# Being Single on Valentines day? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 13, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476 "2019-02-13T17:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/21 "2019-02-13T20:48:50Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I spent Valentine’s Day two years ago at a strip club in Rhode Island. I didn’t know if it would be packed or empty - it was empty but the top strippers were still working and fighting over me. I finally spent $200 on one that I picked but I made her talk to me an hour first before we went into a private room. She was smart, incredibly attractive and way out of my league but I got her for my own Valentine’s Day present. > > I have a serious girlfriend now but she costs more and can be quite bitchy at times. Sometimes I long for the idea of just picking another one off the shelf even if just for a night. Best post/username combo ever. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/22 "2019-02-13T20:55:46Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I spent Valentine’s Day two years ago at a strip club in Rhode Island. I didn’t know if it would be packed or empty - it was empty but the top strippers were still working and fighting over me. I finally spent $200 on one that I picked but I made her talk to me an hour first before we went into a private room. She was smart, incredibly attractive and way out of my league but I got her for my own Valentine’s Day present. > > I have a serious girlfriend now but she costs more and can be quite bitchy at times. Sometimes I long for the idea of just picking another one off the shelf even if just for a night. Gross. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/23 "2019-02-13T21:23:56Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Gross. I’m assuming you’re thinking along the same lines as me, and if so, thank you for saying it. ---
**Author:** ![LibSuperstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@LibSuperstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibSuperstar)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/24 "2019-02-13T21:28:50Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Best post/username combo ever. NO LIE! Quite fitting! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/25 "2019-02-13T21:39:01Z")
**Moderator Warning** > [@Shagnasty](#): > > I spent Valentine’s Day two years ago at a strip club in Rhode Island. I didn’t know if it would be packed or empty - it was empty but the top strippers were still working and fighting over me. I finally spent $200 on one that I picked but I made her talk to me an hour first before we went into a private room. She was smart, incredibly attractive and way out of my league but I got her for my own Valentine’s Day present. > > I have a serious girlfriend now but she costs more and can be quite bitchy at times. Sometimes I long for the idea of just picking another one off the shelf even if just for a night. You’ve been around long enough and seen enough recently to understand why this story, as told, is really an unnecessary and negative contribution to the thread. As such, you’re receiving a warning for threadshitting. Take it up in ATMB, if you must; do not return to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/26 "2019-02-13T21:48:03Z")
I barely remember Valentines day exists. I figure it’s a couple’s holiday; as a not-in-a-couple person it’s not something that applies to me. Regarding Christmas, the think to worry about isn’t being single, it’s being _alone_. With sufficient friends and relations around everything’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/27 "2019-02-13T22:52:48Z")
Can’t remember the last time I wasn’t working/gave a damn. I’ve always bought my mom and my wife flowers for the day, but beyond that, eh, so what. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/28 "2019-02-13T23:27:24Z")
Hey, it’s Cheap Chocolate Friday. I’ll go to Target and buy a stack of boxes; should last me quite a while. Oh, wait, I’m also a diabetic. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/29 "2019-02-13T23:30:39Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hey, it’s Cheap Chocolate Friday. I’ll go to Target and buy a stack of boxes; should last me quite a while. I like your style! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/30 "2019-02-13T23:34:50Z")
Just another day. Even when I was married, neither of us were interested in doing something ‘special’ that would involve going to overly crowded restaurants and paying too much for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/31 "2019-02-14T00:00:58Z")
> [@Stuntman\_Mike](#): > > C’mon, it’s just another Hallmark holiday. Any single person who gets depressed because of a day on the calendar specifically implemented to separate dopes from their money, has much deeper issues than those attributable to having not received a box of candy. I get depressed on Valentine’s because all the incessant advertising and crap reminds me that my spouse is dead. But while he was still alive we didn’t actually celebrate it. Well, maybe we’d pop a movie in the DVD and watch it together, or do a little something special something for each other, but not the cards-chocolate-spend-money thing. But we didn’t just wait for Valtenine’s to do that, we’d do that from time to time for no reason at all (well, we loved each other, I suppose that’s a good enough reason). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/32 "2019-02-14T00:18:53Z")
> [@Stuntman\_Mike](#): > > You make a good point here… and it’s a shame that so many people are so suggestible. > > Independent thinkers, like myself, are able to see these days for what they really are… boxes on the calendar… and not be influenced by the machine. > > But my kind are few and far between. Make sure you do some light warmups and stretching before you pat yourself on the back so much. You don’t want to pull something. I’ve never particularly liked the day. It’s a bit of a burden quite frankly. Although I don’t mind an excuse to go to a nice restaurant. Regular humans can understand why being bombarded by stories of all those in love while you’re home eating ramen alone might be depressing. It has nothing to do with what’s written on a calendar or who wrote it there. ---
**Author:** ![Stuntman\_Mike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stuntman_mike/32/334_2.png) [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/33 "2019-02-14T00:21:56Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I get depressed on Valentine’s because all the incessant advertising and crap reminds me that my spouse is dead. > > But while he was still alive we didn’t actually celebrate it. Well, maybe we’d pop a movie in the DVD and watch it together, or do a little something special something for each other, but not the cards-chocolate-spend-money thing. But we didn’t just wait for Valtenine’s to do that, we’d do that from time to time for no reason at all (well, we loved each other, I suppose that’s a good enough reason). Sorry for your loss, that’s sad. But good on you for having done it right when you could. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/34 "2019-02-14T02:56:53Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > What? Nobody found the video to be funny? Loved the Energy Drink to prepare to explain to mom why I’m still single. Eh, Val’s day while single? No biggie, done that a whole buncha times. If you can get over the general social pressure to be in some sort of couplehood at any other time of the year, this day should make no difference/ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/35 "2019-02-14T03:06:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Get into it for the kids and grandkids mostly. Me and the oldest granddaughter did marble painting and fashioned cards for her preschool class friends. We had a large time. Mr.Wrekker always gets me a little something. He’s in Mexico right now, not sure how he’ll manage it this year. We shall see. ??? The thread is literally titled “Being Single on Valentine’s day”. Not “Being in a different location from your HUSBAND on the actual day of Valentine’s day”. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/36 "2019-02-14T03:14:46Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > ??? The thread is literally titled “Being Single on Valentine’s day”. Not “Being in a different location from your HUSBAND on the actual day of Valentine’s day”. Alone=Alone. But, I didn’t even really think about it like that. I was explaining how you can always celebrate V-day in other ways. Buy your dog a new bone, take your friend a Latte, call your Mom. In fact tomarrow I am delivering flowers to the graveyard and afterwards I’m reading to the English as second language kids at the elementary school. If you have to be alone think outside the box. You might enjoy yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/37 "2019-02-14T03:22:32Z")
Nm, dbl post. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/38 "2019-02-14T03:34:12Z")
Doesn’t bother me a bit. When married or dating, it always seemed forced to me. Impromptu lowers or gifts to say “I love you” are SO much better! I also have to say I think it’s kind of silly for people to measure how much their partners love them by whether or not they remember Valentine’s Day or anniversaries. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/39 "2019-02-14T04:36:18Z")
I have never been in a romantic relationship on Valentine’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/40 "2019-02-14T09:33:15Z")
I never minded being single on it, we don’t bother with it but today being the 14th here caused me quite a lot of grief, there were so many flower bunches on my crowded train home my nose is still dripping hours later and I have had one hell of a headache. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476.md?page=3)