The Singles Awareness Day (Feb. 14th) 2009 Thread!!!

[Jester]

Oh, now THIS is a subject that I can dig my teeth into.

Pardon me....first I must stretch. (cracks neck in both direction)

Ahem. (cracks knuckles)

EXCELLENT! Now, let me begin.

It always irks me, this particulary holiday, and the hype put into it. It's like, "Prove to your SO you love them on THIS DAY!!!"

What about the other 364 days of the year, dude? Srsly?

Well said! Frankly, it is my opinion that Valentine's Day is a FALSE holiday, a commercial venture set up by, promoted by, and benefited by the fucking florists, candy manufacturers, and greeting cards peddlers. It is a fucking joke, period. A day for every unromantic asshole and weaselly fucktard of a boyfriend or husband to make up for the rest of the year when they did absolutely nothing for their woman....and women let them get this free pass. While those of us who don't need that special day for such things are sitting there thinking "what the fuck, Chuck?" Because if you are romantic, if you do do special things for that special girl in your life, then this overly commercialized "holiday" is a basically unneeded redundancy for you.

And I use the genders very specifically because, be honest, this bullshit day is about the MEN showing the WOMEN how much they allegedly care. There is no pressure on women to do one bloody special thing for their man, is there? And of course, for the most part, the companies promoting this ridiciulousness could give two shits about gay men or lesbians, as they just don't fit into their pre-set "Valentine's Day" equation--though they will, of course, take their money.

Now I am currently single. This has nothing to do with my views on the holiday. I have had girlfriends going into Valentine's Day, and have espoused the same philosophy, that this holiday is a load of hooey. And most of the girls I have been with have either agreed with me or given me a pass on this day since I am, quite honestly, quite a romantic fellow, and have probably already wowed them for one reason or another.

Normally on Valentine's Day I volunteer to work a double, just so I can rake in that much more money from all the saps and suckers out there who are drawn in by this stupidity. Hey, I may not believe in the day, but just like the companies promoting it, I'll take your sheckels. And I'll use them to do something special for some woman that has caught my fancy on some OTHER day, thank you very freakin' much.

Two notes here. One, if you do celebrate the holiday and are offended by my comments, please go complain somewhere else. This thread is for those of us who despise this holiday so frankly, I don't wanna hear it.

Two, ironically February 14th is a very special day for me. Not Valentine's Day, mind you. But February 14th. Why? Because it's when my mother and father were married in 1957, and also the day that my beloved home state of Arizona became the 48th State, in 1912. Beyond that anniversary and birthday, I could give two flying fetid ferret shits about it.

Yes, I'm an absolute blast at Valentine's Day parties!

[smileyeagle1021]

Ah yes, the annual, "I'm eternally single for no apparent reason day"

Don't get me wrong, I know that with 15 credit hours at school and 40 hours at work (btw, 15 credit hours means 15 hours of class a week, plus if the instructors are doing their job properly 30 hours of homework), I don't have time to sleep much less have a relationship... that said, it gets really damned old being alone.

[Akasa]

My circle of friends before I moved had annual F--k Valentines Day parties.
We'd get together and talk trash about our exes and burn pictures, things they gave us, or their names on a piece fo paper if we didn't have anything. We'd have a party till the wee hours of the night watching movies and playing games like Apples to Apples.
Turned Vday into something to look foward to for the first time in my life.

[MannersMakethMan]

See, I wouldn't mind the day as such if weren't for everything else that goes with it:

The commercialisation of love ["This Valentines day, do this, buy this for the most magical... Enough already!]

The pity looks when you say you're single [Oh how awful...]

The shocked look when you say you're not overly bothered [But you must be with someone for Valentine's - we'll try to set you up with (insert random name here)]

The incessant babbling about the forced gestures made. [A got me this fabulous XYZ for Valentine's day and we did this, and... - Newsflash! Knowing A, I can honestly say he wouldn't do it if he wasn't strong armed into it. He's a nice guy, but he feels like he has to just because it's VD]

By all means if you need a day set aside to show you love someone, go for it. Some people do need the prod to remind them to show that they really do care. Personally, I'm not so fussed, so let's not go through this rigmarole every year. It's just another day of the year, and 3 weeks today, it won't bother me in the slighest asking for fish and chips for one.

