewed a pot of tea for me and fed the kitties a special treat. I guess they’re my valentines. (Hopefully that isn’t quite as pathetic-sounding as I suspect.) ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/31 "2004-02-15T13:31:50Z")
Does “sorta alone” count? You already know the score, **Persephone** , but for the rest of you, my wife went into the hospital Thursday to have an ovarian cyst removed (actually a cyst on her Fallopian tube), as well as her ovaries. So part of yesterday was spent visiting her, part was spent having pizza at my parents’, and all of it was spent taking care of our ten-year-old, **Halford, the Human Eel**. And 'Seph? Thanks for the phone calls. It was neat that you got to talk to her, and I appreciated the company later that evening, too. You, dear Cristi, are a Goddess. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/32 "2004-02-15T14:23:41Z")
To those with SO’s, please don’t go around asking people how their Valentines Day went unless you know they’re involved. This might be a shocker for you, but not everyone has someone to spend it with. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/33 "2004-02-15T23:04:54Z")
Well, as I had mentioned in another thread, this is the first time in 20-odd (some of them _really_ odd) years I haven’t had to run out at the last minute because I forgot to pick up something for VD. I also won’t be able to stock up on chocolates from Fannie May next week, since the store in the train station closed Thursday. Traditions are falling all over the place. On the other hand, I did have a nice selection of Doper Valentines to look through. Not to mention the March edition of Playboy that arrived yesterday. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/34 "2004-02-15T23:38:13Z")
No break in tradition here. Alone and unwanted, as per usual. ---
**Author:** ![Teegus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Teegus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teegus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/35 "2004-02-16T00:44:39Z")
I _was_ supposed to go see the Animation Show with my buddy yesterday. He bailed on me, saying he had to work, so I went alone. It rocked so it was alright. Then I went to a Dateless & Damn Proud V-Day party at a bar. Danced there a bit, again alone, but I had a few drinks and was feeling pretty good. Then after that I went alone to a rave downtown and danced for a couple hours until I wrenched my elbow from flailing too hard :rolleyes: . So I capped my wonderful V-day off by walking from the bus station to home alone in the cold at 6 am. Notice a common theme? Yeah. I may have been alone, but that’s no excuse to sit at home and feel sorry for myself. I much prefer to feel sorry for myself in the company of others. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/36 "2004-02-16T01:03:38Z")
My husband (a truck driver) was in Denver for VDay. He did send me flowers, but they arrived after I left for work Saturday afternoon. Oh well, I got to enjoy them when I got home. We talked on the phone a lot yesterday and today, so that made up for it. BTW, I just can’t call it VD. Isn’t that something you can get on VDay if you aren’t careful? ---
**Author:** ![Ryle\_Dup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ryle\_Dup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryle_Dup)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/37 "2004-02-16T01:09:55Z")
She’s 2910~ miles away. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/38 "2004-02-16T01:45:38Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > No break in tradition here. Alone and unwanted, as per usual. Nonsense! You’ve got all us hot chicks on the Valentine card exchange, cowboy! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/39 "2004-02-16T03:02:47Z")
> [@dutchboy208](#): > > _hug_ _kiss_ Happy Hallmark Holiday! > > Can’t help with the sex, I’m afraid. Wow! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/40 "2004-02-16T10:49:02Z")
Thanks, Persephone for posting this. Most thoughtful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260.md?page=3)