# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/41 "2004-02-16T11:14:27Z")
alone on valentine’s day. BF was on the other side of the country. It’s a good thing the country’s not that big. Not that we do anything special for valentine’s, mind. It’s just a day like any other. We do go out for a meal every year on the day we got together, though. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/42 "2004-02-16T11:59:09Z")
Well I’ve learned to bury my bitterness deep within my black withered heart 😉 But the only serious gripe was the closing of the off licenses at 10pm when I wanted to go back and watch videos with my housemates. Who thankfully are mostly single this year 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/43 "2004-02-16T16:30:07Z")
I used to brood each year over **S** ingles **A** wareness **D** ay (S.A.D.) and I’d get depressed about having to spend the day alone. In recent years, though, I’ve decided that it’s just not worth wishing I had someone to share the day with. A few years ago I decided, to hell with dating and to hell with relationships. I’ve been at more peace with myself ever since. Now each year I wear black on the horrid, dispicable day. I take delight in watching so many poor souls at the store feeling forced to spend their hard-earned money on chocolates and flowers and other tawdry little trinkets for their sweeties, lest they be rejected or at least not get any nookie in return. As for me, I can hold onto my money and spend it on myself and not give in to any company with commercial interests connected to the day. Oh, and I also rented [Valentine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242998/). I just wish I could have witnessed some couples having fights or breaking up, that would have been fun. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/44 "2004-02-16T23:01:42Z")
I have no SO, but I wasn’t alone; I spent four hours taking a teaching certification test with a couple hundred of my closest friends, then went drinking with a friend. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/45 "2004-02-17T02:06:30Z")
Well, I enjoyed the SDMB Valentine’s Project, though my back went out on the 14th and I haven’t been anywhere since. I shouldn’t even be sitting here. Ow. ---
**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 17, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone-on-valentines-day/229260/46 "2004-02-17T03:22:37Z")
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