So much for being single and loving V.Day(rant sorta)

[SilentDreams]

Okay so lately I've been refering to myself as a "Defender of Valentines Day". Cause so many people get heated over it and complain. Well I am one of the few single people I know who enjoyed it and wasn't bitter. Well I spoke too soon! lol

I was happy until this morning. Last night I had one of those dreams where I'm with my true love and its a feeling like nothing else I've ever had, then of course I wake up and its just taken away from me. Then today I was noticing all the stuff for Valentines day. While I"m not very material I wont lie, I love getting flowers and stuff like that. I then started thinking "If I was with someone, I would like if I got this(or do this and that) with him". Of course reality would hit each tiime "I'm alone, I cannot share this with anyone" ......so from defending valentines to waiting for it too get over with :goodgrief

[semi]

I happened to catch some of Will And Grace on tv yesterday. Grace ranted about V-Day saying "It's just like this whole day is an evil conspiracy by the card people and the flower people and the candy people. Well, not the candy people. They do Gods' work."

I agree. So I say ignore it all, but get yourself some good chocolate. Half price sales feb 15th!

[Pagan Taoist]

I've said it before, I have nothing but angst for this stupid "holiday" (which isn't even a holiday really). Valentine's day was suppose to be in honor of the martyr St. Valentine yet the biggest player in V-Day is a heathen roman god. Plus the Catholic church removed it from their list of official holidays in 1969 ... so as far as I'm concerned it doesn't even exist. Course I'm just a bitter man who's never had a girlfriend to celebrate Valentine's day with (that's right ... NEVER!). In an attempt to prevent my jaded view of this day from being passed on to the next generation I'll probably get my little one some candy and a little something for V-Day, but that's gonna be it.

[Dark Phoenix]

Sucks to be single on V-day which seems to be a tradtion for me as for back as I can remember, oh well.

[Infinite Grey]

I've only ever had on VD with someone, it was cool... but it was just like any other day really. OVERRATED

[Wolfie Girl]

I think V-Day is a bunch of crap. If you can't tell your sweetie that you love them everyother day, why are you worried about it on that day.
I say reconise me everyday darnit!


^..^

[charmedkisses1]

I happened to catch some of Will And Grace on tv yesterday. Grace ranted about V-Day saying "It's just like this whole day is an evil conspiracy by the card people and the flower people and the candy people. Well, not the candy people. They do Gods' work."

I agree. So I say ignore it all, but get yourself some good chocolate. Half price sales feb 15th!
:lol: I love Will and Grace

[midnightreflections]

Well I've never had a valentine present/card/anything special at all even when I've have been seeing someone on V-Day.

So it really won't make any differance to me to be single this year - I will still recieve nothing :lol: Oh well I'm not really into it anyway

[halfwaynowhere]

well, i'm not bitter about v-day this year... i used to be, but now i realize that eve if i was with someone, i don't want them to shower me with gifts just because the media is pressuring them to... i want them to shower me with gifts any day, it makes it that much more special. in fact, now that i think about it, although it would be nice to have someone to spend the day with, i would hate it if i was with someone and he told me he loved me for the first time on valentines day, because then i wouldn't be able to tell if its true or not... so, my advice is, celebrate on the 15th... restaurants are less crowded, candy is 50% off, and there is less pressure...

[-Ember]

I don't care about V-day alone meaning a lack of gifts. Like others have said, pointless materialism isn't attractive. But it does hurt to be alone at V-day because it is brought to the surface. All the media starts asking, who are you with and how much do they love you and you them? The people who buy into it start asking the same things. And when you have to face that you are answering "no-one".... well, it pulls the scabs off the wounds of being alone when you don't want to be.

Like Wolfie Girl said:
I say reconise me everyday darnit!
The reason V-day hurts is it is harder to not recognise/realise that you aren't getting recognized everyday. Darnit.

[MockingbirdOxygen]

I've only ever had on VD with someone, it was cool... but it was just like any other day really. OVERRATED
Not sure if I understood the first part of this sentence, but it came off to me as "VD", as a joke, and then I looked at your sig and saw the "Attention Whore" thing, and it cracked me up!

So now I must up your crack! _wedgie_ and gave ya a shot o' karma to help out with the VD thing. :T

Anyway, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE ALONE, I WILL BE THINKING OF YOU ALL!!! :hugz:

[MoonDragn]

V day doesn't have to be about expensive gifts either though. It can be a time for spontaneous fun to do something special for your partner. Just because of all the media pressure doesn't mean you can't celebrate it as something special. Especially if you have someone special to celebrate it. Being single sucks I know but hey looking around I see there are so many other single people around its just a matter of time!