I hate Valentine’s Day no matter what time of year it is. I could talk about the day with as much hatred in the middle of August. Just because it isn’t near the dreaded day doesn’t mean we can’t discuss it. In fact, why not get a head start on preparing for ways to express our hatred for the day? I know I’ll be wearing black that day.
St Valentine’s Day is sufficiently distressing enough; I am glad I’ve never even heard of “Sweetest Day”. Sounds like something dreamed up by candy manufacturers in cooperation with the Dental Association. <shudder>
When is this “Sweetest Day”? And what are you supposed to do?
V-Day is the noxious fumes that emit out of Satan’s ass. (Satan the archetype of all evil not the former SDNB poster!) What is wrong with celebrating romance someone said earlier? Weeeel if you are suffering from involuntary celibacy and if you long to have a relationship and you can’t, well, it is kind of depressing, that’s all.
Hey it is like dangling a roast turkey over a starving person, that’s all!
YESSSS!!
I love that post!
The turkey thing, sohhhhh true!
You think that’s bad, I once had a wife request a divorce on our anniversary.
I agree with the thought that Sept. 11 put things in perspective. It just makes Christmas seem that much more commercial. I will spend time with my family, but no decorations and my husband and I decided against gifts to each other. But I was also dumped on Chrismas Day a few years ago after 5 years with someone and it still stings a little.
But about V-day…I don’t need Hallmark to tell me what day to celebrate love. I celebrate love every day with my husband. I give him cards “just because” and he gives me flowers any day he feels like going the extra mile to tell me he loves me–not just birthdays or anniversaries or Valentine’s Day.
I’m having a “bah humbug” kinda day, can you tell?
I do not know very much about Sweetest day, except that it is in October. I hate it because it exists, and i am good at being a grouch!
Last Christmas I got hollered at because i was supposed to wrap some presents on Christmas eve. I assumed the gifts would be unwrapped on Christmas day. My mom had a cow because i did not wrap 3-4 things and she acted like i killed santa. This was after i’d wrapped a ton of stuff for her already.
You want a bad Valentine’s Day story?
Feb 1: “Don’t get me anything for V Day.”
Feb 5: “I Don’t want anything on V Day.”
Feb 10: “V Day is the stupidest holiday.”
Feb 14, as requested, I gave nothing on Valentines day and did nothing.
She broke down in a hysterical, and I do mean hysterical, crying fit and did not speak to me for a week.
I found out later from a friend of hers: growing up, her father had always made that day the special day for his “little princess” - candy, flowers, dinner - just her with dad.
Guess which day of the year her dad decided to commit suicide.
How was I supposed to know.
Valentines Day never meant much to me after that, even though we broke up a few months later and she is long gone out of my life.