# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/41 "2019-02-14T10:01:22Z")
I cry in the shower while in the fetal position. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/42 "2019-02-14T12:40:22Z")
Today I will walk slowly, determinedly into Lake Michigan… (Nah. I swiped this joke from the Onion’s Valentine’s Day Issue.) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/43 "2019-02-14T13:03:22Z")
I’m frustratedly single. I really ought to be used to it by now, but Valentine’s Day just drives the message home a little bit more than usual. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/44 "2019-02-14T16:45:38Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hey, it’s Cheap Chocolate Friday. I’ll go to Target and buy a stack of boxes I happen to have a gf this Valentine’s Day; however, I won’t see her until Friday evening. Card/chocolates will be purchased tomorrow morning at 50% off. But yeah, in general, it’s a made-up holiday that many feel you _must_ spend $ on just to ‘keep up with the Joneses’ & not sleep with the Fidos. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/45 "2019-02-14T16:47:40Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I have never been in a romantic relationship on Valentine’s Day. Yeah, I’m married too. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/46 "2019-02-14T17:16:26Z")
It is just another day to me. Not a big deal! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476/47 "2019-02-14T18:54:38Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I cry in the shower while in the fetal position. Sure, but what do you do differently because of Valentine’s Day? 😃 > [@Spiderman](#): > > I happen to have a gf this Valentine’s Day; however, I won’t see her until Friday evening. Card/chocolates will be purchased tomorrow morning at 50% off. I salute you and would like to recieve your newsletter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-single-on-valentines-day/829476.md?page=2)