[karath]

Woot! Glad I found this thread...count me among the celebrators of single awareness day!

[SG15Z]

Having been single all my life I can honestly say Valentines day would have no meaning for me except this year will be the 3 year anniversary of having my arm crushed in an industrial roller.

Um... Congratulations???

[Nyoibo]

Having been single all my life I can honestly say Valentines day would have no meaning for me except this year will be the 3 year anniversary of having my arm crushed in an industrial roller.

[Shpepper]

Having been through V-day as both single and in a relationship, I much prefer single. The soon to be ex husband wouuld get the stupidest things that were totally useless. Toys that I didn't need or want and candy that he ate. I'd rather be single and get nothing than that carp.

[Bella_Vixen]

V-Day (or it's alternate STD name) is an eh day for me.

Fave Ex® and I started dating a week later, and never celebrated it with each other, although we wish each other a happy one as we both still love each other.

Starting dating Cheating Manwhore Of An Ex® probably just before, and broke up with him just a few days after, after being together for a year. Both years he did get me something. When we were dating, he got me a teddy bear (the day after the cheapskate ), and when we broke up, he got me some candy. At least he tried, I guess.

Actually, Fave Ex® and I were going to spend the day together the year after we broke up, but I got called into work instead.

I don't get angry, or bitter, or sad. V-Day is just another craptacular day.

[SG15Z]

I hate valentines day. I hate it when I'm single and not. And I'm proud to say I've been single for 3 years this March! What I like the freedom. Plus I'm not really looking, mainly because I don't care right now. Maybe that'll change one day..... anywho how does giving your SO a gift when she expects it and society says you have to a sign of love?

With my last GF I said don't expect gifts on any holiday. If I really care about you I'll get a gift when you least expect it just because! Though it does get pretty lonely around here because 1/2 my friends are already married and most of the other half have SOs so I'm usually the 3rd/5th wheel........kinda akward. And all my single friends are losers (except my fellow CSers of course ). Oh well I don't care I like being single! It's much more affordable

Ok I'm done ranting now.

[Dreamstalker]

Hear hear lupo. I never really got the point of V-day either. Something's wrong with one designated day to express love...although the candy's nice (around this time I always get some unusual flavor of chocolate--chile, curry, wasabi, et al--from my dad).

For the past couple years, the ex has been threatening to "build [me] an AC-powered vibrator"

Given the result of his last electrical experiment--Frankenflashlight powered by an electric-blanket transformer--I'm not sure I want to ponder that too much. There are some things one does not want near wobbly bits unless the designer/builder knows what they're doing. He does not.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Who's got two thumbs and is more single than a neutered goat in a pack of donkeys?

THIS GUY.

Do I care? Nah.

[lupo pazzesco]

It always irks me, this particulary holiday, and the hype put into it. It's like, "Prove to your SO you love them on THIS DAY!!!"

What about the other 364 days of the year, dude? Srsly? >.<

On top of that, the looks of pity I get for being single?

Pfft. For the most part, it's choice for me. I have too much on my plate with school and work, and quite frankly the selection pool around here could use a lot of chlorine... >.> So, I'm working on myself, becoming a great me before I contemplate becoming part of a we. who knows, that may change if I meet someone, but until then, 'tis where I stand.

So, I proudly celebrate my single status on that day, and would far rather spend time with some good friends and with good food rather than get all snuggly with one person becuase i think the gesture means more when it's just because as opposed to because it's a national holiday.

Rambling done. Should probably go find some real food, since I've not really eaten today.

[Jack T. Chance]

My friend's daughter will be one year old this Valentine's day.

Otherwise...blah.

You should drive down to B'more for Farpoint! You'd get to see me in my alternate identity as one of the defenders of the Old Republic!

[BookstoreEscapee]

My friend's daughter will be one year old this Valentine's day.

Otherwise...blah.